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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball marks its return welcoming Central Michigan for a three-game series consisting of a Sunday, Feb. 21 doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. and a single-game test Monday, Feb. 22 at noon inside the friendly confines of Chapman Field.
Islander Notes
- The Islanders nabbed a pair of Southland first team all-conference selections in senior outfielder Itchy Burts and junior pitcher John Gaddis; the honor was Burts' second after finishing 2020 with 23 hits and a .315 hitting average while Gaddis moved up to the first-team list after drawing 19 strikeouts in four starts and 21 innings pitched.
- Earning 133 points and tying Incarnate Word in the Southland preseason poll, A&M-Corpus Christi landed seventh on the league leaderboard.
- The Islanders open the season with an extended home stand, seeing six of their first seven games taking place at Chapman Field and Whataburger Field for the Kleberg Bank College Classic.
- A&M-Corpus Christi hits the field after a 346-day hiatus and a shortened 2020 campaign that saw the Islanders finish 8-10 overall with a 2-1 league mark. The Islanders picked up a pair of quality wins over Power-5 members Kansas State and Missouri.
- Scott Malone enters his 14th season at the helm of the Islanders with a 322-363-2 overall record and is the winningest coach in program history.
Scouting the Opponent
- Central Michigan looks to keep its momentum going after earning a 2019 Mid-American Conference Championship title and a strong 11-6 start in a shortened 2020 season; earning the MAC favorite nod in the preseason poll.
- The Chippewas ranked 38th in the preseason Fabulous 50 released by the Collegiate Baseball newspaper, being the lone MAC member to make the list.
- Returning veteran players Zach Gilles, Zach Heeke, and Griffin Lockwood-Powell seek to make an immediate impact on the field with each sporting an over .400 on-base percentage.
Series History
- The impromptu series marks the first meeting between the Islanders and Chippewas.
- A&M-Corpus Christi is a combined 3-1 against Michigan opponents; sweeping a series against Eastern Michigan in 2019 and dropping a single game to Michigan St. during 2016.
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