Baylor baseball welcomes South Alabama for a weekend series between two undefeated teams at Baylor Ballpark. Games are scheduled for 6:35 p.m. CT Friday, 3:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:05 p.m. Sunday on FOX Sports Southwest.
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.
SERIES?INFO
Date(s): Feb. 24-26, 2017
Time(s): 6:30 PM | 3 PM | 1 PM CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Stadium: Baylor Ballpark (5,000)
TV: FSSW (Sunday only)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Combs (color)
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM?(Waco)
Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Steve Johnigan (color)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Tied 1-1
Streak: BU has won 1
Waco: BU leads 1-0
Mobile: Never met
Neutral Site: USA leads 1-0
Rodriguez vs: 0-0
First Meeting: May 28, 1993
Last Meeting: March 6, 2009
SERIES MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: BaylorBears.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: BaylorBears.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball
BAYLOR BEARS
2017 Record: 5-0
2017 Big 12 Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Steve Rodriguez
Career: 315-327 (14th season)
BU: 29-29 (2nd season)
2017 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Shea Langeliers (.500)
2B: Tucker Cascadden (3)
HR: Shea Langeliers (2)
RBI: Cascadden, Langeliers (6)
SB: Three Players (1)
SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS
2017 Record: 4-0
2017 Sun Belt Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Mark Calvi
Career: 171-129 (6th season)
USA: 171-129 (6th season)
2017 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Eddie Paparella (.643)
2B: Four Players (2)
HR: Four Players (1)
RBI: Eddie Paparella (11)
SB: Three Players (2)
TEAM QUICK NOTES
*Baylor is 5-0 to start a season for the first time since 2012 (6-0).
*Baylor posted back-to-back shutouts for first time since Feb. 26-28, 2003 (9-0 win at UTSA, 4-0 win at UC Irvine).
*Baylor’s pitchers racked up 14 strikeouts at Texas State for the first time since March 11, 2011 vs. Louisiana Tech.
*Baylor has won 5 straight games for the first time since doing the same from Feb. 26-March 4, 2016.
*In 5 games, Baylor’s starters have combined to give up just four runs (three earned) on 14 hits and 9 walks with 19 strikeouts in 25 innings for a 1.08 ERA and 0.92 WHIP. The quintet of Sr. RHP Nick Lewis, Jr. RHP Montana Parsons, Fr. LHP Cody Bradford Fr. RHP Luke Boyd & Jr. RHP Alex Phillips also picked up 5 wins.
*In 5 games, Baylor’s newcomers picked up 4 wins on the mound (Parsons, Bradford, Boyd & Phillips) while going 19-for-52 (.365) at the plate with 14 runs, 6 doubles, 2 homers 20 RBI and 2 walks. BU as a team is 52-for-164 (.317) at the plate with 44 runs, 11 doubles, 5 homers, 38 RBI and 23 walks.
*In 5 games, Baylor’s pitchers have posted a 1.80 ERA and 1.31 WHIP while striking out 48 batters in 45 innings.
*Baylor has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better (4-0 in 2017) in all 18 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since 1999) and is 405-182 all-time in the park.
