Thursday, March 22
College Station
6 p.m.
Texas A&M
vs
Ole Miss
Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics
SERIES PREVIEW: Ole Miss
Mar 21, 2018 | Baseball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 12 Texas A&M Aggies play their first home SEC games of the season when they host the No. 5 Ole Miss Rebels for a three-game series starting Thursday.
Thursday and Friday's games will air nationally on the SEC Network with Jason Benetti (play-by-play) and Ben McDonald (color analyst) on the call. Every game of the series is available for viewing on SEC Network +. SEC Network + provides digital-only events to SEC Network subscribers through WatchESPN and the ESPN app on smartphones, computers, tablets and connected devices (Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One). All three games will air on SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone with Scott Clendenin and Kevin Hurley on the call.
Texas A&M is the only school in the nation with three pitchers ranked in the top 75 in ERA, including Mitchell Kilkenny (41st - 1.32), Stephen Kolek (61st - 1.50) and John Doxakis (74th - 1.65). The pitching staff ranks in the top 10 in the country in WHIP (4th - 1.05), ERA (6th - 2.32), walks allowed per nine innings (7th - 2.67), K-to-BB ratio (9th - 3.28) and hits allowed per nine innings (10th - 6.82
The Aggies lead the nation with 12 triples with Zach DeLoach ranking second in the country with five three batters.
Michael Helman ranks fifth in hits (37) and he enters play with a 15-game hit streak.
The Aggies also rank sixth in the nation in hits (240) and double plays (23).
Texas A&M is outscoring opponents 22-3 in the first inning, 41-7 in the first two frames and 62-15 in the first three innings.
#14 TEXAS A&M AGGIES (18-4, 1-2 SEC) VS. #5 OLE MISS REBELS (20-2, 2-1 SEC)
Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100) • College Station, Texas
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
• THURSDAY: #32 Stephen Kolek (Jr., RHP, 3-2, 1.50 ERA) vs. #22 Ryan Rolison (So., LHP, 3-2, 2.37 ERA)
• FRIDAY: #14 John Doxakis (So., LHP, 3-0, 1.65 ERA) vs. #39 Brady Feigl (Jr., RHP, 5-0, 1.10 ERA)
• SATURDAY: #34 Mitchell Kilkenny (Jr., RHP, 5-0, 1.30 ERA) vs. #26 James McArthur (Jr., RHP, 3-0, 1.35 ERA)
Thursday and Friday's games will air nationally on the SEC Network with Jason Benetti (play-by-play) and Ben McDonald (color analyst) on the call. Every game of the series is available for viewing on SEC Network +. SEC Network + provides digital-only events to SEC Network subscribers through WatchESPN and the ESPN app on smartphones, computers, tablets and connected devices (Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One). All three games will air on SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone with Scott Clendenin and Kevin Hurley on the call.
Texas A&M is the only school in the nation with three pitchers ranked in the top 75 in ERA, including Mitchell Kilkenny (41st - 1.32), Stephen Kolek (61st - 1.50) and John Doxakis (74th - 1.65). The pitching staff ranks in the top 10 in the country in WHIP (4th - 1.05), ERA (6th - 2.32), walks allowed per nine innings (7th - 2.67), K-to-BB ratio (9th - 3.28) and hits allowed per nine innings (10th - 6.82
The Aggies lead the nation with 12 triples with Zach DeLoach ranking second in the country with five three batters.
Michael Helman ranks fifth in hits (37) and he enters play with a 15-game hit streak.
The Aggies also rank sixth in the nation in hits (240) and double plays (23).
Texas A&M is outscoring opponents 22-3 in the first inning, 41-7 in the first two frames and 62-15 in the first three innings.
#14 TEXAS A&M AGGIES (18-4, 1-2 SEC) VS. #5 OLE MISS REBELS (20-2, 2-1 SEC)
Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park (6,100) • College Station, Texas
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
• THURSDAY: #32 Stephen Kolek (Jr., RHP, 3-2, 1.50 ERA) vs. #22 Ryan Rolison (So., LHP, 3-2, 2.37 ERA)
• FRIDAY: #14 John Doxakis (So., LHP, 3-0, 1.65 ERA) vs. #39 Brady Feigl (Jr., RHP, 5-0, 1.10 ERA)
• SATURDAY: #34 Mitchell Kilkenny (Jr., RHP, 5-0, 1.30 ERA) vs. #26 James McArthur (Jr., RHP, 3-0, 1.35 ERA)
| SCHEDULE | Thursday, 6:02 p.m. • Saturday, 6:02 p.m. • Saturday, 2:02 p.m. |
| TELEVISION | SEC Network (Thursday & Friday) • Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Ben McDonald (color analyst) |
| RADIO | SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone • Scott Clendenin (play-by-play), Kevin Hurley (color analyst) |
| LIVE VIDEO | SEC Network + (WatchESPN credentials required through cable provider) |
| LIVE AUDIO | RadioAggieland.com |
| LIVE STATS | tamu.statbroadcast.com (PCs); tamustats.com (mobile devices) |
| RANKINGS | Texas A&M - 11th (NCBWA), 12th (D1B, USAT), 13th (BA); Ole Miss - 5th (D1B, NCBWA, USAT), 7th (BA) For the sake of consistency, Texas A&M uses the USA Today Coaches Poll in releases. |
| SERIES HISTORY | Texas A&M leads series, 12-9 |
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