2021 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL GAMES 51-53 | @AUBURN | MAY 14-16 GAME TIME: 6:02 / 2:02 / 1:02 P.M. CT SITE: Plainsman Park, Auburn, Alabama 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 AUBURN Date Day Opponent Time (CT) 2/20 SAT XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 6-10 XAVIER (DH) S+ L, 0-2 AGGIES TIGERS 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 27-23, 7-17 SEC 2021 Record 20-24, 6-18 SEC 2/27 Sat % vs Oklahoma Flo W, 8-1 Ranking - Ranking - 2/28 Sun % vs Auburn Flo L, 1-6 Streak Won 1 Streak Lost 1 3/2 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST S+ W, 4-0 Last 5 / Last 10 3-2 / 5-5 Last 5 / Last 10 2-3 / 4-6 3/3 WED INCARNATE WORD S+ W, 6-4 Last Game May 9 Last Game May 12 3/5 FRI NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 4-1 3/6 SAT NEW MEXICO STATE S+ W, 5-0 #11 OLE MISS - W, 6-5 at Samford - L, 1-6 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 Butch Thompson (Birmingham Southern, ‘92) 3/10 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M S+ (7) W, 22-2 Overall 620-332-3 (16th season) Overall 174-139 (6th season) 3/12 FRI SAMFORD S+ W, 10-1 at Texas A&M same at Auburn same 3/13 SAT SAMFORD (DH) S+ W, 21-4 SUN SAMFORD (DH) S+ W, 5-2 3/16 Tue at Houston E+ W, 9-4 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 3/18 Thu * at #5 Florida SEC L, 4-13 • FRIDAY: #37 Dustin Saenz (Sr., LHP, 5-5, 4.48) vs. #44 Jack Owen (Sr., LHP, 1-4, 5.65) 3/19 Fri * at #5 Florida S+ L, 1-3 3/20 Sat * at #5 Florida S+ L, 4-8 • SATURDAY: #38 Chris Weber (Jr., LHP, 1-2, 3.88) vs. #43 Richard Fitts (Jr., RHP, 0-3, 6.96) 3/23 TUE RICE + L, 1-3 • SUNDAY: TBA vs. TBA 3/26 FRI * GEORGIA SEC W, 6-3 3/27 SAT * GEORGIA + W, 7-6 LEADING OFF 3/28 SUN * GEORGIA + L, 4-6 3/30 TUE #8 TEXAS ESPNU W, 2-0 The Texas A&M Aggies make their last regular-season road trip of the year when they play the 4/1 Thu * at Missouri + W, 16-2 Auburn Tigers in a three-game series at Plainsman Park... Will Frizzell enters the weekend as one of 4/2 Fri * at Missouri + L, 2-8 college baseball’s hottest hitters after a series against No. 11 Ole Miss that earned National Player 4/3 Sat * at Missouri SEC L, 3-7 of the Year recognition from D1Baseball.com, NCBWA, Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game. The 4/6 Tue at Sam Houston E+ L, 6-8 4/9 FRI * ALABAMA + L, 3-5 Aggie first baseman blasted five home runs in the series, including a walk-off dinger in the opener 4/10 SAT * ALABAMA + L, 3-6 and a 7th-inning, game-winning grand slam in the finale... Frizzell is enjoying an All-American 2021 4/11 SUN * ALABAMA + L, 4-7 campaign. He currently ranks in the top 50 in the nation in Total Bases (2nd - 130), Home Runs (3rd - 4/13 Tue at Texas State E+ W, 8-4 18), Hits (21st - 65) , RBI (29th - 48) and slugging percentage (31st - .699), as well as the top 150 in walks 4/16 Fri * at #1 Arkansas + L, 0-13 4/17 Sat * at #1 Arkansas + (10) L, 1-2 (83rd - 30) and runs (110th - 41). 4/18 Sun * at #1 Arkansas + W, 11-10 4/20 TUE TEXAS SOUTHERN + W, 9-4 SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE 4/23 FRI * #5 TENNESSEE + L, 1-6 The Texas A&M Aggies are one of only three schools to appear in each of the last 13 NCAA Division I 4/24 SAT * #5 TENNESSEE + W, 6-5 Baseball Championships. The Maroon & White’s 13-season NCAA postseason string is the second-lon- 4/25 SUN * #5 TENNESSEE SEC L, 7-20 4/27 TUE TEXAS STATE + W, 4-0 gest in the SEC trailing only Vanderbilt (14 years). It is also the longest active string among Texas 4/30 Fri * at #5 Mississippi State + (11) L, 7-8 schools. 5/1 Sat * at #5 Mississippi State + L, 2-3 5/2 Sun * at #5 Mississippi State SEC L, 5-10 ACTIVE STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 5/4 Tue at UT Arlington W, 8-4 1. Florida State 42 5/7 FRI * #11 OLE MISS + W,9-8 2. Vanderbilt 14 5/8 SAT * #11 OLE MISS ESPNU L, 7-12 3. TEXAS A&M 13 5/9 SUN * #11 OLE MISS ESPNU W, 6-5 5/14 Fri * at Auburn + 6:00 p 5/15 Sat * at Auburn + 2:00 p TEXAS A&M/AUBURN SERIES NOTABLES 5/16 Sun * at Auburn + 1:00 p 5/20 THU * LSU ESPNU 6:00 P Texas A&M and Auburn have met 23 times with the Aggies holding the series lead 13-10. The Aggies 5/21 FRI * LSU + 6:30 P have played the Tigers for a three-game conference series every year since Texas A&M joined the SEC 5/22 SAT * LSU + 2:00 P in 2013, the first meeting between the teams. 5/25-30 SEC Championship The last game in the series came earlier in this year in at the Round Rock Classic. The Aggies (Hoover, Alabama) 6/4-7 NCAA Regionals dropped the tournament finale, 6-1, on Dell Diamond. On the mound, Jonathan Childress had a stellar (Campus sites) outing, but was saddled with the loss after giving up one run on four hits and three walk while fanning 6/11-14 NCAA Super Regionals four in a career-high 6.0 frames. At the plate, the Aggies had the opportunity to take advantage of (Campus sites) some free bags and a couple hits, but the ball never seemed to find a hole in the Auburn defense. Texas 6/19-30 College World Series A&M only had four strikeouts on the day. Will Frizzell, Brett Minnich and Mikey Hoehner paced the (Omaha, Nebraska) Aggie bats. Frizzell was 2-for-4 with one run and one double, while Minnich and Hoehner added a hit apiece. Zane Schmidt tallied three walks on the day. Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). * SEC game. % - Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, Texas) SEC - SEC Network / S+ - SEC Network+ / E+ - ESPN+ All times Central. Dates and times subject to change. 2018 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: ..................College Station, Texas 77842 WINNING TRADITION FOUNDED: ............................................................ 1876 2021 QUICK FACTS Heading into the 2021 campaign, the Aggies have 14 consecutive winning seasons. Texas A&M ENROLLMENT: ............................... 68,625 (fall 2017) has posted a winning record in 58 of the last 60 years. PRESIDENT: ..................Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) GENERAL INFORMATION FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .........Dr. Paul J. Batista LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 FRIDAY’S PROBABLE STARTER: #37 DUSTIN SAENZ DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) FOUNDED: 1876 CONFERENCE: .....................................................SEC ENROLLMENT: 71,109 (fall 2020) Enters weekend ranked 25th in the nation and sixth in the SEC with 90 strikeouts... also ranks 83rd in NICKNAME: ......................................................Aggies INTERIM PRESIDENT: John Junkins (Auburn ‘65) the nation in Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (11.52) and 98th in Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (4.74)... making his MASCOT: .........................Reveille (American Collie) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Paul J. Batista 46th career appearance and 22nd career start... owns a career record of 9-6 with one save, a 4.22 ERA COLORS: .....................................Maroon and White DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Ross Bjork and 144 strikeouts in 136.1 innings... owns wins against Baylor, New Mexico State, Samford, Georgia (Emporia State ‘95/WIU ‘96) and Missouri this season... pitched 7.0 blank frames at Missouri, scattering three hits and three walks STADIUM INFORMATION CONFERENCE: SEC while striking out 10... struck out a career-high 14 in 8.0 shutout innings against Samford... pitched in STADIUM: ...................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park NICKNAME: Aggies seven games in 2020, including two starts, logging a 2-0 record with a 3.12 ERA and 22 strikeouts in OPENED: .......March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) 17.1 innings... logged a 2-1 mark with one save, a 4.85 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 29.2 innings as a soph- Renovated prior to the 2012 season COLORS: Maroon & White omore... pitched in 11 games as a freshman, posting a 0-0 record with a 3.32 ERA and 15 strikeouts in CAPACITY: ..........................................................6,100 19.0 innings. PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) STADIUM INFORMATION DIMENSIONS: .......................330-375-400-375-330 STADIUM: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park SAENZ’S CAREER TOTALS (GAME-BY-GAME ON PAGE 15) FENCE HEIGHT: .................................................8 feet OPENED: March 21, 1978 (42nd season on site) Year W-L ERA APP/GS SV IP H R ER BB SO AVG ALL-TIME RECORD: .....................1,103-357-4 (.755) Renovated prior to the 2012 season 2018 0-0 3.32 11/2 0 19.0 21 11 7 6 15 .284 CAPACITY: 6,100 2019 2-1 4.85 15/5 1 29.2 36 22 16 14 17 .313 COACHING STAFF PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) 2020 2-0 3.12 7/2 0 17.1 24 9 6 7 22 .333 # HEAD COACH: 29 Rob Childress (Northwood ‘90) DIMENSIONS: 330-375-400-375-330 2021 5-5 4.48 12/12 0 70.1 76 40 35 19 90 .269 CAREER COLLEGIATE RECORD: 539-281-2 (13th year) FENCE HEIGHT: 8 feet Career 9-6 4.22 45/21 1 136.1 157 82 64 46 144 .289 RECORD AT A&M: ................539-281-2 (13th year) ALL-TIME RECORD: 1,160-377-5 (.756) ASSISTANT COACHES: #19 Justin Seely (10th year, Nebraska ‘03) SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTER: #38 CHRIS WEBER #6 Will Bolt (6th year, Nebraska ‘03) COACHING STAFF # Making his seventh start of the season..