Saturday, June 3
Houston, Texas
7:00 PM
Texas A&M
vs
Iowa
Photo by: Jerome Hicks
GAME PREVIEW: NCAA Regional vs Iowa
Jun 03, 2017 | Baseball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M Aggies continue play in their 33rd NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Saturday as they battle the Iowa Hawkeyes in a Houston Regional winners bracket game at Schroeder Park.
The Aggies advanced to Saturday night's tilt with an 8-5 win over the Baylor Bears. The Maroon and White were paced by Nick Choruby's 4-for-5 day at the plate and Braden Shewmake's game-tying two-run dinger. Texas A&M did most of their damage in a five-run sixth inning that featured the aforementioned Shewmake home run and five Aggie walks. Brigham Hill battled through 5.1 innings to earn the win and Kaylor Chafin picked up his first career save as he allowed just one of the 11 batters he faced to reach base in his 3.2 innings.
Iowa is the hottest team at the Houston Regional. The Hawkeyes have won 9 of their last 11 including a 4-1 mark while capturing the Big Ten Tournament title. Last night Iowa posted a 6-3 victory over the host Houston Cougars.
Texas A&M faces a Big Ten squad in a regional for the second consecutive season. Last year, the Maroon and White toppled the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 8-2, in the College Station Regional championship game.
Corbin Martin gets the start for the Aggies on the mound. He owns a 6-3 record with a 3.03 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 74.1 innings. In his last outing he logged a career-high 12 strikeouts in a 5-2 win against No. 16 Arkansas.
Shewmake, a Collegiate Baseball All-America First Team honoree and the SEC Freshman of the Year, is hitting .344 (85-for-247) with 42 runs, 17 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 67 RBI. Shewmake ranks 15th in the nation in RBI (67) and 29th in the nation in hits (85). He leads all Division I freshmen in hits, total bases and RBI.
Texas A&M is playing in their school-record 11th consecutive NCAA Championship.
The Aggies are 79-73 all-time in NCAA Championship play, including a 68-46 mark in regional action. Texas A&M has won regionals in 1993, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016. They also captured a district playoff in 1951 before regional play began.
The contest will be available for viewing on ESPN3 with Lowell Galindo (play-by-play) and Keith Moreland (color) handling the call.. ESPN3 provides events to ESPN subscribers through WatchESPN and the ESPN app on smartphones, computers, tablets and connected devices (Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One). All three games will air on SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone.
TEXAS A&M AGGIES (37-21, 16-14 SEC) vs. IOWA HAWKEYES (39-20, 15-9 BIG TEN)
Schroeder Park (3,500) • Houston, Texas
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
• SATURDAY: #12 Corbin Martin (Jr., RHP, 6-3, 3.03 ERA) vs. #30 Nick Gallagher (Jr., RHP, 8-1, 3.39 ERA)
The Aggies advanced to Saturday night's tilt with an 8-5 win over the Baylor Bears. The Maroon and White were paced by Nick Choruby's 4-for-5 day at the plate and Braden Shewmake's game-tying two-run dinger. Texas A&M did most of their damage in a five-run sixth inning that featured the aforementioned Shewmake home run and five Aggie walks. Brigham Hill battled through 5.1 innings to earn the win and Kaylor Chafin picked up his first career save as he allowed just one of the 11 batters he faced to reach base in his 3.2 innings.
Iowa is the hottest team at the Houston Regional. The Hawkeyes have won 9 of their last 11 including a 4-1 mark while capturing the Big Ten Tournament title. Last night Iowa posted a 6-3 victory over the host Houston Cougars.
Texas A&M faces a Big Ten squad in a regional for the second consecutive season. Last year, the Maroon and White toppled the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 8-2, in the College Station Regional championship game.
Corbin Martin gets the start for the Aggies on the mound. He owns a 6-3 record with a 3.03 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 74.1 innings. In his last outing he logged a career-high 12 strikeouts in a 5-2 win against No. 16 Arkansas.
Shewmake, a Collegiate Baseball All-America First Team honoree and the SEC Freshman of the Year, is hitting .344 (85-for-247) with 42 runs, 17 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 67 RBI. Shewmake ranks 15th in the nation in RBI (67) and 29th in the nation in hits (85). He leads all Division I freshmen in hits, total bases and RBI.
Texas A&M is playing in their school-record 11th consecutive NCAA Championship.
The Aggies are 79-73 all-time in NCAA Championship play, including a 68-46 mark in regional action. Texas A&M has won regionals in 1993, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016. They also captured a district playoff in 1951 before regional play began.
The contest will be available for viewing on ESPN3 with Lowell Galindo (play-by-play) and Keith Moreland (color) handling the call.. ESPN3 provides events to ESPN subscribers through WatchESPN and the ESPN app on smartphones, computers, tablets and connected devices (Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One). All three games will air on SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone.
TEXAS A&M AGGIES (37-21, 16-14 SEC) vs. IOWA HAWKEYES (39-20, 15-9 BIG TEN)
Schroeder Park (3,500) • Houston, Texas
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
• SATURDAY: #12 Corbin Martin (Jr., RHP, 6-3, 3.03 ERA) vs. #30 Nick Gallagher (Jr., RHP, 8-1, 3.39 ERA)
| SCHEDULE | 7:04 pm |
| RADIO | SportsRadio 1150/102.7 The Zone • Dave South (play-by-play) |
| LIVE VIDEO | ESPN3 (WatchESPN credentials required through cable provider) • Lowell Galindo (play-by-play), Keith Moreland (color analyst) |
| LIVE AUDIO | 12thMan.com |
| LIVE STATS | NCAA.com |
| RANKINGS | Texas A&M – unranked; Iowa – unranked |
| SERIES HISTORY | Texas A&M leads 5-0 |
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/ BaseballHighlights, Texas A&M 10, Virginia Tech 0
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