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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears have won seven of the last 10 meetings against the Wildcats<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">BAYLOR BEARS (23-22, 5-13 Big 12)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1811"><span style="color:#154734">Steve Rodriguez</span></a></span></dfn> (Pepperdine,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> (23-22, 5-13) vs<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> KANSAS
STATE </span></strong>(25-22, 6-12)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 13, 2022 • 6:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 14, 2022 • 4:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 15, 2022 • 1:00 p.m. CT</span></strong></b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Manhattan, Kan. • Tointon Family Stadium (2,331)</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay"><span style="color:#154734">BaylorStats.com</span></a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WATCH: </span></strong>Big 12 Now on ESPN+<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Learfield / ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM & 92.3 FM<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Derek Smith (Play-by-Play), </span></em><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=616"><span style="color:#154734">Max
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Manhattan, Kan.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Pete Hughes (Davidson, 1990)<br>
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<p><b>STORYLINES</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>LEADING OFF</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor returns to the baseball diamond after a nine-day layoff from action with a three-game series at Kansas State.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU currently sits in 8th place in the Big 12 standings at 5-13 in conference play, with 2 Big 12 series remaining.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears are one game back of K-State (6-12, 7th) and one game ahead of Kansas (4-14, 9th) in the league standings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears continue to turn double plays at a high rate, leading the Big 12 and ranking third nationally with 51 total twin killings and 1.13 per game.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU has recorded at least one extra-base hit in each of its last 24 games, have notched at least two XBH in 13 of its last 14 games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor's pitching staff combined for 11 strikeouts on Tuesday against <span class="scayt-misspell-word">
Tarleton</span> for its 12th double-digit strikeout performance of the season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Sophomore LHP Cam <span class="scayt-misspell-word">Caley</span> carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning before allowing an RBI double.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Against Texas Tech on Sunday, May 1, sophomore OF Kyle Nevin logged BU's first five-hit game since Shea
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Langeliers</span> did so on June 1, 2019 vs. Omaha as part of the Los Angeles Regional.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Nevin also tied his career high with 4 RBIs and set a new personal best with three doubles, which also tied the Baylor program record for most doubles in a single Big 12 game.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Junior INF Jack Pineda leads the Big 12 and is tied for 11th nationally with five triples. He sits two behind the nation's leader with seven regular-season games to play.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Five triples are the most by a Bear in a single season since Richard Cunningham led the team with five in 2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor also ranks second in the league with 12 total triples on the year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>BY THE NUMBERS </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor holds a 52-30 advantage in the all-time series over Kansas State.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez, the Bears are 9-7 against the Wildcats.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU has won each of the last three series vs. K-State, including a sweep the last time the Bears visited The Little Apple.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor is 7-3 against K-State over the last 10 matchups.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>PROBABLE STARTERS</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Friday, May 13 • 6:00 p.m. CT • <b>RHP Jake Jackson (3-4, 8.93 ERA)</b> vs. RHP Blake Adams (4-4, 4.57 ERA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Saturday, May 14 • 4:00 p.m. CT • <b>LHP Kobe </b><span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Andrade</b></span><b> (3-3, 5.15 ERA)</b> vs. RHP German
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Fajardo</span> (4-1, 2.18 ERA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sunday, May 15 • 1:00 p.m. CT • <b>RHP Blake </b><span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Helton</b></span><b> (0-1, 5.06 ERA)</b> vs. TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>BROADCAST INFORMATION</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• This weekend's series will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Fans can also tune in to ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM and 92.3 FM for the Baylor radio broadcast, featuring Derek Smith (play-by-play) and Max
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Calderone</span> (analyst) on the call.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>TURNING TWO</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor leads the Big 12 and ranks third nationally with 51 double plays turned in 2022 (1.13 per game).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Entering the weekend, BU is just one off the nation's lead of 52, currently held by New Mexico and New Orleans.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Sophomore 2B Tre Richardson has an assist in 36 of those 51 twin killings so far this season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears rolled just 33 double plays in all of 2021 (0.65 per game).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>TRIPLES TRIBUTE</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Jack Pineda leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th nationally with five triples.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The fourth-year junior shortstop is just two three-baggers shy of the nation's leader.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Pineda's five triples are the most by a Bear in a single season since Richard Cunningham led the team with five in 2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Pineda's sixth triple would be the most by a BU player in a single season since Brooks
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Pinckard</span> in 2010.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• No Bear has reached seven triples since Ben Booker in 2007 and that mark has only been reached 11 times since 1970.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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