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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (22-8, 6-2 Big 12)</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>
<b><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?path=baseball"><span style="color:#00220F">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/cumestats.aspx?path=baseball&year=2019"><span style="color:#954F72">Stats </span></a>| </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2019/4/9/BU_Baseball_Notes_vs_UTA.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#00220F">Game
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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"> (22-8) vs. UT Arlington (20-13)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Arlington,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Texas</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">•
Clay Gould Ballpark (1,500)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Tuesday, April 9</b></span><b>, 2019 – 6</b>:30 p.m. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>STATS: <a href="http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=254314"><span style="color:#00220F">Live Stats</span></a></b><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WATCH: <a href="https://utamavs.com/watch/?Live=54&type=Live">
<span style="font-weight:normal">Live Stream</span></a></span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor Social Media: </span></strong></span><a href="http://twitter.com/baylorbaseball" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image002.png@01D4EED0.0CB8E880" alt="auto twitter icon"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://instagram.com/baylorbaseball" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.png@01D4EED0.0CB8E880" alt="instagram png"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><a href="http://facebook.com/baylorbaseball" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.png@01D4EED0.0CB8E880" alt="Facebook PNG"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS (20-13, 8-4 Sun Belt)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></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> Arlington, Texas
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b>Sun Belt</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b>Darin Thomas</span><br>
<b><a href="https://utamavs.com/roster.aspx?path=baseball"><span style="color:#00220F">Roster</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/utamavs.com/documents/2019/2/16/2019_Baseball_Overall_Stats.pdf"><span style="color:#954F72">| Stats</span></a>|<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Game
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<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">STORY LINES</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
• The Bears, who continue to sit atop the Big 12 rankings with a 6-2 conference record, 22-8 overall, travels to UT Arlington for a midweek contest at 6:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 9. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears are coming off a two-game split with conference foe Texas after Sunday's rubber match was rained out. Overall, the Bears went 2-1 last week with a midweek contest 5-1 victory
at Dallas Baptist last Tuesday. The Bears won Friday's game vs. Texas in walk-off fashion, 6-5 and but dropped Saturday's contest, 8-6. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor is 5-1 in midweek contests this season and 32-11 in midweeks under head coach<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=18"><span style="color:#00220F">Steve
Rodriguez</span></a></span></dfn>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">HOW TO WATCH AND STREAM</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
The game can be streamed on Mavericks All-Access for a fee. <br>
The direct link is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://utamavs.com/watch/?Live=54&type=Live"><span style="color:#00220F">https://utamavs.com/watch/?Live=54&type=Live</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>($)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Projected Pitching Matchup</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Tues., April 9 • 6:30 p.m. CT • RHP<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=29"><span style="color:#00220F">Jacob Ashkinos</span></a></span></b></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>(0-2,
3.44 ERA)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>vs. RHP Pono Anderson (5-3, 6.14 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>AGAINST UTA</b><br>
• The Bears lead the all-time series against UTA, 86-33 and are 1-2 under the direction of Coach Rodriguez against the Mavericks. Last year the Bears won in Arlington, 9-1 and carry a one-game winning streak against the Mavericks into Tuesday's contest. The
Bears split a series with UT Arlington in 2016, dropping the game at home against the Mavericks, 9-2, just four games into Coach Rod's tenure. However, the Bears also lost 6-3 on March 22, 2016 in Arlington. So overall, the Bears are 1-1 against the Mavericks
on the road under Coach Rod. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">TOPS IN THE CONFERENCE </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
• The Bears have started Big 12 play 6-2 and sit atop the conference standings. The Bears started conference play 5-1, the best start to conference under Coach Rodriguez and the best over the first two weekends of the season since starting 6-0 in 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
• The Bears boast a top 30 offense (26th in scoring) and a top 25 pitching staff (24th in ERA). The Bears boast the sixth-highest batting average in the nation (.316), 25th in total hits (332), 13th with 2.27 doubles per game, 15th with 68 total doubles, eighth
in slugging percentage (.487), 16th in on-base percentage (0.404) and 26th in scoring (7.4). The Bears' fielding percentage of 0.979 ranks 23rd nationally. On the mound the Bears rank 24th in ERA (3.32) and fifth with just 6.68 hits allowed per nine innings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">INDIVIDUALS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
• Individually, Winston ranks fourth nationally with a 0.95 ERA. Offensively,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=49"><span style="color:#00220F">Nick
Loftin</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ranks 10th with 49.0 hits on the year, while<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=57"><span style="color:#00220F">Andy
Thomas</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ranks sixth with 0.52 doubles per game.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=36"><span style="color:#00220F">Richard
Cunningham</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ranks 16th with four triples on the year. <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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