No. 25 Kats go for sweep of Aggies
5/12/2014 7:37:00 PM | Baseball
For the second time this season the No. 25 Bearkats will make the trek down highway 30 to face the Aggies of Texas A&M. Winners on March 25, Sam Houston (37-14) will look for their first season sweep of the Aggies (31-21) since 1953. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. at Blue Bell Park.
The last time the two teams met Jason Simms allowed just one run over five innings in his first career start on the mound. Five SHSU relievers combined to keep the Aggies off the board for the final four frames. First baseman Ryan O'Hearn was 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP:
RHP Dylan Ebbs (3-0, 1.89 ERA) vs. LHP Tyler Stubblefield (3-2, 4.12 ERA)
The Kats are riding an 11-game winning streak while Texas A&M dropped two-of-three on the road at Arkansas last weekend.
Dylan Ebbs will be making his sixth start on the mound, sporting a 1.89 ERA in 38 innings pitched. Two of the freshman's best performances have come against Houston, including a 6 1/3 winning performance in his last outing.
Corey Toups is coming off a great weekend at the plate in which he hit a pair of home runs and a double in the series sweep of Houston Baptist. The Woodlands product had at least one hit, run scored, and run driven in in each game of the series.
Five of Texas A&M's last six games have been decided by one run, including two extra-inning affairs. The lone game not decided by one run was tied 3-3 in the middle of the eighth inning. In their most recent game the Aggies got a 10th-inning win to salvage the series against Arkansas.
Tyler Stubblefield is 3-1 with a 3.46 ERA in 39.0 innings of work overall this season. He is 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA in five non-conference starts, fanning 32 batters in 23.1 innings and holding opponents to a .217 batting average.
Sam Houston will close out the regular season against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi this weekend at Don Sanders Stadium. It will be the final home series for four seniors, Anthony Azar, Luke Plucheck, Alan Scott and Jason Simms. The series starts Thursday at 6:30 p.m., continues Friday at 6:30 p.m. and concludes Saturday at 1 p.m.
