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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (25-10, 8-3 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/2019/4/18/BU_Baseball_Notes_vs_TTU.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#00220F">Game
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R</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ip Griffin Park (4, 432)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Thursday, April 18</b></span><b>, 2019 –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>6:30 p.m.<span class="apple-converted-space"> (FSSW)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Friday, April 19</span>, 2019 –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>6:30 p.m.<span class="apple-converted-space"> (FS1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">S</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">aturday, April 20</span>, 2019 –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b><span class="apple-converted-space">2:00</span>
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<b>STATS: <a href="https://texastech.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary"><span style="color:#00220F">Live Stats</span></a></b><br>
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<b><span style="color:black">Friday (FS1):</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fa.fsgo.com%2FBtWxtPNaWV&data=01%7C01%7Crachel_caton%40baylor.edu%7C81babc29f41140f86df008d6c2849f2c%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C0&sdata=6KowiguD1qSYVqVsfk%2B%2FdyFZlah0SvPXDqRzH65BEqM%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:#954F72">https://a.fsgo.com/BtWxtPNaWV</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(23</span></b><b>-12,
6-6 Big 12)</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> Lubbock, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b>Big 12
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b>Tim Tadlock</span><br>
<b><a href="https://texastech.com/roster.aspx?path=baseball"><span style="color:#00220F">Roster</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://ttu_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/sports/m-basebl/stats/2019/teamstat.htm?path=baseball&path=baseball">| Stats</a>|<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://texastech.com/documents/2019/4/17/16_Baylor.pdf">Game
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<p class="p1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears head out on the road this weekend, visiting Texas Tech for three starting on Thursday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. Game two follows on Friday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. and game three is on Saturday, April 20 at
2 p.m.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears carry a three-game winning streak into Tuesday’s contest after defeating Sam Houston State 9-6 on Tuesday after taking two-of-three against visiting Oklahoma on the weekend. The Bears took the rubber
game in the bottom of the 12th inning as Josh Bissonette delivered the game-winning hit with two outs to score Shea Langeliers from third to give the Bears the 3-2 win and the series victory. The Bears won their first series over Oklahoma in the Steve Rodriguez
era. Tuesday’s victory over Sam Houston State was the first over the Bearkats at Baylor Ballpark since 2012.
<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears have tallied 25 wins through 35 games, the quickest Baylor has reached the 25-win mark since 2012, when the Bears won 25 of their first 32 games.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">HOW TO WATCH AND STREAM</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Thursday and Saturday games will be televised live on FOX Sports Southwest and the FOX Sports Go app. Friday’s game will be televised nationally on FS1.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thur., April 18 • 6:30 p.m. CT • RHP
<b>Jimmy Winston (3-1, 1.98 ERA) </b>vs. LHP Erickson Lanning (0-1, 3.34 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Friday, April 19 • 6:30 p.m. CT • LHP
<b>Paul Dickens (4-1, 3.56 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Micah Dallas (3-0, 3.66 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Saturday, April 20 • 2:00 p.m. CT • <b>
TBD </b>vs. RHP Caleb Killian (5-2, 4.53 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">AGAINST TEXAS TECH</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Red Raiders enter the weekend tied for fourth in the Big 12 standings at 6-6. The Bears are 4-6 against the Red Raiders under the direction of fourth-year head coach Steve Rodriguez. The Bears took two-of-three
in 2018 from the Red Raiders in Waco last season, but in Rod’s one trip to Lubbock in 2017 the Bears dropped the first two before salvaging the weekend with a game three victory. Overall the Bears have not won a series in Lubbock since 2010 and are 4-8 in
conference series in Lubbock since 2009. In 2010 the Bears won game one, 6-2, lost game two, 5-3, before taking the rubber game, 12-5.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">TOPS IN THE CONFERENCE<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears remain in first place in the Big 12 with a record of 8-3 and have won three-of-four series so far (the fourth series was a two-game split with Texas). 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.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• The Bears rank 32nd in scoring (7.1) and boast a top 25 pitching staff (17th in ERA). The Bears boast the seventh-highest batting average in the nation (.313), 16th in total hits (391), ninth with 2.31 doubles
per game, ninth with 81 total doubles, 11th in slugging percentage (.482), 25th in on-base percentage (0.399) and 32nd in scoring (7.1). The Bears’ fielding percentage of 0.98 ranks 15th nationally. On the mound the Bears rank 17th in ERA (3.3), seventh with
just 6.94 hits allowed per nine innings and 29th with a WHIP of 1.28.<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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 254-652-2061</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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