Thursday, March 29
Athens, Ga.
4 p.m.
Texas A&M
at
Georgia
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SERIES PREVIEW: Georgia
Mar 28, 2018 | Baseball
ATHENS, Georgia – The No. 15 Texas A&M Aggies face the hottest team in the SEC this weekend as No. 24 Georgia enters the fray with a seven-game hit streak, including a three-game sweep of South Carolina last weekend.
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 Dave South and Stephen Grove on the call.
Michael Helman enters the weekend with a 19-game hit streak, the longest for an Aggie since Mikey Reynolds had a 22-gamer in 2016. Currently tied for the 10th longest streak in school annals, if he stretches it through the weekend it would be up to No. 5 on the list. Helman ranks fifth the nation in hits (44) and 33rd in runs (27).
The Aggies enter the weekend ranked in the top 10 in the nation in triples (3rd - 12), WHIP (5th - 1.12), hits (6th - 305), double plays (8th - 27), BB/9inn (8th - 2.71), ERA (10th - 2.60) and K-to-BB ratio (10th - 3.12).
The Maroon & White is outscoring opponents 25-3 in the first inning, 52-8 in the first two frames and 75-19 in the first three innings.
Texas A&M is the only school in the nation with three pitchers ranked in the top 80 in ERA, including John Doxakis (47th - 1.59), Stephen Kolek (62nd - 1.70) and Mitchell Kiklenny (78th - 1.86).
#14 TEXAS A&M AGGIES (20-6, 2-4 SEC) VS. #24 GEORGIA BULLDOGS (19-6, 5-1 SEC)
Foley Field (3,291) • Athens, Georgia
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
• THURSDAY: #32 Stephen Kolek (Jr., RHP, 3-2, 1.70 ERA) vs. #23 Chase Adkins (RSr., RHP, 2-0, 4.34 ERA)
• FRIDAY: #14 John Doxakis (So., LHP, 4-0, 1.59 ERA) vs. #17 Emerson Hancock (Fr., RHP, 3-1, 3.60 ERA)
• SATURDAY: #34 Mitchell Kilkenny (Jr., RHP, 5-0, 1.86 ERA) vs. #55 Ryan Webb (Fr., LHP, 1-1, 2.88 ERA)
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 Dave South and Stephen Grove on the call.
Michael Helman enters the weekend with a 19-game hit streak, the longest for an Aggie since Mikey Reynolds had a 22-gamer in 2016. Currently tied for the 10th longest streak in school annals, if he stretches it through the weekend it would be up to No. 5 on the list. Helman ranks fifth the nation in hits (44) and 33rd in runs (27).
The Aggies enter the weekend ranked in the top 10 in the nation in triples (3rd - 12), WHIP (5th - 1.12), hits (6th - 305), double plays (8th - 27), BB/9inn (8th - 2.71), ERA (10th - 2.60) and K-to-BB ratio (10th - 3.12).
The Maroon & White is outscoring opponents 25-3 in the first inning, 52-8 in the first two frames and 75-19 in the first three innings.
Texas A&M is the only school in the nation with three pitchers ranked in the top 80 in ERA, including John Doxakis (47th - 1.59), Stephen Kolek (62nd - 1.70) and Mitchell Kiklenny (78th - 1.86).
#14 TEXAS A&M AGGIES (20-6, 2-4 SEC) VS. #24 GEORGIA BULLDOGS (19-6, 5-1 SEC)
Foley Field (3,291) • Athens, Georgia
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
• THURSDAY: #32 Stephen Kolek (Jr., RHP, 3-2, 1.70 ERA) vs. #23 Chase Adkins (RSr., RHP, 2-0, 4.34 ERA)
• FRIDAY: #14 John Doxakis (So., LHP, 4-0, 1.59 ERA) vs. #17 Emerson Hancock (Fr., RHP, 3-1, 3.60 ERA)
• SATURDAY: #34 Mitchell Kilkenny (Jr., RHP, 5-0, 1.86 ERA) vs. #55 Ryan Webb (Fr., LHP, 1-1, 2.88 ERA)
| SCHEDULE | Thursday, 4:02 p.m. • Saturday, 6:02 p.m. • Saturday, 1:02 p.m. |
| LIVE VIDEO | SEC Network + (WatchESPN credentials required through cable provider) • Matt Stewart (play-by-play), Jason Jacobs (color analyst) |
| RADIO | SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone • Dave South (play-by-play), Stephen Grove (color analyst) |
| LIVE AUDIO | RadioAggieland.com |
| LIVE STATS | GeorgiaDogs.com |
| RANKINGS | Texas A&M – 15th (USAT), 16th (BA, NCBWA), 17th (D1B); Georgia – 24th (USAT), 27th (NCBWA) For the sake of consistency, Texas A&M uses the USA Today Coaches Poll in releases. |
| SERIES HISTORY | Texas A&M leads series, 7-2 |
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