COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 9 Texas A&M baseball team continues its five-game break from Big 12 Conference play this weekend when the Aggies host Dallas Baptist in a three-game series at Olsen Field beginning Thursday. Game times are set for 6:35 p.m. on Thursday, 6:35 p.m. Friday and 2:05 for Saturday’s series finale.

Thursday’s game between the Aggies (30-15) and the Patriots (31-13) will be televised live on Cox Sports TV.

WEEKEND PROMOTIONS

• THURSDAY (MAY 5) — Prior to Thursday’s game, Texas A&M baseball will honor the 1951 Aggie team which advanced to the College World Series for the first time in school history.

• FRIDAY (MAY 6) — Diamond Darling Appreciation Night

• SATURDAY (MAY 7) — Saturday will be Celebration of Excellence Day, where area youth teams with players under age eight will be recognized. Following the game, the Junior Aggie Club will host a clinic where kids ages 5-12 can meet and get pointers from A&M players and coaches.

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS

THURSDAY (MAY 5)
Texas A&M - #12 John Stilson (Jr., RHP, 3-1, 1.28)
Dallas Baptist - #18 Jared Stafford (Sr., RHP, 5-3, 3.04 ERA)

FRIDAY (MAY 6
Texas A&M - #38 Michael Wacha (So., RHP, 5-3, 1.99)
Dallas Baptist - #29 Brandon Williamson (Sr., RHP, 8-1, 3.40 ERA)

SATURDAY (MAY 7)
Texas A&M - #36 Ross Stripling (Jr., RHP, 9-2, 2.19)
Dallas Baptist - #43 Jordan Staples (Jr., RHP, 5-1, 4.46 ERA)

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
• RADIO — Fans can listen locally on WTAW-AM 1620 ... Dave South (play-by-play), Scott Clendenin (commentary) will call the action ... pregame show begins 30 minutes prior to first pitch.

• TELEVISION — Thursday’s contest will be broadcast live on Cox Sports TV with Will Johnson (play-by-play) and Alan Cannon (commentary) calling the action from Olsen Field.

• 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/DALLAS BAPTIST NOTABLES

This weekend marks the sixth straight year the Patriots and Aggies have meet in a non-conference series at Olsen Field. Texas A&M owns a 23-7 all-time advantage over Dallas Baptist and took two of three during a weekend series last season.

UP NEXT

The Aggies host Texas State in a 6:35 contest at Olsen Field on Tuesday before returning to Big 12 play with a weekend series at home against Nebraska.

NOTES AND NOTABLES

• Sophomore outfielder Tyler Naquin brings a career-long 21-game hitting streak into the Dallas Baptist series. The run is the longest hitting streak by a Big 12 player this season and ranks sixth all-time by an Aggie, alongside Ben Feltner, who also enjoyed a 21-game hitting streak in 2007.

• Despite losing their first weekend series of the year at Missouri last weekend, the Aggies still share the top spot in the Big 12 standings with Texas heading into the regular season’s home stretch. Both squads have a common opponent in Nebraska (Texas travels to Lincoln this weekend and the Aggies host the Cornhuskers May 13-15) before the two team face off in a three-game series May 19-21.

• Senior shortstop Kenny Jackson has become Texas A&M’s version of the Iron Man and stands as the only Aggie to have played every inning at his position this season. Jackson had shared the distinction with first baseman Jacob House, who was lifted for a pinch hitter in the eighth inning of April 22’s game against Oklahoma State.

• On April 18 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.

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

May 5 (Thu) vs. Dallas Baptist -- 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