April 6, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The 15th-ranked Texas A&M baseball team (20-11) makes a brief stop at Olsen Field on Tuesday when the Aggies play host to the surging Houston Cougars (13-17) in a rematch of last year's NCAA College Station Regional final. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m.
A&M, which just wrapped up a three-game series at Texas Tech, will play its next four following the Houston game on the road.
Despite dropping two of three over the weekend in Lubbock, Texas A&M enters Tuesday's game winners of seven of its last nine contests and sits tied for second in the Big 12 standings at 7-5. The Aggies are hitting .289 as a team with 40 home runs, 194 RBIs and 47 stolen bases, and average just over seven runs a game.
Houston, meanwhile, has won six in a row and eight of its last 10, and is coming off a sweep of Texas-Pan American that saw the Cougars outscore the Broncs 38-7. U of H is hitting .292 on the year with 15 home runs, 151 RBIs and 36 stolen bases, and averages 5.5 runs per contest.
Junior Chad Sherman (0-0, 5.62 ERA) will make his third start of the year and will face off against Cougar freshman Mo Wiley (1-1, 6.17).
A&M leads the all-time series, 107-53-1, and has won two straight and nine of the last 11 meetings between the schools. The teams met earlier this season, as the Aggies picked up a 5-3 win over Houston on March 1 in the final game of the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park.
Tickets are available at the gate or online at aggieathletics.com. Children 12 and under will be admitted free with a paid adult (limit four kids per adult) as part of the Take Me Out to the Ballgame ticket promotion. Tuesday's game is also the Class of 2011 "Pull-Out Day", where anyone wearing a Class of '11 t-shirt will be admitted free. Gates open 90 minutes prior to first pitch for all home games.
Fans can listen to all the action on WTAW-AM 1620. Free live video will be available on aggieathletics.com, and fans around the world can also listen free of charge at radioaggieland.com.