COLLEGE STATION, Texas – A Top 10 match-up will be played on Olsen Field Tuesday night as the No. 6 Texas A&M baseball team hosts No. 7 TCU in a 6:35 p.m. contest. The game will be 12th Man Day and all current Texas A&M students will be admitted free of charge after showing their student ID.

Following the visit by the Horned Frogs, the big week for the Aggies (26-10, 11-4 Big 12) continues as they put their first-place Big 12 record on the line against No. 15 Oklahoma State during a three-game series at Olsen Field over the weekend.

TCU, a College World Series participant last season, comes to Aggieland with a 25-11 overall record and leads the Mountain West Conference with a 10-2 league mark. The Horned Frogs are fresh off a three-game sweep at San Diego State over the weekend.

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS

TUESDAY (APRIL 19)
Texas A&M - #30 Brandon Parrent (So., LHP, 1-3, 3.55)
TCU - #34 Andrew Mitchell (Fr., RHP, 2-0, 1.24)

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
• RADIO — Fans can listen locally on WTAW-AM 1620 ... Dave South (play-by-play) and Scott Clendenin (commentary) 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/TCU SERIES NOTABLES

Texas A&M leads the all-time series with their old Southwest Conference rival by the count of 159-86-4. The Aggies have won nine of the last 10 meetings with the Horned Frogs dating back to 1995. TCU, however, emerged as a 6-1 winner during the last match-up between the schools on April 13, 2010, in Fort Worth.

UP NEXT

The Aggies return to Big 12 play this weekend when they host No. 15 Oklahoma State in a three-game series at Olsen Field.

NOTES AND NOTABLES

• On Monday it was announced that sophomore pitcher Michael Wacha was named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team for the upcoming summer. He becomes the first Aggie to represent the red, white and blue on the baseball diamond since Daylon Holt in 1999.

• Junior pitcher Ross Stripling was selected as Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on Monday for the second time this season. Stripling becomes the eighth Aggie pitcher to earn the award more than once in a single season. He was also recognized as the league's Pitcher of the Week on March 21 after earning a pair of victories over nationally-ranked opponents Cal State Fullerton and Oklahoma.

• Sophomore outfielder Tyler Naquin brings a career-long 12 game hitting streak into Tuesday’s contest. The run is the longest hitting streak by an Aggie this season and is Naquin’s third separate run of eight or more consecutive games with a hit this season.

• Texas A&M has won five straight series to begin Big 12 Conference play for the first time in school history. Overall, the Aggies have not been on the losing side of any three-game weekend series this season.

• The Aggies sit in a tie atop the Big 12 standings despite having played more road games during conference play than any other league school. Texas A&M has played 10 Big 12 games on the road and is 7-3 in those contests while no other Big 12 squad has played more than nine games away from its home ballpark.

• For the season, the Aggies lead the Big 12 and rank among the national leaders in team earned run average with a 2.27 ERA as a pitching staff.

• The Aggies are 25-4 this season when scoring two or more runs and 20-1 when scoring four or more runs. A&M has lost 10 games this season with six of the setbacks being of the one-run variety.

• Texas A&M has held its opponent to two runs or less in 21 of 36 games this season.

• The Aggies have been a model of consistency this season, having enjoyed six different multi-game winning streaks, including a season-long nine-game run in late March-early April. Only twice this season has Texas A&M lost consecutive games, the longest skid being just three games.

AGGIES ON THE TUBE (UPDATED)

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 - Sunday (April 24) vs. Oklahoma State and Thursday (May 5) vs Dallas Baptist. CST is available in most of Louisiana, parts of Texas and in Florida, northwest Arkansas, central Georgia and northern Virginia. CST was scheduled to broadcast the Friday game (April 22) of the OSU series but the televised coverage was rescheduled to May 5 when the Aggies host Dallas Baptist due to scheduling conflicts.

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 11 (Tue) at Rice -- Cox Sports Southwest

April 24 (Sun) vs. Oklahoma State -- Cox Sports TV

May 5 (Thu) vs. Nebraska -- Cox Sports TV

May 15 (Sun) vs. Nebraska -- Fox College Sports

May 20 (Fri) at Texas -- Fox College Sports

May 21 (Sat) at Texas – FOX Sports Net