April 7, 2011
Texas A&M Baseball Notes (Texas Tech Series) in PDF Format 
LUBBOCK, Texas - Putting its first-place Big 12 record on the line, the No. 5 Texas A&M baseball team jumps back into conference this weekend by traveling to Lubbock, Texas, to take on Texas Tech in a three-game series at Dan Law Field.
Game times are set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 5 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. for the series finale on Sunday.
The Aggies (22-7) enter the weekend holding the top spot in the Big 12 standings with a 7-2 league mark, while the Red Raiders (19-11) are in fifth place in the league and looking to improve their 4-5 conference record.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
FRIDAY (APRIL 8)
Texas A&M - #12 John Stilson (Jr., RHP, 2-1, 1.45)
Texas Tech - #10 David Paiz (Fr., RHP, 3-1, 6.33)
SATURDAY (APRIL 9)
Texas A&M - #38 Michael Wacha (So., RHP, 4-1, 1.05)
Texas Tech -#16 Trey Masek (Fr., RHP, 1-2, 5.52)
SUNDAY (APRIL 10)
Texas A&M - #36 Ross Stripling (Jr., RHP, 5-2, 2.47)
Texas Tech -#40 Robbie Kilcrease (Jr., LHP, 3-1, 5.22)
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
• RADIO -- Fans can listen locally on WTAW-AM 1620 Dave South (play-by-play) and Kevin Hurley (commentary) will call the action ... pregame show begins 30 minutes prior to first pitch.
• TV -- Saturday's game will be shown on Red Raider Sports locally in the Lubbock market.
• INTERNET -- aggieathletics.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics.
• MOBILE PHONE -- listen to the game on your iPhone, Blackberry or PDA free of charge log on to radioaggieland.com for more information.
TEXAS A&M/TEXAS TECH SERIES NOTABLES
The two long-time conference rivals in both the Southwest Conference and Big 12 reunite this weekend in what has been one of the most hotly contested series in recent years. Texas A&M leads the all-time series with the Red Raiders by a margin of 92-55 including a 25-22 edge since the formation of the Big 12 Conference.
The home team has dominated the series with the Aggies last winning a series in Lubbock during the 1997 season, while the Red Raiders last won a series in College Station in 1995 during Southwest Conference play.
UP NEXT
The Aggies' heaviest road stretch of the season (nine of 10 away from College Station) continues on Tuesday when Texas A&M will travel to Reckling Park in Houston to face another former Southwest Conference foe in No. 22 Rice.
Texas A&M will be looking to avenge a 1-0 loss to the Owls earlier this season at the Houston College Classic.
NOTES AND NOTABLES
 • The 7-2 start to Big 12 Conference play through nine games is the best for the Aggies since an identical 7-2 beginning to the 1999 Big 12 schedule.
 • As outstanding as the Texas A&M starting pitching staff has been this year, the Aggie bullpen has been just as dominant. In Big 12 play this season, the A&M bullpen holds a 0.59 ERA, having allowed just one earned run (two total) in 15.1 innings of work.
 • Freshman Krey Bratsen leads the Aggies in hitting during Big 12 play with a .395 batting average (15-for-38), edging fellow outfielder Tyler Naquin (.389) for the top spot on the squad in league play. Naquin, leads the Aggies for the overall season with a .373 clip at the plate.
 • Naqiun has developed into one of the best hitters in the Big 12. The Spring, Texas, native has hit safely in 23 of 28 games played this season and has reached base in three of the five games he has not recorded a hit.
 • Junior first baseman Jacob House is finding his groove at the plate as the Mansfield, Texas, native has driven in at least one run in eight of his last 11 games, including three mutli-RBI games. He has also hit safely in eight of the 10 games with four mulit-hit games. Among the clutch knocks during his run were a go-ahead RBI double in the ninth inning of a 4-3 win at Kansas State on April 2, a go-ahead two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning of a 7-5 win over SFA on March 22 and a two-run, eighth inning double during March 20's 5-2 win at Oklahoma.
 • Texas A&M's defense has shown dramatic improvement this season as they lead the Big 12 and ranking fifth nationally (as of last NCAA national rankings) with a .983 fielding percentage. The Aggies have only committed 21 errors through 29 games this season compared to 50 at the 29-game mark a season ago.
 • The Aggies are 21-3 this season when scoring two or more runs and 17-1 when scoring four or more runs. A&M has lost six games this season with four of the setbacks being of the one-run variety. Through the season's first 29 games, the Aggies have held opponent to two runs or less 18 times.