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2016 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES 2,573 VICTORIES • 23 CONFERENCE TITLES • 31 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • 5 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES BERTHS • 60 ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAMES 10-12 (8-1, 0-0) Date Day Opponent Time (CT) 2/19 FRI HOFSTRA + W, 5-2 4 TEXAS A&M AGGIES 2/20 SAT HOFSTRA + W, 15-4 # 2/21 SUN HOFSTRA + W, 5-0 (8-1) 2/23 TUE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN + W, 21-1 VS. 2/24 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M + W, 11-0 2/26 Fri at Pepperdine W.tv L, 5-7 YALE BULLDOGS 2/27 Sat at Pepperdine W, 6-0 2/28 Sun at Pepperdine W.tv W, 4-0 (0-0) 3/1 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST + 13 W, 3-2 3/4 FRI YALE + 6:30 P Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100) • College Station, Texas 3/5 SAT YALE + 2:00 P SCHEDULE Friday, 6:30 p.m. • Saturday, 2:00 p.m. • Sunday, 12:00 p.m. 3/6 SUN YALE + 12:00 P 3/8 TUE NORTHWESTERN STATE + 6:30 P RADIO WTAW 1620 (Fri); SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone (Sat/Sun) • Dave South (play-by-play) 3/9 WED NORTHWESTERN STATE + 6:30 P LIVE VIDEO SEC Network+ (WatchESPN credentials required through cable provider) 3/11 FRI FRESNO STATE + 6:30 P • Will Johnson (play-by-play), Mark Johnson (color analyst) 3/12 SAT FRESNO STATE + 2:00 P 3/13 SUN FRESNO STATE + 1:00 P LIVE AUDIO 12thMan.com • radioaggieland.com (free) 3/15 TUE TEXAS + 6:30 P LIVE STATS 12thMan.com/tamustats.com (mobile devices) 3/18 Fri at Auburn* + 6:00 p RANKINGS Texas A&M - 2rd (BA), 3rd (D1B, CB, NCBWA), 4th (USAT); Yale - unranked 3/19 Sat at Auburn* + 3:00 p 3/20 Sun at Auburn* + 1:00 p SERIES HISTORY Texas A&M leads 1-0 3/22 TUE A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI + 6:30 P TEAM INFO Texas A&M Yale 3/24 THU LSU* SEC 6:00 P streak W, 3 - 3/25 FRI LSU* SEC 8:00 P 3/26 SAT LSU* + 2:00 P Home / Away 6-0 / 2-1 0-0 / 0-0 3/29 Tue at Houston 6:30 p HEAD COACHES Rob Childress (11th year) John Stuper (23rd year) 4/1 Fri at Florida* + 6:00 p at school 417-223-2 (.651) 439-514-3 (.461) 4/2 Sat at Florida* ESPNU 6:30 p 4/3 Sun at Florida* ESPNU 1:00 p overall same same 4/5 Tue at Rice 6:30 p 4/8 FRI GEORGIA* + 6:30 P PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP 4/9 SAT GEORGIA* + 1:00 P • FRIDAY: #38 Jace Vines (So., RHP, 1-0, 0.90 ERA) vs. #33 Mason Kukowski (So., RHP, 3-2, 3.71 ERA*) 4/10 SUN GEORGIA* + 1:00 P 4/12 TUE ABILENE CHRISTIAN + 6:30 P • SATURDAY: #22 Tyler Ivey (Fr., RHP, 2-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. #34 Scott Politz (Fr., RHP, no stats) 4/15 Fri at Mississippi State* + 6:30 p • SUNDAY: #14 Kyle Simonds (Sr., RHP, 2-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. #15 Chasen Ford (Jr., RHP, 3-3, 6.89 ERA*) 4/16 Sat at Mississippi State* + 2:00 p * - 2015 stats 4/17 Sun at Mississippi State* + 1:30 p 4/19 TUE TEXAS STATE + 6:30 P 4/22 FRI ALABAMA* + 6:30 P LEADING OFF 4/23 SAT ALABAMA* + 2:00 P The No. 4 Texas A&M Aggies host the Yale Bulldogs for a three-game series. 4/24 SUN ALABAMA* + 1:00 P 4/26 TUE UT ARLINGTON + 6:30 P The Maroon and White pitching staff is putting up historic numbers early in the season. For the first time 4/29 Fri at Arkansas* + 6:30 p since 1907, the Aggies logged four shutouts in the first eight games of the season. A&M registered back-to-back 4/30 Sat at Arkansas* ESPN2 2:00 p shutouts on Saturday and Sunday, accomplishing the feat for the first time since 2006. It also marked the first time 5/1 Sun at Arkansas* ESPNU 1:00 p the Aggies posted back-to-back shutouts on the road since the 1995 Coral Gables Regional. 5/4 WED INCARNATE WORD + 6:30 P 5/5 THU VANDERBILT* ESPNU 6:30 P Texas A&M is outscoring opponents 75-16 on the season, including 51-6 after the third inning. 5/6 FRI VANDERBILT* + 6:30 P 5/7 SAT VANDERBILT* SEC 2:00 P FOLLOWING THE ACTION 5/13 Fri at South Carolina* + 6:00 p • RADIO —All games can be heard locally on SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone... Dave South (play-by-play) 5/14 Sat at South Carolina* SEC 6:30 p and selected commentators will call the action... pregame show begins 15 minutes prior to first pitch. 5/15 Sun at South Carolina* SEC 3:00 p 5/17 TUE SAM HOUSTON STATE + 6:30 P • INTERNET — 12thMan.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics for all home games... fans with cable 5/19 THU OLE MISS* + 6:30 P providers offering access to SEC Network+ can watch all non-televised home games via the WatchESPN App us- 5/20 FRI OLE MISS* + 6:30 P ing their cable provider access code. 5/21 SAT OLE MISS* SEC 2:00 P • MOBILE PHONE — listen to the game on your iPhone, Blackberry or PDA free of charge ... log on to Radio- 5/24-5/29 SEC Championship (Hoover, Ala.) Aggieland.com for more information. 6/3-6/6 NCAA Regionals (Campus Sites TBD) 6/10-6/13 NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites TBD) 6/18-6/29 College World Series (Omaha) BULLPEN NOTES Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). The Aggies bullpen has been stellar in 2016. The relievers have a 2-1 record with two saves and a 1.21 ERA on * SEC game. the year, yielding five runs on 21 hits and four walks while striking out 44 in 37.1 innings. TEXAS A&M’S BULLPEN SEC - SEC Network / + - SEC Network+ OWNS A 0.67 WHIP AND 11.0-TO-1 STRIKEOUT-TO-WALK RATIO and their holding the opponent to a .162 bat- All times Central. Dates and times subject to change. opponents’ highest ranking in parentheses. ting average. The Aggie bullpen has stranded eight of nine inherited baserunners. 2016 AGGIE BASEBALL • GAMES 10-12 • NO. 4 TEXAS A&M VS. YALE • MARCH 4-6, 2016 2016 QUICK FACTS TEXAS A&M/YALE SERIES NOTABLES The Aggies won the only prior meeting between the two squads. Texas A&M bested Yale 13-1 at the 1993 GENERAL INFORMATION NCAA College Station Regional. LOCATION: .............................College Station, Texas 77842 FOUNDED: .................................................................. 1876 MORE ON YALE ENROLLMENT: ........................................ 62,185 (fall 2014) The Bulldogs are making their first appearance of the 2016 campaign. PRESIDENT: ............................. Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) Yale is coming off a 15-23 campaign in which the Bulldogs finished 6-14 in the Ivy League. Yale’s top returnees FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: ........Dr. Tom Adair (Texas A&M ‘57) include Harrison White (.302, 8 doubles, 1 home run, 12 RBI) and Richard Slenker (.290, 11 doubles, two home DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: .......... Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) runs, 18 RBI, 10 SB). CONFERENCE: ................................................................ SEC NICKNAME: ...............................................................Aggies The Bulldogs’ pitching staff is highlighted by Mason Kukowski (3-2, 3.71 ERA, 4 saves). MASCOT: ..................................... Reveille (American Collie) Yale made two College World Series, finishing as the national runner-up in 1947 and 1948 with President COLORS: .................................................Maroon and White George Bush playing on both squads. “Poppy”was the Elis’ starting first baseman. The Bulldogs have had 30 players reach the Majors, highlighted by Hall of Famer Jim O’Rourke who batted STADIUM INFORMATION .310 with 2,639 hits and 1,729 runs during his 23-year career from 1872-1904. In contemporary times, Ron STADIUM: ................................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park Darling is the most notable player, going 136-116 with a 3.87 ERA with 1,590 strikeouts in 13 seasons. OPENED: ...................March 21, 1978 (39th season on site) Renovated prior to the 2012 season CAPACITY: ................................................................... 6,100 VS. IVY LEAGUE PLAYING SURFACE: ........... Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) The Aggies are 7-1 all-time against current members of the Ivy League, including 4-0 against Dartmouth, 1-0 DIMENSIONS: ................................... 330-375-400-375-330 versus both Columbia and Yale and 1-1 against Cornell. This marks the third consecutive season the Aggies have FENCE HEIGHT: ...........................................................8 feet an Ivy League squad on the schedule and the second straight year with a series slated with an Ivy League team. ALL-TIME RECORD: ................................ 1,023-331-4 (.755) Last year, the Aggies swept Dartmouth in a three-game series by a combined 22-8 tally. COACHING STAFF PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS HEAD COACH: .............. #29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) The Aggies boast four preseason All-Americans, including NICK BANKS, MARK ECKER, RONNIE GIDEON and CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: .... 417-223-2 (10th year) RECORD AT A&M: ....................... 417-223-2 (10th year) RYAN HENDRIX. Banks made a clean sweep of the preseason All-America circuit, earning first-team recognition ASSISTANT COACHES: ....#19 Justin Seely (8th year, Nebraska ‘03) from Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA and second-team accolades from D1Baseball.com and Baseball America. .................................... #6 Will Bolt (3rd year, Nebraska ‘03) The other three players each found their way onto one of the four teams. .....................#16 Jake Carlson (first year, Nicholls State ‘03) COLLEGIATE BASEBALL - Nick Banks (First Team - OF); Mark Ecker (Third Team - RP) DIRECTOR OF OPS: ...