Stephen F. Austin
Texas A&M
SFA's First Midweek Action Comes Tuesday Evening at Texas A&M
2/18/2019 5:15:00 PM | Baseball
'Jacks and Aggies meet for 27th time on the diamond
Game Four
SFA (1-2) at Texas A&M (3-0)
Tuesday, Feb. 19 | 6:30 p.m. | Blue Bell Park (6,100) | College Station, Texas
Tickets | Watch (SEC Network+) | Live Stats | Weather Forecast | SFA Game Notes | Texas A&M Game Notes
Pitching Matchup | LHP Seth Campbell (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Dustin Saenz (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
LEADOFF HITS
• In its lone showdown against an SEC adversary in the 2019 regular season, the SFA baseball team travels southwest to College Station, Texas, for a Tuesday evening tilt with Texas A&M. Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park serves as the site of the 27th meeting between the 'Jacks and Aggies and the matchup is set to be televised nationally on SEC Network+ which is an online-only streaming service
• Freshman outfielder Brandon Uhse started his collegiate career with a bang last weekend, racking up five of the 'Jacks' 23 hits in their season-opening series against Arkansas State. Uhse, a product of Grand Prairie, Texas, has turned in a slash line of .556/.667/.667 so far this season and his batting average is currently the fourth-highest in the Southland.
• Uhse and senior catcher Jarrod Huber represent two of the top-ten players in terms of on-base percentage in the Southland. Uhse's mark of .667 is tied for the fourth-highest in the league while Huber's .600 OBP is the sixth-best.
• Jordan Monacy, Manny Vasquez and Uhse each had at least one hit in each of the 'Jacks' three games against Arkansas State last weekend. Of those three, it's Vasquez who currently owns the lengthiest hit streak on the team as the senior has recorded a hit in each of his last four games.
• Just 11 Southland Conference pitchers have fired five or more innings this season and possess a 0.00 ERA. Among those 11 is SFA freshman left-hander Jaxon Covington who made his collegiate debut Sunday and retired the first 12 batters he faced. The Center, Texas, product went five innings in SFA's series finale with the Red Wolves and did not give up an earned run.
• Two-out hitting was a strength for SFA in its series with Arkansas State last weekend. Of the 12 runs the 'Jacks scored in the three-game set, seven of them (58.3-percent) were scored with two outs.
• In Saturday's setback to Arkansas State, relief pitcher Austin Roth came on and tossed the final four innings for SFA. In that span, he struck out eight batters which stands as both a career-high and the most by an SFA pitcher this season. Roth's eight strikeouts are the third-most by any Southland Conference arm so far this season and were the most by a Lumberjack pitcher in a single game since April 21, 2017, when Patrick Ledet fanned nine at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
SCOUTING TEXAS A&M | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS
• For the sixth-straight season the Aggies have started 3-0 as Texas A&M outscored visiting Fordham 26-7 over a three-game set at Blue Bell Park this past weekend.
• Juniors Bryce Blaum (.500/.571/.583) and Cam Blake (.571/.600/.571) led the way at the dish for the Aggies during the series. They combined for 10 of the team's 27 hits while Blaum currently leads the team in both hits (six) and runs scored (six).
• Aaron Walters (.444/.444/.444) and Mikey Hoehner (.429/.600/.571) are the other two Aggies batting over .400.
• Though batting just .222 through the first three games of the season, Will Frizzell has driven a team-high six of the Aggies' 26 runs in his three outings.
• Sophomore Dustin Saenz - who will start Tuesday evening's tilt against SFA - tossed one inning of scoreless relief in the Aggies' 19-6 victory over Fordham Saturday afternoon. The lefty needed just 11 pitches to work his way through a one, two, three sixth inning.
• Texas A&M's pitching staff combined for 39 strikeouts through the three-game series with Fordham. The Aggies currently possess a staff ERA of 2.33 and have issued only four walks in 27 innings of work.
ON DECK
• SFA's five-game road trip continues this weekend when the 'Jacks head north to Arlington, Texas, for a four-game stretch at the 2019 UTA Classic. The 'Jacks will be joined at the classic by host UT-Arlington and Wichita State. SFA's four-game slate at the classic begins with a Friday afternoon matchup with UT-Arlington. First pitch in that showdown is set for 3:00 p.m.
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