Baylor Baseball Welcomes Incarnate Word For Weekend Series

Thu Apr 4 17:32:40 CDT 2024

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 4, 2024

Baylor Baseball Welcomes Incarnate Word For Weekend Series
Bears conclude eight-game homestand seeking fourth-consecutive home series win
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 (11-17, 5-7 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2258>
                            (Fort Hays St., 1988)

Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2024> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2024/4/4/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2024_29-31_UIW.pdf>
BAYLOR (11-17, 5-7) vs UIW (15-12, 2-4)
April 5, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. CT
April 6, 2024 • 2:00 p.m. CT
April 7, 2024 • 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+
Talent: Kyle Youmans (Fri., Sat.), Lincoln Rose (Sun.), Pat Combs
LISTEN: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM
Talent: Derek Smith, Tom Barfield

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INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS (15-12, 2-4 Southland)
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Southland
Head Coach: Ryan Shotzberger (McDaniel, 2004)

Roster<https://uiwcardinals.com/sports/baseball/roster> | Stats<https://uiwcardinals.com/sports/baseball/stats>

STORYLINES

LEADING OFF

• Baylor Baseball wraps up its eight-game homestand with a three-game series against Incarnate Word this weekend at Baylor Ballpark.

• BU has won each of its last three home weekend series (3-0 vs. Oral Roberts, 2-1 vs. Texas Tech, 2-1 vs. Cincinnati).

• The Bears have played the nation's 42nd-ranked strength of schedule in 2024, the fifth-best in the Big 12.

• According to Pro Baseball Radar, BU faced the nation's toughest schedule through the first month of the season based on 2023's RPI and win percentage.

• Baylor plays 26 games against the 2023 RPI top-50 this season, the most in the Big 12.

• 56% of Baylor's offense (137 of 243 hits) has been produced by underclassmen or players in their first season at Baylor.

• True or redshirt freshmen have accounted for 43% of innings pitched on the mound this season (105.1 of 245.1).

• Eighteen Bears have made their Baylor debuts so far in 2024, including 13 players making their Division I debut and nine freshmen making their collegiate debuts.

LAST TIME OUT

• Baylor defeated HCU 13-5 on Tuesday, marking its third-straight win and matching the team's best win streak of the 2024 campaign.

• BU racked up 11 hits, its fifth-straight game with at least nine, and 12 strikeouts, its 12th double-digit K game of 2024.

• Senior INF Daniel Altman's<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/daniel-altman/12990> three-run triple in the bottom of the seventh gave the Bears the lead.

• Freshman RHP Stephen Sepulveda<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/stephen-sepulveda/13016> struck out six batters in a row, becoming the first Bear to do so since March 24, 2007, when Willie Kempf and Randall Linebaugh combined to do so at Texas Tech.

BACK-TO-BACK IN BIG 12 PLAY ON THE BANKS OF THE BRAZOS

• Baylor won its second-consecutive home Big 12 series last weekend after taking two of three over Cincinnati.

• The Bears opened up an 8-2 lead on Friday behind Hunter Teplanszky's<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/13010> three-run home run, and held on despite a grand slam for UC in the top of the eighth inning.

• Kobe Andrade<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kobe-andrade/12991> collected his first-career save in the Friday night victory after retiring all five batters he faced.

• On Saturday, BU received a dominant 10-strikeout start from redshirt freshman Collin McKinney<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/collin-mckinney/13004>, who worked a career-high 6.1 innings and allowed just one hit and one unearned run, in leading BU to a 9-2 victory.

• The Bears pounded out a 13 hits, their most in a Big 12 game so far, and struck out 14 to tie their season high in the win.

STRAIGHT DEALIN'

• On Saturday, Collin McKinney's<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/collin-mckinney/13004> 10 strikeouts matched a season high (Mason Marriott<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-marriott/13001> vs. Nebraska, Feb. 16) and marked the first time since 2018 that Baylor has had multiple 10+ strikeout performances in the same season.

• After a leadoff walk in the top of the second, McKinney retired 14 in a row, including five consecutive strikeouts in the third and fourth innings.

• The redshirt freshman out of Nassau Bay, Texas, became the first Bear since Logan Verrett on March 16, 2009 vs. Texas A&M to strike out five in a row.

BY THE NUMBERS VS. UIW

• Baylor is 5-0 all-time against Incarnate Word.

• Each of the last four meetings have been decided by one run.

• Baylor is 6-10 against teams from the state of Texas in 2024 and 16-22 in the Thompson era.

PROBABLE STARTERS

• Fri. April 5 • 6:30 p.m. • RHP Mason Marriott<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-marriott/13001> (0-3, 4.46) vs. LHP Josh Salinas (3-0, 1.59)

• Sat. April 6 • 2:00 p.m. • RHP Collin McKinney<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/collin-mckinney/13004> (2-3, 5.46) vs. RHP Isaiah Zavala (2-2, 5.35)

• Sun. April 7 • 1:00 p.m. • LHP Mason Green<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-green/13014> (1-3, 5.76) vs. TBD

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• This weekend's games will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, with Kyle Youmans (Fri. & Sat.) and Lincoln Rose (Sun.) joining former Baylor pitcher Pat Combs (color analyst) on the call.

• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor radio broadcast on ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM with Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call.

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 (Baseball, Football)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-265-1639

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