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SAN MARCOS – Texas State travels to College Station to take on Southeastern Conference member Texas A&M for the midweek game Tuesday at 6:35 p.m.
 
Game Info: Texas State (24-20) at Texas A&M (27-18)
Site: Blue Bell Park – College Station, Texas
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Time: 6:35 p.m.
 
Probable Pitching Matchups
Tuesday: #30 LHP Chad Young (0-1, 3.65) vs. #22 RHP Corey Ray (4-0, 1.91)
 
The Series                                                                                                  
Texas State trails Texas A&M in the all-time series, 13-39, but the Bobcats won the last meeting, 4-1, in San Marcos. Both teams scored in the first inning, but the Bobcats answered with three runs in the second, and that proved to be the difference. Tyler Pearson was a perfect 3-for-3 in the game while a pretty impressive group of pitchers took the mound for the Bobcats: Lucas Humpal, Scott Grist, Austen Williams, Donnie Hart and Hunter Lemke. The win was one of four against the Aggies for Head Coach Ty Harrington who stands at 4-14 against Texas A&M. The last time the Bobcats beat the Aggies at their place was April 24, 2001, a 7-4 victory.
 
On the Aggies
Texas A&M is coming off two wins in a row and four of the team's last five. So far this season, Texas A&M is 19-9 at home. Tuesday night starter Corey Ray is second on the team in ERA at 1.31, earning a 4-0 record with 14 strikeouts to seven walks in 20.2 innings. Teams are hitting .197 against him.
 
Cole Lankford leads the team in batting average at .333 and Nick Banks is just behind at .331. Lankford is also the team's leading home run hitter with four, slugging .448. As a team, the Aggies are hitting .288 compared to .263 for opponents.
 
Defensively, TAMU is slightly susceptible at the shortstop position where Logan Taylor has committed 11 errors on the season for a .925 fielding percentage. The most errors any other Aggie has is three. As a team, Texas A&M has been strong on defense, fielding .974.
 
On the Bobcats
Texas State made a very impressive showing at No. 2 UL Lafayette this past weekend, beating the conference-leading team, 10-3, on Saturday and outhitting the Ragin' Cajuns, 8-1, on Sunday. Saturday's win gave the Bobcats six wins on the road this season. The Bobcats will have to be impressive at Texas A&M to improve the team's 6-14 road record this season along with its 3-8 record in midweek games.
 
Chad Young will get the nod on the mound for the Bobcats. The junior who transferred in this season had a very impressive game against Baylor last Wednesday, pitching 6.1 scoreless innings and giving up only four hits to help Texas State bring home Head Coach Ty Harrington's 500^th career victory.
 
The Bobcats are hitting .259 on the road, which is actually slightly better than the .254 Texas State hits at home. Bobcat pitchers have a 4.25 ERA on the road this season, giving up 109 runs, only 81 of which were earned.
 
Texas State's bats are led by Garrett Mattlage at .322 on the season but Cameron Friess has come on strong in pinch hitting and designated hitter roles, batting .462 in just 13 at bats. Cory Geisler is also hitting .313 and saw time as the leadoff hitter this past weekend. Cody Perkins was also able to step into the lineup at second base. On just five hits, he has tallied four RBI on the season.
 
A Look Ahead
After this midweek game, the Bobcats will host Troy and UALR in back-to-back Sun Belt Conference weekends before traveling to Texas for a midweek at 6 p.m. on May 13.