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Aggies Travel to Texas for Season-Opening Series at Abilene Christian
Game One
NM State (0-0) at Abilene Christian (3-1)
Friday, Feb. 26 | 5:05 p.m. | Crutcher Scott Field | Abilene, Texas
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Pitching Matchup | RHP Chris Barraza (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Chirpich (1-0, 1.93 ERA)
Game Two
NM State at Abilene Christian
Saturday, Feb. 27 | 1:05 p.m. | Crutcher Scott Field | Abilene, Texas
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Pitching Matchup | LHP Sammy Natera (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Genner Cervantes (1-0, 4.15 ERA)
Game Three
NM State at Abilene Christian
Sunday, Feb. 28 | 1:05 p.m. | Crutcher Scott Field | Abilene, Texas
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Pitching Matchup | RHP Chris Jefferson (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Adam Stephenson (0-1, 9.00 ERA)
LEADOFF HITS
• Year two of the Mike Kirby coaching era is set to begin at 5:05 p.m. MT Friday afternoon in West Texas as the NM State baseball team opens up its 2021 season with a three-game set at Southland Conference adversary Abilene Christian.
• The Aggies have won their last three season openers and four of their last five. NM State's average margin of victory in its four season-opening wins over the last five years has been 12.5 runs.
• NM State has either won or split its season-opening series in each of the last five seasons. The last time the Aggies lost a season-opening set came in 2015 when they dropped both games against Illinois in Beaumont, Texas, at the Lamar Tournament.
• As the Aggies' head coach, Kirby is 11-1 (.917) in games played in the month of February.