COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The No. 4 Texas A&M baseball team puts its season-opening four-game winning streak on the line this weekend when it hosts Holy Cross in a three-game series on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. Game times are set for 6:35 p.m. Friday, 2:05 p.m. on Saturday and 12:05 p.m. for Sunday's series finale.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
FRIDAY (FEB. 24)
Texas A&M - #38 Michael Wacha (Jr., RHP, 1-0, 0.00)
Holy Cross - #11 Nate Koneski (Sr., LHP, 0-0, 0.00)
SATURDAY (FEB. 25)
Texas A&M - #36 Ross Stripling (Sr., RHP, 1-0, 2.57)
Holy Cross - #23 Matt Croglio (Sr., RHP, 0-0, 0.00)
SUNDAY (FEB. 26)
Texas A&M - #55 Rafael Pineda (R-So., RHP, 1-0, 0.00)
Holy Cross - #34 Nate Walker (So., RHP, 0-0, 0.00)
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
 • RADIO - Fans can
listen locally on WTAW-AM 1620 ... Dave South (play-by-play) and selected
commentators 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.
TEXAS A&M/HOLY CROSS SERIES NOTABLES
This weekend's series will mark the first ever meeting between the two
schools on the baseball diamond ... In fact, Texas A&M has never faced a
current member of the Patriot League in baseball.
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MORE ON HOLY CROSS
Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic (Jesuit) institution located in Worcester,
Mass., with an enrollment of 2,862 ... The Crusaders have been playing baseball
since 1876 and have made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, the last being in 1978
... Head coach Greg DiCenzo is in his fifth season at the helm of the Holy
Cross program, bringing a 93-104-1 career record into the 2012 campaign ... The
Crusaders return 21 letterwinners, including five positional starters and 10
pitchers, from last season's 24-23-1 team that finished fifth in the Patriot
League.
NOTES AND NOTABLES
 • Freshman closer Daniel Mengden closed out Tuesday
night's victroy over Stephen F. Austin with a perfect ninth inning for his
first career save.
RS freshman Jason Freeman picked up his first career win
on Tuesday night, tossing two perfect innings after entering the game with the
Aggies trailing 3-2. Freeman's performance highlights a great night and start
to the season for the Aggie bullpen which has allowed no runs and just three
hits with 15 strikeouts in 12.1 innings.
 • Reigning Big 12
Player of Year Tyler Naquin picked up right where he left off during last
season's breakout sophomore campaign ... through the first four games, the
All-American right fielder is hitting .533 (8-for-13) with a team-high nine
runs scored while also going a 4-for-5 on the basepaths.
 • Senior Jacob
House etched his name in Aggie baseball history as he became the first player
to homer in the newly renovated Blue Bell Park, taking a first inning pitch
from UIC starter Joey Begel over the wall into the newly-constructed right
field bullpen ... The Mansfield, Texas, native repeated the shot on Saturday,
hitting an encore first inning, two-run home run.
 • Sophomore Rafael
Pineda flirted with perfection during last Sunday's contest against
Illinois-Chicago, carrying a perfect game into the sixth inning and a no-hitter
into the eight ... to find the last no-hitter thrown by a Texas A&M
pitcher, you have to go back to Feb. 14, 2004, when Zach Jackson held Texas
A&M-Corpus Christi out of the hit column during a seven-inning contest.
 • For the
season-opening series against Illinois-Chicago, the Texas A&M pitching
staff yielded just two runs to finish with an impressive 0.67 ERA ... All three
Aggie starters (Michael Wacha, Ross Stripling and Pineda) picked up the win
during thier first trip to the mound.
 • Texas A&M
swept away the Illinois-Chicago Flames on opening weekend to start the season
3-0 ... It marked the fourth straight season the Aggies have earned a sweep on
opening weekend.
 • Additionally,
the Aggies won on Opening Night for the 12th straight year ... A&M is now
32-3 all-time in season openers on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M's 21-game homestand to begin the 2012
season continues next weekend as they host Northwestern State in a two-game
series on Tuesday and Wednesday ... game times are set for 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday
and 3:05 p.m. Wednesday ... next weekend, the Aggies host Michigan State in a
three-game series at Blue Bell Park ... The Spartans, who last season won a
share of Big 10 title for the first time since 1979, were picked as the
favorite to win the league again in 2012 by the conference's coaches during the
Big 10 Preseason Poll.
UPCOMING PROMOTIONS
 • FRIDAY - Free
Giveaway Friday - First 250 Fans will receive Aggie Baseball koozies
 • SATURDAY -
Have-A-Catch ... fans are invited to play catch on the field for 30 minutes
following the game.
 • SUNDAY - Kids are invited to come down to
the field and run the bases following the game and The Junior Aggie Club will
be passing out drawstring bags courtesy of Southwest Dairy Farmers ... Junior
Aggie Club members get in FREE.