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WACO, Texas - Baylor baseball hosts UT Arlington Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark in the team's first midweek game of the 2016 season.
The Bears (1-2) are coming off a season-opening series loss to Washington at Baylor Ballpark over the weekend. The Mavericks (2-2) enter the game after splitting a pair of home games with Oklahoma State and Stephen F. Austin over the weekend.
All Baylor baseball games are broadcast live on Waco's 1660 ESPN Central Texas (1330 AM/100.9 FM in Temple, Belton and Killeen). Derek Smith provides the play-by-play with Steve Johnigan adding color commentary. Live streaming audio, video and GameTracker also are available for all Baylor baseball games online at BaylorBears.com.
SERIESà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € INFO
Date(s): Feb. 24, 2016
Time(s): 6:35 PM CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Stadium: Baylor Ballpark (5,000)
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AMà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (Waco)
Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Steve Johnigan (color)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: BU leads 85-31
Waco: BU leads 52-12
Arlington: BU leads 33-19
Neutral Site: Never met
Rodriguez vs: First meeting
First Meeting: Feb. 26, 1973
Last Meeting: April 7, 2015
SERIES MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: BaylorBears.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: BaylorBears.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball
BAYLOR BEARS
2016 Record: 1-2
2015 Big 12 Record: 9-15 (8th)
Head Coach: Steve Rodriguez
Career: 287-300 (13th season)
BU: 1-2 (1st season)
2016 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Esthay, Gilcrease (.455)
2B: Darryn Sheppard (2)
HR: Richard Cunningham (1)
RBI: Darryn Sheppard (4)
SB: N/A
UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS
2016 Record: 2-2
2015 Sun Belt Record: 14-16 (7th)
Head Coach: Darin Thomas
Career: 236-227 (9th season)
UTA: 236-227 (9th season)
2016 STAT LEADERS
AVG: RJ Williams (.385)
2B: 5 players (1)
HR: Christian Hollie (1)
RBI: Caleb Koedyker (5)
SB: Darien McLemore (1)
TEAM QUICK NOTES
*Baylor is 386-168 all-time at Baylor Ballpark and 1-2 under Steve Rodriguez.
*Rodriguez earned his first win as Baylor head coach Saturday over Washington, 9-5.
*Drew Tolson posted a career-high eight strikeouts in five innings of work last Saturday vs. Washington in a no-decision start.
*Richard Cunningham posted his first collegiate run, two-hit game, home run, RBI and two-RBI game last Saturday vs. Washington.
*Baylor's pitchers racked up 13 strikeouts as each pitcher had at least two last Saturday vs. Washington.
*Baylor's first win of the Steve Rodriguez last Saturday vs. Washington was fueled by a 7-run, 2-out rally in the 6th inning as 7 straight batters reached base safely.
*Levi Gilcrease set a career high with three hits last Friday vs. Washington, going 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored.
*Baylor faces a challenging 53-game schedule that features 6 2015 NCAA Tournament participants among 22 opponents -- only 7 finished under .500 last season and the 22 foes combined to go 670-554-2 (.546) in 2015.
*Baylor's schedule is home heavy as the Bears have 33 games at Baylor Ballpark, including their first 7 games and 15 of their first 19 -- BU leaves the state of Texas just 3 times (all for Big 12 play at Oklahoma, Kansas State and West Virginia).
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