Texas A&M Aggies P Chris Cortez Reveals Thoughts On Series Sweep Of Vanderbilt Commodores

The Texas A&M Aggies baseball team is now No. 1 in the nation after a three-game weekend sweep of then-No. 6 Vanderbilt. The entire team is clicking right now on both offense and defense.

Texas A&M pitcher Chris Cortez (10) pitches during the SEC baseball tournament at the Hoover / Jake Crandall/ Advertiser / USA TODAY

The Texas A&M Aggies baseball team is now No. 1 in the nation after a three-game weekend sweep of then-No. 6 Vanderbilt. The entire team is clicking right now on both offense and defense.

But let's not forget about the pitching staff that's enabling the offese to win by such huge margins.

One of those standout pitchers is Chris Cortez, who has comes out of the bullpen to shut down hitters all season.

Cortez was impressed with the play of his team in all three phases over the weekend, as A&M outscored the Commodores 36-6 over the three-game series.

“The Tuesday game has nothing to do with today. I was happy about Tuesday but I’ve moved on from it. I know the best version of myself is having fun and it all starts in the bullpen. When I’m having fun, that’s when I’m at my best,” Cortez explained to the media on Sunday. “I don’t look at the scoreboard. Like Schloss says, ‘We play to a standard, not a scoreboard.’ We go one pitch at a time and that’s all I was saying. I didn’t know what the score was, what inning we’re in, I was barely paying attention to our hitters. I’m just focused on doing my job.

“I think it’s a luxury that we have guys that can go out there and eat up innings. But if they aren’t having their day, we have a lot more guys in the bullpen who can go out there and help the team win.”

Next up, the Aggies have a mid-week game against Air Force on Tuesday from Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park with first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m. CT. Then A&M heads to Tuscaloosa to Sewell-Thomas Stadium for a three-game series against the No. 18 Alabama Crimson Tide beginning on Friday.