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Baylor (35-10) vs. Texas St. (26-19)
Tue., April 26, 2011 | 6:00 p.m. CST
Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium (1,250)
| Baylor (35-10, 7-5) vs.
Texas (41-4, 11-0)
Wed., April 27, 2011 | 6:30 p.m. CST
Waco, Texas | Getterman Stadium (1,250) |
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Scouting Texas State
The Bobcats enter Tuesday's contest winners of 11 of their last 12 after splitting a doubleheader against Houston on April 22. Second baseman Jenna Emery leads the offense with a .365 average and four home runs. In the circle, Anne Marie Taylor (13-5, 2.07 ERA) and Chandler Hall (12-12, 2.90 ERA) split time.
Scouting Texas
The Longhorns will face UTSA on Tuesday night, but enter the week winners of 25 of their last 26 games. Junior first baseman Lexy Bennett and sophomore rightfielder Taylor Hoagland have been the catalysts for the Longhorns. Bennett leads the Big 12 with a .455 average and leads the Horns with 10 doubles, 56 hits, 40 RBI and her school-record 50 runs scored. Hoagland ranks third on the club with 46 hits and second with 47 runs scored. Texas' pitching staff is led by sophomore Blaire Luna, who owns a 23-2 mark, a 0.95 ERA and has tossed 22 complete games, a Big 12-best 13 shutouts and fanned 256 batters. Her 13 shutouts tie for No. 1 in the NCAA statistics.
Series
Baylor leads the all-time series with Texas State, 31-15, including 19-7 in Waco, however, the Bobcats have won the last two games between the two teams.
Texas leads the all-time series with BU, 18-10 overall and 8-4 in Waco. The Longhorns won all three games last season for the three-game win streak in the series.
RPI
Baylor comes into the week with an RPI of 12, while Texas State is 90th and Texas is third.
5 And Under
Baylor is 35-4 when holding its opponents to five runs or less, including a 30-1 mark when allowing two runs or less. On the flip side, BU is 0-6 when allowing six or more runs.
Score First, Score A Win
The Lady Bears are 12-1 this season when scoring in the first inning and 29-3 when scoring first. When leading after four innings, Baylor is 29-2, and when having a lead after six, it is 26-1. The lone loss came on a walk-off, two-run homer at Texas A&M on March 27.
Top 25 Terrorizers
The Lady Bears enter this week's contests with a 12-7 mark against ranked opponents, including 8-3 away from Getterman Stadium.
Back-To-Back Losses Rare
This past weekend's losses to No. 17 Oklahoma State marked the first time BU dropped back-to-back games all year.
Top Of Lineup Torching
No. 1 and 2 hitters, Kathy Shelton and Kayce Walker have been doing their job of getting on base the last five games, combining for a .486 batting average (18-for-37) and registering 37 percent of the team's hits during that stretch.
Best Start Since 2005
The 35-10 start is the second-best mark through 43 games in Baylor history. Only the 2005 squad was better, with a 38-7 record.
All Acquaintance Be Forgot
It's a new year, and nothing makes that more clear than looking at the Lady Bears' record. After going 28-25 in 2010, they already have 35 wins entering this weekend. The difference? At this time last season, BU had a 2.33 ERA, while it enters the weekend with a 1.49 ERA. But in Big 12 play, through 12 games in 2010 the Lady Bears had a 2.72 ERA. Through 12 games in 2011, they sit with a 1.86 ERA. Offensively through 12 conference games in 2010 BU was hitting .220, while it has amassed a .300 clip in 10 games so far in 2011.
Armed And Ready
The Baylor pitching staff has been nothing short of stellar, entering the weekend with a 1.49 ERA, third in the Big 12 Conference and eighth nationally. Canion's 1.12 ERA is good for sixth in the country and third in the league, while Liz Paul (1.60) is sixth and Courtney Repka is 12th with a 2.27 mark.
Look Out For Leal
Senior Dani Leal, has been stellar in her second year in green and gold, leading the team and 14th in conference in batting average (.363), home runs (13), RBI (33) and slugging percentage (.770). She is hitting .375 in conference games, good for ninth. Her 13 home runs put her in a tie for sixth on the single-season home run mark and tie her for sixth on the career home run list with 22. The shortstop from Mexico City, Mexico, set a new Getterman Classic for home runs in the tournament, smashing quatro.
Canion Grand In Circle
Canion has been outstanding in the circle for BU, with a 19-7 record and 1.12 ERA, while her 8.98 strikeouts per seven innings is good for fifth in the league.
Canion Climbing The Charts
Canion now sits second all-time in career strikeouts at Baylor with 710. Just a redshirt sophomore, she needs 49 to tie Cristin Vitek's career record 759.
Shelton's Speed
Kathy Shelton was a perfect 37-for-37 on the base paths in her career until she was thrown out for the first time in her career at Texas Tech on April 6. She is now 46-47 in her career and 29-30 this season. As a team, Baylor is second in the Big 12 with 94 stolen bases on the year.
Heating Up
Shelton is heating up at the plate as well, hitting safely in her last five games. During that stretch she is hitting .524 (11-for-21) with six runs, one home run (first of her career), a double, five RBI, a .714 slugging percentage and six stolen bases.
Freeland's Final Stand
KJ Freeland is having an outstanding senior season. She entered 2011 with a career average of .252 and career totals of one double, 11 RBI and 16 stolen bases. This year she is third on the team with a .340 mark to go with two doubles, eight RBI and 10 stolen bases.
