April 13, 2010
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The No. 21 Texas A&M softball team closes out its five-game homestand on Wednesday with its final non-conference game of the year against Sam Houston State. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Aggie Softball Complex.
In the second of a two-game series, the Aggies (32-11) and the Bearkats (15-22) last met in Huntsville, Texas, on Feb. 17 when A&M took home a 2-1 victory. Senior Macie Morrow scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning for the game-winner, and sophomore Kelsea Orsak started the scoring in the same frame with a solo home run.
Texas A&M leads the all-time series 81-13 and has won 35 straight games against SHSU dating back to 1995.
A&M is coming off of two losses to then-No. 11 Oklahoma and is 5-5 in its last 10 contests. The Aggies won a pair of mid-week games last week against SFA and No. 16 Texas and post a .287 team batting average and 2.51 team ERA for the season.
Sam Houston swept A&M-Corpus Christi on the road last weekend and enters Wednesday's game hitting .258 with a team ERA of 3.07. The Bearkats are led by Tomi Garrison (.417) who has only played in roughly half of their games. Hailey Wiginton (.336) has a team-best 37 hits, five doubles and 19 runs scored. Morgan Mikulin (10-15) has seen the most time in the circle and records a 2.99 ERA with 89 K's in 143 innings pitched.
Freshman Meagan May continues to pace the Aggies with a .402 batting average, 49 hits and 15 doubles. She also leads the Big 12 with 17 home runs, 53 RBIs, 36 walks, 115 total bases and a .943 slugging percentage. Freshman Melissa Dumezich (8-1) has the lowest ERA at 2.00 and adds 67 strike outs in 66.2 innings of work.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats, live video and free live audio will be provided for the game Wednesday on AggieAthletics.com. In addition, fans can listen to the broadcast live on the Candy 95.1 HD3 Play x Replay Channel making it available worldwide on any iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry or PDA free of charge. Log on to RadioAggieland.com for more information.
ON DECK
Texas A&M returns to Big 12 play and heads to Ames, Iowa, this weekend for a pair of contests against the Cyclones. Game times are set for 2 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday.
LAST TIME OUT
Dumezich hit a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift A&M to a 1-0 victory over Texas before a crowd of 1,281 last Wednesday. The Aggies were then swept by Oklahoma over the weekend. A&M committed four errors in a 6-0 loss Saturday, before falling 9-4 on Sunday after the Sooners plated five runs in the sixth inning.
AGGIES IN THE POLLS
Texas A&M is ranked 21st in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 this week and No. 22 in the USA Today/NFCA poll. A&M's remaining ranked opponents are No. 11/14 Missouri, No. 9 Oklahoma State, and No. 14/15 Texas. In addition, Baylor is receiving votes.