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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (13-6)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Texas<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Steve Rodriguez</span></strong> (Pepperdine 2001)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (13-6) vs.
<b>WEST VIRGINIA</b> (13-7) <br>
<b>M</b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">arch 22, 2019 – 6:35 p.m.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Waco,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Texas</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">•
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<b>STATS: <a href="http://www.baylorstats.com/"><span style="color:#00220F">Live Stats</span></a></b><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FCS/FSSW/FOX SPORTS GO APP
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">W</span></b><b>EST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS<span class="apple-converted-space"> (13-7)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Morgantown, West Virginia
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: Randy Mazey </span>
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<b><a href="https://wvusports.com/news/2019/3/21/baseball-big-12-play-commences-at-baylor.aspx?path=baseball">Game Notes</a></b>
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<p class="p1"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">STORY LINES</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears return to the friendly confines of Baylor Ballpark after a road Tuesday game and will begin a five-game homestand beginning with a 6:35 p.m. contest on Friday, March 23. Game two is set for 3:05 p.m.
CT on Saturday, March 24 and Game three is set for 12:05 p.m. CT on Sunday, March 25.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears enter the first Big 12 conference series after taking last weekend’s series vs. Cal Poly, 2-1, but fell in Tuesday’s midweek contest at Sam Houston State.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HOW TO WATCH AND STREAM</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All three games will be televised live on the FOX Sports family of networks. All three games can also be found on the FOX Sports Go app. Friday’s game is just available on the app, with Saturday and Sunday also available
on FOX Sports Southwest.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Projected Pitching Matchups</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Friday, March 22 • 6:35 p.m. CT • LHP
<b>Paul Dickens (1-0, 2.25 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Alek Manoah (3-1, 2.17 ERA)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sat., March 23<span class="apple-converted-space">
</span>• 3:05 p.m. CT • RHP <b>Jimmy Winston (1-0, 2.25 ERA) </b>vs. LHP Jackson Wolf (2-1, 3.71 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sunday, March 24 • 12:05 p.m. CT • <b>
TBD </b>vs. TBD<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WAKING UP THE BATS<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">• In the series-clinching victory over Cal Poly on Sunday, the bats woke up, as the Bears tallied a season-best 22 hits, the most by a Baylor team since collecting 24 vs. Kansas State on April 27, 2018. The 22 hits
at Baylor Ballpark were the most since having 23 on May 18, 2017 vs. Kansas State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">• The Bears boast the 17th-highest batting average in the nation (.309). The Bears rank sixth with 2.58 doubles per game and are eighth with 49 total doubles on the year. The Bears’ on-base percentage of .396 is
41st-best in the nation, while the can do a lot of different things with the bat as the team’s slugging percentage (.492) ranks eighth. The Bears’ fielding percentage of 0.977 ranks 30th nationally. The team also ranks 10th with just 6.62 hits allowed per
nine innings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">• Individually, Winston also ranks 28th nationally with a 0.93 ERA.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">IN BIG 12 OPENERS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">• In the first three seasons of Coach Rod’s tenure, the Bears are 4-5 in Big 12 opening series. Last year the Bears knocked off then-No. 8 Texas Tech in their conference-opening series, taking games one and two before
dropping the third game. In 2017, the Bears also hosted West Virginia in their conference-opening series and dropped the first two games, 7-1 and 6-5, before salvaging the series with an 8-6 victory on Sunday.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132">Rachel Caton</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Sports Information Director</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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