COLLEGE STATION, Texas – During its final non-conference mid-week game of the season, the No. 11 Texas A&M baseball team will entertain UT Arlington in a 6:35 p.m. contest Tuesday at Olsen Field.
The Aggies (36-16; 18-6 Big 12) enter the contest looking to built momentum for a weekend series against rival Texas, while the Mavericks (25-27; 13-17 Southland) are attempting to reverse a recent trend which has seen them drop their last nine contests.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
TUESDAY (MAY 17)
Texas A&M - #31 Dylan Mendoza (So., LHP, 3-2, 3.00)
UT Arlington - TBA
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.
• INTERNET — aggieathletics.com will offer live play-by-play and statistics.
• 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/UT ARLINGTON NOTABLES
The Aggies hold a 23-7 advantage in the all-time series with the Mavericks, having won each of the last three meetings, including two at Olsen Field ... Texas A&M has already notched a win over UTA this season, earning a 7-4 victory in 10 innings at Clay Gould Ballpark in Arlington on March 30 ... the two schools have played at least once each of the last 10 seasons.
UP NEXT
The Aggies will gun for the Big 12 regular season championship this weekend as they put their first place league record on the line against rival No. 4 Texas in a regular season-ending three-game series ... Texas A&M (18-6 Big 12) will enter the weekend series with a one-game lead on the Longhorns (17-7 Big 12) in the Big 12 standings ... the opening game of the series will take place in College Station on Thursday night before the series shift to Austin for Friday and Saturday night ... Friday’s game will be televised on Fox College Sports and FSN will carry all the action on Saturday.
NOTES AND NOTABLES
• Tuesday’s scheduled starter Dylan Mendoza will be making his second start this season against the Mavericks. The lefty received the starting nod for March 30th’s contest in Arlington and got a no-decision after allowing one earned run in three innings of work.
• Sophomore outfielder Tyler Naquin saw his career-long 27-game hitting streak come to an end during Sunday’s contest against Nebraska. The Aggie right fielder walked four times in the contest and struck out in his lone official at bat. The four free passes tied an A&M record for most in a single Big 12 game.
• Naquin’s incredible streak leaves him second place in the Texas A&M record books, just one behind R.J. Englert, who set the school record by hitting in 28 consecutive games in 1972.
• Senior Andrew Collazo has provided a spark for the A&M line-up by starting the last eight games at second base. The Paterson, N.J., native has a .500 on-base percentage during that time with eight walks, six sacrifice hits and nine runs scored. Additionally, he’s a perfect 3-for-3 on the base paths.
• Junior pitcher Ross Stripling has won each of his last six starts during a stretch that began on April 10 at Texas Tech. He is currently one of only two Big 12 pitchers (Taylor Jungmann of Texas) to have earned 11 victories on the mound this season.
• On May 12, it was announced sophomore outfielder Tyler Naquin had been named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team for the upcoming summer. He joins teammate Michael Wacha, who was named to the team on April 18.
• Freshman outfielder Krey Bratsen is currently on a seven-game hitting streak and is hitting .462 (12-for-26) during the run.
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.
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 20 (Fri) at Texas -- Fox College Sports
May 21 (Sat) at Texas – FOX Sports Net
