Bears Close Regular Season with Kansas State
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May 17, 2007
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GAMES 53-55 • MAY 18-20 • 6:30 P.M. / 6:30 P.M. / 1 P.M. CDT
BAYLOR (28-24, 9-15) vs.
BAYLOR BALLPARK •
THE SERIES
Overall: Baylor leads 24-9
Neutral Site:
Since Start of Big 12: Baylor leads 23-8
Regular-Season Big 12: Baylor leads 23-7
Smith vs. K-State: 23-8
First Meeting: at Baylor 2, K-State 0 [3/28/1966]
Last Meeting: at K-State 3, Baylor 2 [5/21/2006]
COACHES
BAYLOR: Steve Smith
Alma Mater: Baylor, 1986
Career Record: 482-308-1 [13th season]
Record at Baylor: 482-308-1 [13th season]
Alma Mater:
Career Record: 621-235-2 [16th season]
Record at K-State: 120-94-2 [4th season]
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NATIONAL RANKINGS
Baseball
NCBWA NR
Collegiate Baseball NR
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday, May 18
BU RHP Jeff Mandel (6-7, 4.25 ERA, 82.2 IP, 87 H, 25 BB, 69 K)
KSU RHP Brad Hutt (8-4, 3.01 ERA, 86.2 IP, 85 H, 26 BB, 55 K)
Saturday, May 19
BU RHP Kendal Volz (5-2, 5.27 ERA, 56.1 IP, 72 H, 13 BB, 45 K)
KSU RHP Trevor Hurley (1-3, 3.65 ERA, 44.1 IP, 39 H, 13 BB, 36 K)
Sunday, May 20
BU RHP Wade Mackey (3-2, 2.16 ERA, 50.0 IP, 51 H, 13 BB, 33 K)
KSU LHP Chase Bayuk (5-4, 4.71 ERA, 63.0 IP, 56 H, 41 BB, 45 K)
Baylor baseball returns to action this weekend, hosting
Baylor (28-24, 9-15) has lost three straight after a 13-0 loss Tuesday night at No. 2 Rice. The Bears dropped two of three at
Baylor and
The Bears and the Wildcats meet for the 34th, 35th and 36th times this weekend. Baylor holds a 24-9 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to a 2-0 Baylor victory March 28, 1966, in
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QUICK HITS
• Since the start of the 2003 season, Baylor is:
- 137-55 (.714) when its starting pitcher lasts at least 5.0 innings
- 35-9 (.795) when its pitching staff records at least 10 strikeouts
- 129-40 (.763) when scoring first
- 149-29 (.837) when out-hitting its opponent
- 143-38 (.790) when holding its opponent to fewer than five runs
- 125-27 (.822) when scoring at least six runs
- 112-19 (.855) when scoring at least seven runs
• Since the start of the 2002 season, Baylor is 177-8 (.957) when leading after eight innings, winning 37 of the last 38, 71 of the last 73 and 106 of the last 109 such games.
• Baylor has won 27 of its last 30 games when hitting at least two home runs.
• Baylor is 14-4 in extra-inning games since the start of the 2003 season.
• The Bears are 52-18 (.743) at Baylor Ballpark since the start of the 2005 postseason.
• Baylor is 19-3 all-time at Baylor Ballpark in finales with a chance to sweep a three-game series (does not include the
• The Bears have out-scored their opponents 79-44 in the first two innings and 48-23 in the eighth inning this season. However, opponents have out-scored Baylor 42-18 in the third inning.
• Baylor is 20-9 this season when scoring first (8-15 when the opponent scores first).
• The Bears are 0-8 this season in Big 12 Conference series middle games. The Bears have lost 10 consecutive weekend middle games.
• Baylor is 3-10 on Saturday this season, going 25-14 elsewhere in the week.
• 19 of Baylor's 24 losses were to opponents ranked at some point this season.
BIG 12 PICTURE STILL JUMBLED: Entering the final weekend of the regular season, no seeds for next week's Big 12 Conference Championship have been secured.
• three wins
• two wins plus one
• one win plus two
• no wins plus three
SEPTET EARNS ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 HONORS: Seven Baylor baseball student-athletes were named first-team Academic All-Big 12 Conference this season. Baylor and
BAYLOR BALLPARK TOPS 90,000 PLATEAU AGAIN: Baylor eclipsed the 90,000 mark in total season attendance Wednesday. This is the fourth consecutive season and the sixth year in Baylor Ballpark's nine-year history that the 90,000 plateau has been eclipsed. Last season, Baylor established a facility record for total regular-season attendance at 96,427. The Bears must average 2,374 per game in the season's final three home games to top 100,000 for the second time in school history.
TRIPLE YOUR PLEASURE: Through games of May 13, Baylor ranks eighth nationally in triples per game with 0.45. Brigham Young is the national leader at 0.67. With 23 three-baggers, Baylor is one of only 22 teams nationally with at least 20 triples this season. Only
BAYLOR AMONG NATIONAL APR LEADERS: Baylor received a public recognition award from the NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program for having an Academic Progress Rate (APR) score which ranks among the top 10 percent within their sport. The Bears' most-recent APR score was 983 with an adjusted squad size mark of 992. Baylor was one of 30 Division I programs honored by the NCAA. Head coach Steve Smith's squad was the only of Baylor's 19 varsity teams so honored.
UP NEXT: Following this weekend's action, the top eight teams in the conference will convene at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Okla., for the 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Championship.
