2019 TEXAS A&M BASEBALL GAME 48-50 | MISSISSIPPI STATE | 5/2-4 GAME TIMES: 6:02/6:32/2:02 P.M. CT | SITE: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park, College Station, Texas Texas A&M Media Relations * www.12thMan.com Baseball Contact: Thomas Dick / E-Mail: [email protected] / C: (512) 784-2153 RESULTS/SCHEDULE 17 TEXAS A&M 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE Date Day Opponent Time (CT) # # 2/15 FRI FORDHAM + W, 4-0 2/16 SAT FOPDHAM + W, 19-6 AGGIES BULLDOGS 2/17 SUN FORDHAM + W, 3-1 2/19 TUE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN + W, 5-3 2/20 WED PRAIRIE VIEW A&M + W, 9-1 2/22 FRI UIC + W, 3-1 Record 31-15-1, 11-9-1 SEC Record 36-9, 13-8 SEC 2/23 SAT UIC + W, 4-0 Ranking 14 (D1B), 15 (BA), 17 (USAT, NCBWA), 19 (CB) Ranking 6 (BA, D1B), 7 (USAT, NCBWA, CB) 2/24 SUN UIC + L, 2-7 Streak won - 1 Streak won - 4 2/26 TUE HOUSTON BAPTIST + W, 12-5 Last 5 / Last 10 2-3 / 5-5 Last 5 / Last 10 4-1 / 7-3 2/27 WED INCARNATE WORD + L, 5-6 Last Game April 30 Last Game April 28 3/1 Fri % vs #18 Baylor MLB W, 5-2 3/2 Sat % vs #17 TCU MLB W, 1-0 at Sam Houston State - (7) W, 15-5 #4 GEORGIA - W, 6-5 3/3 Sun % vs Houston MLB W, 3-2 3/5 TUE A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI + (7) W, 12-2 Head Coach Rob Childress (Northwood, ‘90) Head Coach Chris Lemonis (The Citadel, ‘92) 3/6 WED ABILENE CHRISTIAN + W, 9-3 Overall 570-298-3 (14th season) Overall 177-100-2 (5th season) 3/8 FRI GONZAGA + L, 4-6 at Texas A&M same at Mississippi State 36-9 (1st season) 3/9 SAT GONZAGA + W, 14-2 3/10 SUN GONZAGA + W, 3-1 3/12 Tue at Dallas Baptist L, 4-5 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 3/15 FRI * #2 VANDERBILT + L, 4-7 3/16 SAT * #2 VANDERBILT + W, 8-7 • THURSDAY: #14 John Doxakis (Jr., LHP, 5-2, 1.81 ERA) vs. #18 Keegan James (Jr, RHP, 3-1, 4.36 ERA) 3/1 7 SUN * #2 VANDERBILT + W, 7-0 • FRIDAY: #35 Asa Lacy (So., LHP, 6-3, 2.23 ERA) vs. #44 Ethan Small (Jr, LHP, 5-1, 2.05 ERA) 3/19 TUE RICE SEC W, 8-3 3/22 Fri * at Kentucky + W, 5-3 • SATURDAY: #23 Christian Roa (So., RHP, 2-1, 2.76 ERA) vs. #3 J.T. Ginn (Fr., RHP, 8-2, 3.24 ERA) 3/23 Sat * at Kentucky + W, 9-3 3/24 Sun * at Kentucky + W, 17-5 LEADING OFF 3/26 TUE LAMAR + W, 10-7 3/29 FRI * MISSOURI + W, 7-3 The No. 17 Texas A&M Aggies host the No. 7 Mississippi State Bulldogs in a three-game, Thurs- 3/30 SAT * MISSOURI + (15) L, 2-3 day-Saturday series on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. 3/31 SUN * MISSOURI + (10) T, 2-2 4/2 Tue at #17 Texas FS1 W, 9-6 The top 20 series is pivotal for a Texas A&M squad that is 11-9-1 in league action heading into their 4/5 Fri * at #12 LSU + L, 1-2 final nine regular-season games, all scheduled against SEC foes. The Aggies enter the fray in fifth 4/6 Sat * at #12 LSU ESPN2 W, 6-4 place in the SEC Western Division, 3.5 games behind first-place Arkansas (15-6). LSU, Ole Miss and 4/6 Sat * at #12 LSU SEC L, 3-9 Mississippi State are tied in second place in the SEC West, two games behind the Razorbacks with 4/9 TUE TEXAS STATE + L, 3-5 13-8 records. 4/12 FRI * #19 AUBURN + W, 4-0 4/13 SAT * #19 AUBURN + L, 0-7 The series features the top two strikeout duos in the nation. Mississippi State’s Ethan Small (114) 4/14 SUN * #19 AUBURN + W, 4-1 and J.T. Ginn (75) lead the country with a combined 189 Ks. ASA LACY (100) and JOHN DOXAKIS (77) 4/16 Tue at Houston L, 1-4 rank as the No. 2 strikeout combination in the nation through 11 weeks of play with 177. Entering the 4/18 Thu * at South Carolina + W, 8-2 week, There are only five one-two combos in the nation who have combined for 170 or more strikeouts 4/20 Sat * at South Carolina + (7) L, 2-3 heading into the week’s action with Rice, Elon and UNC Greensboro joining the Aggies and Bulldogs. 4/20 Sat * at South Carolina SEC (7) W, 6-3 4/23 TUE UT ARLINGTON + W, 10-5 The Texas A&M pitching staff is on pace to set a school record for strikeouts in 2019. With 507 4/25 Thu * at #19 Ole Miss SEC (11) L, 4-5 strikeouts through 47 games, the Maroon & White are on pace to hang 604 Ks through the 56-game 4/26 Fri * at #19 Ole Miss + L, 3-13 regular-season schedule. The school record for strikeouts in a season is 612 set by the 2010 squad, the 4/27 Sat * at #19 Ole Miss + L, 2-3 only season the Aggies have ever reached the 600-K mark. With a sufficient run at the SEC Tourna- 4/30 Tue at Sam Houston State E+ (7) W, 15-5 5/2 THU * #7 MISSISSIPPI STATE SEC 6:00 P ment and NCAA Championship, the Aggies could flirt with becoming just the second SEC team to post 5/3 FRI * #7 MISSISSIPPI STATE + 6:30 P 700 strikeouts in a season, potentially joining Vanderbilt’s 2015 squad that recorded 703 strikeouts. 5/4 SAT * #7 MISSISSIPPI STATE SEC 2:00 P The Aggies rank in the top 25 in the nation in numerous pitching categories, including K-to-BB ratio 5/10 Fri * at Alabama + 6:00 p (2nd - 3.40), strikeouts per nine Innings (3rd - 11.0), ERA (5th - 3.11), WHIP (9th - 1.19), shutouts (13th - 5), 5/11 Sat * at Alabama + 6:00 p 5/12 Sun * at Alabama SEC 3:00 p hits allowed per nine innings (17th - 7.47) and walks allowed per nine innings (21st - 3.21). 5/16 THU * ARKANSAS + 6:00 P Individually, Lacy anks seventh in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (13.92), ninth in strikeouts 5/17 FRI * ARKANSAS + 6:30 P (100) and 12th in hits allowed per nine innings (5.15). Doxakis ranks 24th in the nation in ERA (1.81) and 5/18 SAT * ARKANSAS SEC 2:00 P 35th in K-to-BB ratio (1.29). KASEY KALICH ranks 11th in the nation in saves with 10. 5/21-26 SEC Championship (Hoover, Alabama) With his next save, Kalich will move into a tie with Scott Centala (11 - 1988) for fourth place on the 5/31-6/3 NCAA Regionals Texas A&M’s single-season saves chart. He is chasing the school record of 14 set by Jason Jester in (Campus sites) 2013 and equaled by Nolan Hoffman in 2018. 6/7-10 NCAA Super Regionals (Campus sites) BRADEN SHEWMAKE enters the game in eighth place on the Aggies’ career RBI list. With 155 ca- 6/15-26 College World Series reer ribbies, he needs two to tie Luke Anders (157 - 2006-09) for seventh place. Shewmake also moved (Omaha, Nebraska) into a tie for 10th place on Texas A&M’s career triples list with 10. Home games in BOLD, played at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100). * SEC game. % - Shriners Classic (Houston, Texas) WINNING TRADITION SEC - SEC Network / + - SEC Network+ / E+ - ESPN+ With their win against UT Arlington, the Aggies were guaranteed their 13th consecutive win- All times Central. Dates and times subject to change. ning season. Texas A&M has posted a winning record in 57 of the last 59 years. 2018 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: ..................College Station, Texas 77842 STACKING UP WINS FOUNDED: ............................................................ 1876 2019 QUICK FACTS The Aggies are one of just five teams to log 40 or more wins in every season since 2015. The other ENROLLMENT: ............................... 68,625 (fall 2017) four squads are Dallas Baptist, Florida, Florida State and Louisville. PRESIDENT: ..................Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) GENERAL INFORMATION FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: .........Dr. Paul J. Batista LOCATION: College Station, Texas 77842 40 OR MORE WINS EACH YEAR FROM 2015-18 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) FOUNDED: 1876 Dallas Baptist CONFERENCE: .....................................................SEC ENROLLMENT: 68,625 (fall 2017) Florida NICKNAME: ......................................................Aggies PRESIDENT: Michael K. Young (BYU ‘73) Florida State MASCOT: .........................Reveille (American Collie) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Paul J. Batista Louisville COLORS: .....................................Maroon and White DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Scott Woodward (LSU ‘85) Texas A&M CONFERENCE: SEC STADIUM INFORMATION NICKNAME: Aggies SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE STADIUM: ...................Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park MASCOT: Reveille (American Collie) The Texas A&M Aggies are one of only four schools to appear in each of the last 12 NCAA Division OPENED: .......March 21, 1978 (35th season on site) COLORS: Maroon and White Renovated prior to the 2012 season I Baseball Championships. The Maroon and White’s 12-season NCAA postseason string is the second CAPACITY: ..........................................................6,100 longest in the SEC trailing only Vanderbilt (13 years). It’s also the longest active string among Texas STADIUM INFORMATION schools. PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass (Tifway Bermuda) STADIUM: Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park DIMENSIONS: .......................330-375-400-375-330 OPENED: March 21, 1978 (41st season on site) FENCE HEIGHT: .................................................8 feet ACTIVE STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES Renovated prior to the 2012 season 1.