{"id":206453,"date":"2026-03-06T00:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206453\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:52:07","slug":"no-22-baseball-hosts-oakland-for-three-game-set-texas-am-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206453\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 22 Baseball Hosts Oakland for Three-Game Set &#8211; Texas A&#038;M Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION \u2013 No. 22 Texas A&amp;M welcomes Oakland to Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park for its final non-conference weekend series, starting with a doubleheader Friday. Game one is slated for 2 p.m., while game two will be played at 6 p.m., or 45 minutes following the first game if it runs long. The series finale is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Each game will be broadcast on SEC Network+ and may be heard locally on 1150 AM\/93.7 FM The Zone. Fans may follow along through <a href=\"https:\/\/12thman.com\/sidearmstats\/baseball\/summary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">live stats<\/a> or on X, @AggieBaseball.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s opener marks the first all-time meeting between the two clubs. The Aggies are 2-0 this season against first-time opponents after delivering wins over Tennessee Tech and Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M will run out the same starting pitching trio of <a href=\"https:\/\/12thman.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/shane-sdao\/14988\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14988\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Sdao<\/a> in game one, <a href=\"https:\/\/12thman.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/weston-moss\/14985\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14985\" target=\"_blank\">Weston Moss<\/a> in game two and <a href=\"https:\/\/12thman.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/aiden-sims\/14989\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14989\" target=\"_blank\">Aiden Sims<\/a> in Saturday&#8217;s finale. At the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series in Arlington, Sdao earned his second win of the season after tossing six shutout innings and recording five strikeouts. Nationally, Texas A&amp;M ranks first in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.53) and walks allowed per nine innings (1.73).<\/p>\n<p>The Maroon and White are 11-1 to start the season, following a 3-1 slate last week. The Aggies dropped their first contest of the year to No. 1 UCLA in Arlington, but topped Virginia Tech and Arizona State to complete a winning weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In Tuesday&#8217;s midweek with UIW, <a href=\"https:\/\/12thman.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jake-duer\/15261\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15261\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Duer<\/a> went 3-for-3 at the plate with three RBI, two walks and knocked his third home run of the season. The senior outfielder is riding a seven-game hit streak and has reached base safely in all 12 games. He leads all Aggie hitters with a .432 batting average, 19 hits and seven multi-hit performances. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Offensively, Texas A&amp;M ranks sixth in the country in slugging percentage (.599), eighth in on base percentage (.473) and ranks inside the top 15 in batting average (.340) and home runs (23).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGAMEDAY PARKING:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFans are encouraged to make plans to arrive early and exhibit patience for the expected traffic and parking congestion around Blue Bell Park.\u00a0Multiple parking options are available for fans this season:&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tTexas A&amp;M permit holders\u00a0may park for free in Lots 100e, 100f, and 100g on a space available basis beginning 2.5 hours pregame. Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/transport.tamu.edu\/Parking\/events\/baseball.aspx?elqTrackId=56357F984845808E74DA6DD8C7C32AA2&amp;elqTrack=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more info.&#13;<br \/>\n\tPurchase parking in advance\u00a0&#8211; prepay parking may be purchased for individual games. Reserve your parking for the game now and know you&#8217;ll have a space waiting for you. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/app.parkmobile.io\/venue\/olsen-field-at-blue-bell-park\/events?elqTrackId=7BE376CC451095740034C636C3B2452F&amp;elqTrack=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more info.&#13;<br \/>\n\tGeneral parking\u00a0is available on gameday for $5 &#8211;\u00a0cash AND card payments accepted.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAccessible parking\u00a0is available in Lot 102 for $5 or free for Texas A&amp;M permit holders.&#13;<br \/>\n\tShuttle Buses will be available to ADA guest\u00a0starting 2 hours before first pitch and 1 hour postgame. Pick up will be on Olsen Blvd in front of\u00a0Lot 102 to the Plaza of Blue Bell Park.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>BLUE BELL PARK A TO Z<br \/>\nFor a comprehensive look at the gameday experience (tickets, parking, tailgating, etc.) at Blue Bell Park, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/12thman.com\/sports\/2021\/2\/17\/blue-bell-park-a-to-z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A to Z<\/a> guide.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFollow the Aggies<br \/>\nVisit <a href=\"https:\/\/12thman.com\/sports\/baseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12thMan.com<\/a> for more information on Texas A&amp;M baseball. Fans can keep up to date with the A&amp;M baseball team on\u00a0Facebook, Instagram\u00a0and X by following @aggiebaseball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION \u2013 No. 22 Texas A&amp;M welcomes Oakland to Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park for its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-206453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}