Baylor Baseball Welcomes Youngstown State For Four-Game Series

Calderone, Max Max_Calderone at baylor.edu
Thu Mar 2 15:45:32 CST 2023 

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 2, 2023

Baylor Baseball Welcomes Youngstown State For Four-Game Series
Bears and Penguins set to meet for first time in program history
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>


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BAYLOR BEARS (2-6, 0-0 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/1881> (Fort Hays St., 1988)

Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2023> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2023/3/2/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2023_9-12_YSU.pdf>
BAYLOR (2-6, 0-0) vs YOUNGSTOWN STATE (1-7, 0-0)
March 3, 2023 • 6:30 p.m. CT
March 4, 2023 • 2:00 p.m. CT (Game One)
March 4, 2023 • TBD (Game Two)
March 5, 2023 • 1:00 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballpark (5,000)

LIVE STATS: BaylorStats.com<https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay>
WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Friday only)
Talent:  Kurtis Quillin (play-by-play) & Richard Cunningham (analyst)
LISTEN: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM & 92.3 FM (Fri. & Sun.)
LISTEN: FOX Sports Central Texas 1330 AM & 93.9 FM (Sat.)
Talent:  Derek Smith (Fri. & Sun.), Ryan Boyd, Richard Cunningham (Sat.)

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[Youngstown]
YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (1-7, 0-0 Horizon)
Location: Youngstown, Ohio
Conference/Affiliation: Horizon League
Head Coach: Dan Bertolini (Mercyhurst, 2008)

Roster<https://ysusports.com/sports/baseball/roster> | Stats<https://ysusports.com/sports/baseball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/ysusports.com/documents/2023/3/1/3-baylor.pdf>



STORYLINES

LEADING OFF

• Baylor Baseball continues its 14-game homestand this weekend with a four-game series against Youngstown State. The home stretch lasts until March 24, when the Bears travel to take on Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla., in the second week of Big 12 play.

• The Bears have eclipsed double-digit strikeouts on the mound in six of their eight games so far this season.

• Baylor enters the weekend tied for second in the Big 12 with 85 strikeouts

• The Bears are celebrating the 25th season at Baylor Ballpark with a special logo and planned promotions throughout the 2023 campaign.

• Eighteen of the Bears' first 21 games this season are home games. The Bears leave the state of Texas just three times this year, all before April 3 (at Duke, at Oklahoma State, at Kansas).

• Baylor returns just 15 players from its 2022 roster and welcomes 23 newcomers, including 10 true freshmen and 13 transfers.

• Nine of the 13 transfers have previous Division I experience in Austin Stracener<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/austin-stracener/12074>, Hunter Teplanszky<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/12075>, Daniel Altman<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/daniel-altman/12078>, Cole Posey<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-posey/12079>, Will Pendergrass<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/will-pendergrass/12081>, Casey Sunseri<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/casey-sunseri/12082>, Cole Tremain<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-tremain/12084>, John Ceccoli<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/john-ceccoli/12089> and Gabe Craig<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/gabe-craig/12090>.

BRIGHT SPOTS

• Sophomore RHP Mason Marriott<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-marriott/11495> is coming off his career-best outing, having racked up a personal-best seven strikeouts across a career-most 4.2 innings of work at Duke on Sunday, Feb. 26.

• Marriott leads the Big 12 with a 13.50 K/9 (strikeouts per nine innings).

• Junior RHP Will Rigney<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/will-rigney/11505> returned to action for the first time in over 10 months after suffering a season-ending shoulder injury last year. He pitched a scoreless inning and struck out two Blue Devils on Friday, Feb. 24.

• Freshman INF Kolby Branch<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kolby-branch/12083> is off to a hot start, leading the team with 11 hits, 10 RBIs and a .567 slugging percentage.

• Of junior LHP/OF Kobe Andrade's<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kobe-andrade/11476> seven hits this season, six have gone for extra bases (three doubles, two triples, one home run). His lone single came on a drag bunt against Duke.

• Last Tuesday against HCU, Branch and redshirt freshman OF Gavin Brzozowski<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/gavin-brzozowski/12076> combined to drive in 10 of BU's 11 runs. The pair had six hits between them, including two home runs, one of which was a grand slam off the bat of Branch.

• The Bears set a modern-era (since 2000) program record with 38 strikeouts in their three-game series against CMU to open the year.

• A total of 20 Bears have made their Baylor debuts so far in 2023, including eight freshmen.

SERIES HISTORY VS YOUNGSTOWN STATE

• This will be the first meeting between Baylor and Youngstown State.

• The Bears are 1-0 all-time against teams from the Horizon League, having defeated Wright State in an elimination game in the 2018 Stanford Regional.

PROBABLE STARTERS

• Friday, March 3 • 6:30 p.m. • RHP Blake Helton<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/blake-helton/11490> (0-1, 14.14 ERA) vs. RHP Travis Perry (1-0, 5.73 ERA)

• Saturday, March 4 • 2:00 p.m. • RHP Mason Marriott<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-marriott/11495> (0-1, 6.23 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Perez (0-2, 10.00 ERA)

• Saturday, March 4 • TBD • LHP Cam Caley<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cam-caley/11478> (0-2, 11.57 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Mikos (0-2, 9.90 ERA)

• Sunday, March 5 • 1:00 p.m. • TBD vs. TBD

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Friday's game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, with Kurtis Quillin (play-by-play) and former Bear Richard Cunningham (analyst) on the call.

• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor home radio broadcast, featuring Derek Smith and Ryan Boyd on the call.

MAKING BANANA PANCAKES

• Baylor and Youngstown State both have a redshirt freshman named Jack Johnson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/jack-johnson/11493> on their rosters.

• YSU's Johnson hails from Katy, Texas, the Penguins' only player from the Lone Star State.

• Baylor's Johnson is from Thousand Oaks, Calif.

• BU's Johnson delivered the walk-off hit in the Opening Day thriller over Central Michigan, the first hit of his collegiate career.


To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.


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Max Calderone | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-265-1639

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