How Texas A&M Baseball Is Preparing for the College Station Regional

Ahead of the College Station Regional, Earley made one thing clear about his team’s approach to the upcoming slate of competition: consistent preparation. 

“We’ve kept a really consistent level of preparation all season,” Earley said in a press conference on May 28. “The one difference with this week, than others … we mixed in some live at-bats. From the Auburn Saturday doubleheader, we had a week off before Mississippi State, so you don’t have those Tuesday games to get at-bats or innings. From there, we had a week off again … a lack of Tuesday at-bats, which are huge, and then a week off again. We did a little more high-speed stuff, from a defensive standpoint and from a hitting standpoint … a little more game-simulated so that you can get that nervous system spike.”

Before its second-to-last SEC series against Ole Miss, A&M completed its non-conference schedule with a 16-7 win over Prairie View A&M on May 5. From there, the Aggies navigated three consecutive weeks without mid-week competition, forcing the Maroon and White to look elsewhere for live practice. 

“We’ve had some really big gaps,” Earley said. “Our last gap, we only played one game. But how we do our stuff, when we stretch, how we stretch, how we play catch, how we go about our business, has been consistent all season. I think that’s why we’ve been a consistent baseball team, and in times when we haven’t, we’ve been able to revert to what we’ve done all year and bring it right back to the middle.”

Prepared or not, A&M will be put to the test against Lamar on Friday afternoon. With a successful weekend performance, the Aggies will advance to the NCAA Super Regionals. 

“I think what it takes at this point in the year is that you have put yourself in a situation where you don’t have to react,” Earley said. “