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The Battalion: Tussle with the Toads
By Austin Meek The No. 5 Texas A&M baseball team will face perhaps its toughest test of the season today. The Aggies (26-10, 11-4) welcome in the No. 9 TCU Horned Frogs, the highest ranked competition to visit Olsen Field midway through this 2011 campaign.
"It's going to be a big challenge," said Head Coach Rob Childress. "[Head Coach] Jim [Sclossnagle] does a great job and those guys are playing well."
TCU's roster is one of the most talented and deep in the country, a fact bolstered by their top-10 national ranking. Pitcher Matt Purke, out of Klein High School, was drafted No. 14 overall in 2009 by the Texas Rangers after his senior year, but once contract negotiations fell through he decided to attend TCU. Recent 2011 mock drafts project Purke being selected No. 11 by the Houston Astros. Monday, left fielder Jason Coats was named MWC Co-Player of the Week after batting .562 (9-16), pushing his hitting streak to 16 games and his RBI streak to six games. The honor is Coats' second of his career and the sixth such award given to a Horned Frog this season. Third baseman Jantzen Witte (.374), who bats in the leadoff position, is in the midst of a hitting streak of his own, spanning 13 games. ...
By Austin Meek The No. 5 Texas A&M baseball team will face perhaps its toughest test of the season today. The Aggies (26-10, 11-4) welcome in the No. 9 TCU Horned Frogs, the highest ranked competition to visit Olsen Field midway through this 2011 campaign.
"It's going to be a big challenge," said Head Coach Rob Childress. "[Head Coach] Jim [Sclossnagle] does a great job and those guys are playing well."
TCU's roster is one of the most talented and deep in the country, a fact bolstered by their top-10 national ranking. Pitcher Matt Purke, out of Klein High School, was drafted No. 14 overall in 2009 by the Texas Rangers after his senior year, but once contract negotiations fell through he decided to attend TCU. Recent 2011 mock drafts project Purke being selected No. 11 by the Houston Astros. Monday, left fielder Jason Coats was named MWC Co-Player of the Week after batting .562 (9-16), pushing his hitting streak to 16 games and his RBI streak to six games. The honor is Coats' second of his career and the sixth such award given to a Horned Frog this season. Third baseman Jantzen Witte (.374), who bats in the leadoff position, is in the midst of a hitting streak of his own, spanning 13 games. ...
