Baylor baseball finishes regular season play with a three-game Big 12 series vs. Kansas State at Baylor Ballpark this weekend. Games are scheduled for 6:35 p.m. CT Thursday on FOX Sports Plus, 6:35 p.m. Friday on FS-Plus and 2:35 p.m. Saturday 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. Live streaming audio, video and GameTracker also are available for all Baylor baseball home games online at BaylorBears.com.
SERIES?INFO
Date(s): May 18-20, 2017
Time(s): 6:35 PM | 6:35 PM | 2:35 PM CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Stadium: Baylor Ballpark (5,000)
TV: FS+ (Thu.-Fri.) | FSSW (Sat.)
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Combs (color)
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM?(Waco)
Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Steve Johnigan (color)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: BU leads 44-25
Streak: KSU has won 2
Waco: BU leads 26-6
Manhattan: Tied 15-15
Neutral Site: KSU leads 4-3
Rodriguez vs: 1-2
First Meeting: March 28, 1966
Last Meeting: April 24, 2016
SERIES MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: BaylorBears.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: BaylorBears.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball
BAYLOR BEARS
2017 Record: 33-17
2017 Big 12 Record: 11-10
Head Coach: Steve Rodriguez
Career: 343-344 (14th season)
BU: 57-46 (2nd season)
2017 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Aaron Dodson (.327)
2B: Richard Cunningham (12)
HR: Aaron Dodson (9)
RBI: Aaron Dodson (34)
SB: T.J. Raguse (5)
KANSAS STATE WILDCATS
2017 Record: 27-25
2017 Big 12 Record: 6-15
Head Coach: Brad Hill
Career: 443-359-3 (14th season)
KSU: 443-359-3 (14th season)
2017 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Will Brennan (.355)
2B: Quintin Crandall (12)
HR: Jake Scudder (13)
RBI: Jake Scudder (58)
SB: Jake Wodtke (12)
TEAM QUICK NOTES
*Baylor has won 14 of its last 19 games, 9 of its last 10 and 6 straight after going through a stretch of losing 8 of 10 games from March 24-April 8.
*Baylor has won 33 or more games for 1st time since 2012 (49-17) and 12th time in the last 20 seasons.
*Baylor’s 33-17 record through 50 games is its best since a 39-11 start in 2012.
*Baylor had its 6th shutout of the season at UTSA, marking 1st time have 6+ shutouts in a season since 2000 (6).
*Baylor has hit 27 home runs in its last 23 games after hitting 14 homers in its 1st 26 games of the season.
*Baylor has 41 homers this season in 50 games, which are 7 more than its season output of 34 in 53 games in 2016. BU has 40 or more homers for 1st time since 2012 (46).
*Baylor qualified for the 2017 Big 12 Championship for the 21st straight season (since conference started in 1996) and only BU and Oklahoma have done so each year.
*Baylor led league with 15 Academic All-Big 12 choices.
*BU’s won 6 of its 11 3-game series in 2017 & 3 of last 4.
*Baylor has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better (18-9 in 2017) in all 18 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since 1999) and is 415-191 all-time at the park.
