Baylor Baseball Heads North For Midweek Battle at No. 11 DBU

Mon Apr 8 16:11:21 CDT 2024

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 8, 2024

Baylor Baseball Heads North For Midweek Battle at No. 11 DBU
Bears begin five-game road swing in Dallas against Patriots
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 (13-18, 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/2024/3/4/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2024_12_DBU.pdf>
BAYLOR (13-18, 5-7) vs DALLAS BAPTIST (25-6, 6-3)
April 9, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. CT
Dallas, Texas • Horner Ballpark (3,492)

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DALLAS BAPTIST PATRIOTS (25-6, 6-3 C-USA)
Location: Dallas, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: C-USA
Head Coach: Dan Heefner (Olivet Nazarene, 2001)

Roster<https://dbupatriots.com/sports/baseball/roster/2024> | Stats<https://dbupatriots.com/sports/baseball/stats/2024#game>

STORYLINES
LEADING OFF
• Baylor Baseball hits the road for a five-game road swing, its longest stretch of the season away from Baylor Ballpark, starting with a midweek contest at No. 11 Dallas Baptist on Tuesday.
• Then, BU will make its first trip to Provo, Utah, in program history to take on Big 12 newcomer BYU.
• The road stretch concludes next Tuesday, April 16, at UT Arlington before the Bears host Kansas in Waco.
• After taking two of three from Incarnate Word this past weekend, BU has now won four straight home weekend series for the first time since the 2015 season.
• Baylor's five-game win streak was its longest under second-year head coach Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2258> and marked the first time since April 24-May 11, 2018, that the team had scored eight or more runs in five consecutive games.
• Baylor is hitting .300 as a team over its last 10 games, with seven players each batting above .325.
• The Bears have played the nation's 40th-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.
• 59% of Baylor's offense (166 of 280 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 (116.0 of 271.1).
• 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.
FOUR STRAIGHT AT THE FRIENDLY CONFINES
• Baylor won its fourth-straight weekend series at Baylor Ballpark after taking two of three from Incarnate Word.
• Senior INF Cole Posey<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-posey/13007> delivered a first-inning grand slam in Friday's series opener to help BU to a 13-7 win.
• Redshirt freshman RHP Collin McKinney<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/collin-mckinney/13004> was dominant in Saturday's 15-3 victory, striking out 10 batters in five innings to match his season and career best.
• The Bears hit seven home runs in the series, their most in a three-game weekend series since hitting seven at Texas Tech on April 23-25, 2001.
OFFENSE HEATING UP
• Over its last 10 games, Baylor is hitting .300 as a team with seven players hitting above .325.
• The Bears have hit nine home runs over that span and scored 72 runs.
• BU's five-game win streak from March 29-April 6 was the first time the team had scored eight or more runs in five-straight games since April 24-May 11, 2018.
• Three Bears own active on-base streaks of at least 10 games in junior OF Wesley Jordan<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/wesley-jordan/13033> (23), junior INF Hunter Teplanszky<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/13010> (15) and redshirt junior OF Enzo Apodaca<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/enzo-apodaca/13013> (10), while four Bears have six-game hitting streaks or better in Apodaca (10), Teplanszky (7), junior OF Ty Johnson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ty-johnson/13020> (6) and sophomore C Zach Mazoch<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/zach-mazoch/13003> (6).
STRAIGHT DEALIN'
• On Saturday, Collin McKinney<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/collin-mckinney/13004> matched his season and career high with 10 strikeouts against Incarnate Word, becoming the first Bear to fan 10+ in back-to-back starts since Kendal Volz did so in his final start of 2007 and first outing of 2008.
• McKinney held UIW to two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks.
• Over his last two starts, McKinney has allowed just one earned run in 11.1 innings with 20 strikeouts.
• McKinney is the first Bear since Cody Bradford in 2018 to record multiple double-digit strikeout performances in the same season.
BY THE NUMBERS VS. DBU
• Baylor still leads the all-time series, 54-30, over DBU, though the Patriots have won each of the last two meetings.
• BU is 3-4 in midweek games this season and 12-10 under second-year head coach Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2258>.
• Baylor is 8-11 against teams from the state of Texas in 2024 and 18-23 in the Thompson era.
PROBABLE STARTERS
• Tues. April 9 • 6:30 p.m. • LHP Kobe Andrade<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kobe-andrade/12991> (0-2, 3.31) vs. RHP Jerrod Jenkins (2-0, 4.18)

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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