April 14, 2011
Texas A&M Baseball Notes (Baylor Series) in PDF Format 
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 5 Texas A&M baseball team resumes its long-standing rivalry with Baylor this weekend when the two teams square off in a Big 12 Conference series. Friday's game is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch from Baylor Ballpark in Waco before the scene shifts to Olsen Field where the Aggies will host the Bears at 6:35 p.m. Saturday before concluding the series on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
The Aggies (24-9, 9-3 Big 12) enter the weekend in a tie atop the Big 12 standings, sharing the league's top record with Texas, while Baylor (19-15, 5-7 Big 12) sits in a tie for sixth in the conference standings.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
FRIDAY (APRIL 15)
Texas A&M - #12 John Stilson (Jr., RHP, 2-1, 1.46)
Baylor - #32 Josh Turley (So., LHP, 2.1, 4.11)
SATURDAY (APRIL 16)
Texas A&M - #38 Michael Wacha (So., RHP, 4-1, 1.23)
Baylor - #22 Trent Blank (Jr., RHP, 2-1, 5.08)
SUNDAY (APRIL 17)
Texas A&M - #36 Ross Stripling (Jr., RHP, 6-2, 2.93)
Baylor - TBA
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
• RADIO — Fans can listen locally on WTAW-AM 1620 ... Dave South (play-by-play), Kevin Hurley (commentary on Friday) Scott Clendenin (commentary on Saturday and Sunday) will call the action ... pregame show begins 30 minutes prior to first pitch.
• INTERNET — aggieathletics.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics ... fans can watch the game free of charge on aggieathletics.com.
• MOBILE PHONE — listen to the game on your iPhone, Blackberry or PDA free of charge log on to radioaggieland.com for more information.
A&M/BAYLOR SERIES NOTABLES
The Bears are one of the Aggies' oldest rivals with the two schools having first faced off on the baseball diamond in 1904. Texas A&M holds a 178-130-4 advantage in the all-time series which has featured at least one game between the schools continuously since 1946.
Since the former Southwest Conference rivals joined the Big 12, the series has been tightly contested with Baylor holding a slim 24-23. The Aggies, however, have won 11 of their last 15 meetings with Baylor.
UP NEXT
The Aggies' homestand continues on Tuesday when they face No. 9 TCU on Olsen Field at 6:35 p.m. The contest will be part of a seven-game homestand for the Aggies that begins during the Baylor series.
NOTES AND NOTABLES
• Texas A&M sits in a tie atop the Big 12 standings despite having played more road games during the first month of conference play than any other league school. The Aggies have played nine Big 12 games on the road and are 6-3 in those contests while no other Big 12 squad has played more than six games away from its home ballpark.
• The 2011 season marks the first time the Aggies have won four straight conference series to begin Big 12 play. It also ties the best start by a Texas A&M team through its first 12 games of Big 12 play. The 1999 and 2008 teams also started 9-3 along the way to winning the league's regular season title.
• Freshman Krey Bratsen leads the Aggies in hitting during Big 12 play with a .423 batting average (22-for-52), edging fellow outfielder Tyler Naquin (.412) for the top spot on the squad in league play. Naquin, leads the Aggies for the overall season with a .389 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 27 of 32 games played this season and has reached base in three of the five games he has not recorded a hit. The Spring, Texas, native is currently riding a career-high nine-game hitting streak.
• Since moving to the lead-off spot in the A&M line-up for the Texas Tech series, Naquin responded by going 8-for-19 (.421).
• 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 10 of his last 15 games, including four mutli-RBI games and a total of 16 RBI. He has also hit safely in 10 of the 15 games with four mulit-hit games. Among the clutch knocks during his streak 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, a two-run, eighth inning double during March 20's 5-2 win at Oklahoma and most recently a game-tying RBI double in the top of the ninth on April 8 at Texas Tech to forced extra innings.
• The Aggies are 23-4 this season when scoring two or more runs and 19-1 when scoring four or more runs. A&M has lost eight games this season with six of the setbacks being of the one-run variety. Through the season's first 32 games, the Aggies have held opponent to two runs or less 19 times.
• Friday's game at Baylor will mark the end of the Aggies' most road heavy-stretch of their schedule, which has seen them play nine of 10 games away from College Station.
 • Following Friday's game at Baylor, the Aggies will return to Olsen Field for seven consecutive games. The homestand is part of a stretch druing the Texas A&M schedule which will see the squad play 16 of 20 games in Aggieland.
AGGIES ON THE TUBE
No stranger to the national spotlight, the Aggies have had 41 of their games televised either regionally or nationally over the last four years.
Texas A&M is scheduled to make 11 regular-season TV appearances during the 2011 regular season.
FOX Sports Net will broadcast the final game of the annual Texas/Texas A&M showdown, scheduled for May 21 in Austin First pitch has been moved to 6 p.m.
COX Sports Television will again broadcast two games from Olsen Field, the Friday (April 22) and Sunday (April 24) games of the Oklahoma State Series CST is available in most of Louisiana, parts of Texas and in Florida, northwest Arkansas, central Georgia and northern Virginia.
As always, fans can get complete and up-to-date television broadcast information on aggieathletics.com as well as see all the Aggies' home games, which are streamed live.
UPCOMING TELEVISED GAMES
Date - Opponent -- Network
April 22 (Fri) Oklahoma State -- Cox Sports TV
April 24 (Sun) Oklahoma State -- Cox Sports TV
May 15 (Sun) Nebraska -- Fox College Sports
May 20 (Fri) at Texas -- Fox College Sports
May 21 (Sat) at Texas – FOX Sports Net