WACO, Texas -- Baylor baseball heads to Arlington, Texas, for a Tuesday tilt against UT Arlington at 6:30 p.m. CT at Gould Ballpark.
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.
SERIES?INFO
Date(s): March 22, 2016
Time(s): 6:30 PM CT
Location: Arlington, Texas
Stadium: Gould Ballpark (1,600)
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM?(Waco)
Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Steve Johnigan (color)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: BU leads 85-32
Streak: UTA has won 1
Waco: BU leads 52-13
Arlington: BU leads 33-19
Neutral Site: Never met
Rodriguez vs: 0-1
First Meeting: Feb. 26, 1973
Last Meeting: Feb. 24, 2016
SERIES MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: UTAMavs.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: UTAMavs.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball
BAYLOR BEARS
2016 Record: 8-11
2016 Big 12 Record: 1-2
Head Coach: Steve Rodriguez
Career: 294-309 (13th season)
BU: 8-11 (1st season)
2016 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Darryn Sheppard (.324)
2B: Darryn Sheppard (5)
HR: Darryn Sheppard (3)
RBI: Darryn Sheppard (20)
SB: Steven McLean (4)
UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS
2016 Record: 10-11
2016 Sun Belt Record: 2-4
Head Coach: Darin Thomas
Career: 246-238 (9th season)
UTA: 246-238 (9th season)
2016 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Quintin Rohrbaugh (.366)
2B: Rohrbaugh, Williams (5)
HR: Three Players (2)
RBI: Christian Hollie (18)
SB: RJ Williams (5)
TEAM QUICK NOTES
*UT Arlington topped Baylor 9-2 at Baylor Ballpark earlier this season on Feb. 24, and the Bears rallied off five straight wins after the loss.
*Baylor is 391-175 all-time at Baylor Ballpark and 6-9 under Steve Rodriguez.
*Baylor went 2-6 on its season-long eight-game home stand from March 8-20.
*Baylor has scored at least one run in the first inning seven times this season in 19 games – the Bears have won three of their last five games when scoring in the first frame and have scored 15 first-inning runs in 2016.
*Baylor is 195-290-1 all-time against opponents ranked by Baseball America, 30-38 since 2011 and 1-2 this season.
*Among Big 12 leaders, Darryn Sheppard is fourth in RBI (20) and sixth in home runs (3) while Richard Cunningham is third in triples (2).
*Troy Montemayor ranks first in the Big 12 and 33rd in the NCAA in saves (4).
