Baseball hits the road for Texas State midweek matchup

SAN MARCOS, Texas -- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi baseball program (5-4, 0-0 Southland) travels north for a solo midweek matchup against Texas State (5-2, 0-0 Sun Belt), squaring off with the Bobcats on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. in San Marcos, Texas. For the Islanders, the game will serve as the 10th in a 13-day span to open the 2019 campaign as well as the 38th overall meeting between the two programs (28-9 in favor of Texas State).

Opponent: Texas State
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 27
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Bobcat Stadium | San Marcos, Texas
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• Scott Malone enters his 12th season leading Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, sporting a 289-333-2 overall record with the Blue & Green.
• The Islanders 30-win season last year serves as Malone's fourth-best overall finish since taking the helm in 2008.
• The team boasts nine seniors: RHP Chad Romere, RHP Chris Glover, OF Nick Anderson, UT Andriud Martinez, INF Enrique Sanchez Jr., OF Thomas Jeffries IV, RHP Tate Gillespie, LHP Dylan Duarte and LHP Cody LeCompte.
• This year's roster is highlighted by 11 newcomers, as senior Dylan Duarte joined the program as a graduate transfer from Alabama, juniors Scott Hastings, Cole Fluta, Tyler Mendoza, Joey Werner and Mike Williams transferred from junior colleges and freshmen Justin Taylor, Mason Hopkins, Hayden Thomas, Dom Lopez and Steven Vejil signed on directly from high school.
• This season's depth chart features 29 players from across the state of Texas and one from each of the following: California, New Jersey, Minnesota, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
• The Islanders were picked 11th in the Southland Conference Preseason Poll.
• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi returns nine of last season's 13 starters, including seniors Nick Anderson, Andriud Martinez, Enrique Sanchez Jr., Thomas Jeffries IV and Tate Gillespie along with juniors Itchy Burts, Drake Osborn, Luke Marbach and Dustin Lacaze.

After wrapping up the midweek road matchup at Texas State, the Islanders return to Chapman Field for a three-game weekend series against Eastern Michigan, hosting the Eagles from Friday, Mar. 1 through Sunday Mar. 3.

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