Baylor
Dallas Baptist
Baseball Welcomes DBU to Waco for Midweek Contest
3/10/2020 5:43:00 PM | Baseball
SERIES INFO
Date: Wednesday, March 11
Game Times: 6:30 p.m. CT
Site: Baylor Ballpark
TV: ESPN+
• Talent: Lincoln Rose (pxp), Pat Combs (color)
Radio: ESPN1660/92.3fm | TuneIn app
• Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Hoot Johnigan (color)
Live Stats: baylorstats.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball.com
Series History: 53-26
Streak: Won 6
First Meeting: May 5,1979
Last Meeting: April 2, 2019
Under Rodriguez: 7-1
PROJECTED STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP
WED | RS-JR RHP Jimmy Winston (1-1, 12.27 ERA) vs. TBD
STORY LINES
• The Bears return home to Baylor Ballpark to start a five-game homestand, beginning with a midweek tilt vs. Dallas Baptist on Wednesday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. CT.
• The Bears have won six of their last eight games, including taking the weekend series at Cal Poly. The Bears enter the week having won the last two games.
• Baylor has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better in all 20 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since 1999) and is 459-206 all-time at the park after starting off the 2020 season 5-5 at home.
• The Bears are 37-13 all-time in midweek contests under fifth-year head coach Steve Rodriguez and 2-1 so far in 2020.
• The Bears are 217-321-1 all-time against opponents ranked in Baseball America's weekly rankings and 83-126-1
in nonconference games and 185-270-1 in regular season contests. The Bears are 2-0 this year vs. opponents ranked in Baseball America's top 25, with wins over No. 14 LSU and No. 9 Arkansas.
• FR OF Jared McKenzie has had a hit in 13-of-15 games on the year and has had multi-hit performances in nine of those 15 games. He twice has a season-high four hits, including this past Saturday at Cal Poly. His 26 total hits on the year rank 12th-most in the nation and the highest hit total of any freshman in the country. Likewise, his batting average of .400 is the highest of any freshman in the Big 12 and ranks tied for third. Over the weekend he collected 8 hits in the series win at Cal Poly, with three multi-hit outings.
