2021 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL GAMES 19 | @ HOUSTON | 3/16 GAME TIMES: 6:32 P.M. CT | SITE: Schroeder Park, Houston, Texas Texas A&M Media Relations * www.12thMan.com Baseball Contact: Thomas Dick / E-Mail: [email protected] / C: (512) 784-2153 RESULTS/SCHEDULE TEXAS A&M HOUSTON Date Day Opponent Time (CT) 2/20 SAT XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 6-10 XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 0-2 AGGIES COUGARS 2/21 SUN XAVIER S+ W, 15-0 2/23 TUE ABILENE CHRISTIAN S+ L, 5-6 2/24 WED TARLETON STATE S+ (10) W, 8-7 2/26 Fri % vs Baylor Flo W, 12-4 2021 Record 14-4, 0-0 SEC 2021 Record 10-5, 0-0 American 2/27 Sat % vs Oklahoma Flo W, 8-1 Ranking 25 (CB) Ranking - 2/28 Sun % vs Auburn Flo L, 1-6 Streak Won 10 Streak Win 1 3/2 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST S+ W, 4-0 Last 5 / Last 10 5-0 / 10-0 Last 5 / Last 10 3-2 / 6-4 3/3 WED INCARNATE WORD S+ W, 6-4 Last Game Mar 13 Last Game Mar 14 3/5 FRI NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 4-1 3/6 SAT NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 5-0 SAMFORD - W, 21-4, 5-2 at Texas State - W, 8-7 3/7 SUN NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 7-1 3/9 TUE A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI S+ W, 7-0 Head Coach Rob Childress (Northwood, ‘90) Head Coach Todd Whitting (Houston, ‘95) 3/10 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M S+ (7) W, 22-2 Overall 607-313-3 (14th season) Overall 336-234 (11th season) 3/12 FRI SAMFORD S+ W, 10-1 at Texas A&M same at Houston same 3/13 SAT SAMFORD (DH) S+ W, 21-4 SUN SAMFORD (DH) S+ W, 5-2 3/16 Tue at Houston E+ 6:30 p PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 3/18 Thu * at Florida SEC 6:00 p • TUESDAY: #35 Nathan Dettmer (Fr., RHP, 2-0, 1.76) vs. #37 Blake Schultz (So., RHP, 2-0, 3.00) 3/19 Fri * at Florida S+ 5:30 p 3/20 Sat * at Florida S+ 12:00 p 3/23 TUE RICE 6:30 P LEADING OFF 3/26 FRI * GEORGIA + 6:00 P Texas A&M rides a 10-game win streak into their road trip to play the Houston Cougars... the Ag- 3/27 SAT * GEORGIA + 2:00 P 3/28 SUN * GEORGIA + 1:00 P gies have not yielded a first-inning run in 2021, outscoring opponents 21-0... the Maroon & White are 3/30 TUE TEXAS + 6:00 P outscoring foes 48-6 in the first frame the last two seasons... the Aggies lead the nation with four 4/1 Thu * at Missouri + tba shutouts - they are tied with Lamar, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State and Stetson in hanging clean 4/2 Fri * at Missouri + tba sheets... Texas A&M is moving up the NCAA pitching charts, climbing up to No. 3 in Strikeouts Per Nine 4/3 Sat * at Missouri + tba 4/6 Tue at Sam Houston State 6:30 p Innings (13.0), No. 5 in Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (4.38), No. 11 in ERA (2.35), No. 15 in WHIP (1.09), No. 21 in 4/9 FRI * ALABAMA + 6:30 P Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (2.96) and No. 23 in Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (6.88)... during their 4/10 SAT * ALABAMA + 2:00 P 10-game win streak, Ray Alejo (.478), Logan Britt (.441) and Taylor Smith (.412) are all hitting over .400... 4/11 SUN * ALABAMA + 1:00 P the pitching staff has a 1.33 ERA, .168 opponent batting average and 130 strikeouts over 88.0 innings 4/13 Tue at Texas State 6:30 p 4/16 Fri * at Arkansas + 6:30 p during the win streak. 4/17 Sat * at Arkansas + 6:30 p 4/18 Sun * at Arkansas + 2:00 p SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE 4/20 TUE TEXAS SOUTHERN + 6:30 P The Texas A&M Aggies are one of only three schools to appear in each of the last 13 NCAA Divi- 4/23 FRI * TENNESSEE + 6:30 P sion I Baseball Championships. The Maroon & White’s 13-season NCAA postseason string is the sec- 4/24 SAT * TENNESSEE + 2:00 P 4/25 SUN * TENNESSEE + 1:00 P ond-longest in the SEC trailing only Vanderbilt (14 years). It is also the longest active string among Texas 4/27 TUE TEXAS STATE + 6:30 P schools. 4/30 Fri * at Mississippi State + 6:30 p 5/1 Sat * at Mississippi State + tba ACTIVE STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 5/2 Sun * at Mississippi State + tba 1. Florida State 42 5/4 Tue at UT Arlington 6:30 p 2. Vanderbilt 14 5/7 FRI * OLE MISS + 6:30 P 5/8 SAT * OLE MISS + 11:00 A 3. TEXAS A&M 13 5/9 SUN * OLE MISS + 2:00 P 5/14 Fri * at Auburn + 6:00 p WINNING TRADITION 5/15 Sat * at Auburn + 2:00 p 5/16 Sun * at Auburn + 1:00 p Heading into the 2021 campaign, the Aggies have 14 consecutive winning seasons. Texas A&M 5/20 THU * LSU + 6:00 P has posted a winning record in 58 of the last 60 years. 5/21 FRI * LSU + 6:30 P 5/22 SAT * LSU + 2:00 P 5/25-30 SEC Championship MORE ON HOUSTON (Hoover, Alabama) The Cougars are 10-5 on the season. Houston has series wins against Texas Southern (3-0), Texas 6/4-7 NCAA Regionals (Campus sites) A&M-Corpus Christi (2-1) and Texas State (2-1) while dropping a series at then-No. 19 Texas (2-1). 6/11-14 NCAA Super Regionals Houston’s offense is averaging 7.27 runs per game. Tyler Bielamowicz paces the Cougars, batting (Campus sites) .423 with 14 runs, three doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI in 15 games. Steven Rivas leads Houston 6/19-30 College World Series (Omaha, Nebraska) in runs (16), home runs (8) and RBI (22) while batting .350. RRRR Hernandez is hitting .344 with 10 runs, three doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI. Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). The Cougars’ pitching staff owns a 4.13 earned run average and .255 opponent batting average * SEC game. % - Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, Texas) SEC - SEC Network / S+ - SEC Network+ / E+ - ESPN+ while striking out 131 in 135.0 innings. Tuesday’s starter Blake Schultz is 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA in four All times Central. Dates and times subject to change. appearances, including three starts. 2018 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: ..................College Station, Texas 77842 TEXAS A&M/HOUSTON SERIES NOTABLES FOUNDED: ............................................................ 1876 2021 QUICK FACTS Texas A&M and Houston have met 172 times previously, with the Aggies hold the all-time series lead ENROLLMENT: ............................... 68,625 (fall 2017) 114-57-1. The Aggies first met the Cougars on the diamond in 1946, with the Maroon & White taking a PRESIDENT: ..................Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) GENERAL INFORMATION 9-6 win. The two programs have met every year since 1949, with the exception of 1962, 2012 and 2018. FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .........Dr. Paul J. Batista LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) FOUNDED: 1876 The two teams last met in 2019, with the Aggies falling 4-1 in Houston. Chandler Jozwiak was sad- CONFERENCE: .....................................................SEC ENROLLMENT: 71,109 (fall 2020) dled with the loss after tossing 2.0 inning, yielding three runs, two earned, on four hits and two walks, NICKNAME: ......................................................Aggies INTERIM PRESIDENT: John Junkins (Auburn ‘65) while fanning two. Chris Weber threw three stellar frames in relief, retiring nine of 10 batters faced with MASCOT: .........................Reveille (American Collie) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Paul J. Batista one hit and five strikeouts. Zach DeLoach paced the Aggies offense with a double and one run. COLORS: .....................................Maroon and White DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Ross Bjork (WIU ‘96) CONFERENCE: SEC TUESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTER: #35 NATHAN DETTMER STADIUM INFORMATION Aggies NICKNAME: Making his sixth career appearance and fourth start... has been stellar as a starter - he hasn’t yield- STADIUM: ...................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) ed an earned run in 14.1, allowing just one unearned run on nine hits and five walks while striking out 14 OPENED: .......March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) COLORS: Maroon and White in 14.1 innings... has tallied 11.1 scoreless innings in his last two starts... notched win against A&M-Cor- Renovated prior to the 2012 season pus Christi, scattering three hits and three walks while striking out one in 5.1 innings... earned a win CAPACITY: ..........................................................6,100 STADIUM INFORMATION against Houston Baptist, scattering three hits and one walk while striking out seven in 6.0 scoreless PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) STADIUM: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park innings... did not allow a hit or run in his 18.0 innings of prep baseball in 2020... earned 6A Texas High DIMENSIONS: .......................330-375-400-375-330 OPENED: March 21, 1978 (42nd season on site) School First Half Pitcher of the Year in 2020 and earned Academic All-State... named 6A All-State Third FENCE HEIGHT: .................................................8 feet Renovated prior to the 2012 season Team and first-team all-district as a junior... also earned Academic All-State honorable mention in 2019. ALL-TIME RECORD: .....................1,103-357-4 (.755) CAPACITY: 6,100 PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) DETTMER’S CAREER TOTALS (GAME-BY-GAME ON PAGE 10) COACHING STAFF DIMENSIONS: 330-375-400-375-330 # Year W-L ERA APP/GS SV IP H R ER BB SO AVG HEAD COACH: 29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) FENCE HEIGHT: 8 feet 2021 2-0 1.76 5/3 0 15.1 13 5 3 7 16 .220 CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: 539-281-2 (13th year) ALL-TIME RECORD: 1,151-369-5 (.756) Career 2-0 1.76 5/3 0 15.1 13 5 3 7 16 .220 RECORD AT A&M: ................539-281-2 (13th year) ASSISTANT COACHES: #19 Justin Seely (10th year, Nebraska ‘03) COACHING STAFF # WINNERS WIN 6 Will Bolt (6th year, Nebraska ‘03) HEAD COACH: #29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) # The Aggies boast 234 wins from 2015, the fifth-highest tally in the nation.