SERIES INFO
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 18
Game Time: 6:30 p.m. CT
Site: Waco, Texas / Baylor Ballpark (5,000)
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
• Talent: Lincoln Rose (pxp) Richard Cunningham (color)
Radio: 104.5fm | TuneIn app
• Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Hoot Johnigan (color)
Live Stats: BaylorStats.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball.com
Series History: BU leads, 2-0
Waco: BU leads, 2-0
Pine Bluff: Never Met
Neutral Site: Never Met
Rodriguez vs. UAPB: 2-0
Last Meeting: April 18, 2018 (BU 14, Arkansas Pine Bluff 4)
Streak: BU W2
PITCHING MATCHUP
Baylor FR RHP Hambleton Oliver (0-0, 18.00 ERA) vs. UAPB SO RHP Race Tittle (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
STORY LINES
• The Bears remain at home as part of an eight-game homestand as they welcome Arkansas-Pine Bluff for a midweek contest on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. CT.
• The Bears are coming off a 2-1 opening weekend series with Nebraska. The Bears bounced back after an opening day loss to the Huskers, 19-9 to take game two 8-7 in walk-off fashion and game three, 7-2 on Sunday.
• FR CF Jared McKenzie was outstanding in the season-opening weekend, leading the team with a .571 average with a team-high eight hits, including two doubles and three RBIs. He reached base in 9-of-17 plate appearances.
• Baylor has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better (24-6 in 2019) in all 20 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since 1999) and is 458-205 all-time at the park after starting off the 2020 season 2-1 at home.
• The Bears return all members of its pitching staff from 2019 with the exception of All-American closer Kyle Hill. That includes Friday and Saturday starters Jimmy Winston and Paul Dickens. The Bears also add six talented newcomers to the pitching staff (five freshmen, one junior college transfer), highlighted by RHP Will Rigney, drafted in the 38th round by the San Francisco Giants in 2019 and LHP Evan Godwin.
• Baylor has won 30 or more (34) games in a season for the fourth-straight year (35 in 2019), giving the program back-to-back-to-back-back 30-win seasons for the first time since 2009-12.
