WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball hosts Kansas this weekend in Big 12 play at Baylor Ballpark. Games are set for 6:35 p.m. CT Friday on FOX College Sports, 2:05 p.m. Saturday on FOX Sports Southwest-Plus and 1:05 p.m. Sunday on FSSW.
All Baylor baseball games are broadcast live on Waco's 1660 ESPN Central Texas (1330 AM/100.9 FM in Temple, Belton and Killeen). Derek Smith provides the play-by-play with Steve Johnigan adding color commentary. Live streaming audio, video and GameTracker also are available for all Baylor baseball home games online at BaylorBears.com.
For tickets, visit: http://www.baylorbears.com/tickets/. For updates on the program follow @baylorbaseball on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
SERIES INFO
Date(s): March 23-25, 2018
Time(s): 6:30 PM | 2 PM | 1 PM CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Stadium: Baylor Ballpark (5,000)
TV: FCS | FSSW+ | FSSW
Talent: John Morris (pxp), Pat Combs (color)
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM (Waco)
Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Steve Johnigan (color)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: BU leads 52-19
Waco: BU leads 28-8
Away: BU leads 19-11
Neutral Site: BU leads 5-0
Rodriguez vs: 4-2
First Meeting: 1957
Last Meeting: April 30, 2017
SERIES MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: BaylorBears.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: BaylorBears.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball
BAYLOR BEARS
2018 Record: 11-7
2018 Big 12 Record: 2-1
Head Coach: Steve Rodriguez
Career: 355-357 (15th season)
BU: 70-59 (3rd season)
2018 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Andy Thomas (.426)
2B: Davis Wendzel (7)
HR: Bissonette, Langeliers (3)
RBI: Shea Langeliers (15)
SB: Tucker Cascadden (3)
KANSAS JAYHAWKS
2018 Record: 13-8
2018 Big 12 Record: 0-3
Head Coach: Ritch Price
Career: 695-666-4 (24th season)
KU: 478-438-3 (16th season)
2018 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Jaxx Groshans (.383)
2B: Citta, Foyle (8)
HR: Three Players (3)
RBI: Jaxx Groshans (22)
SB: Devin Foyle (4)
TEAM QUICK NOTES
*Baylor has won eight of its last 10 games.
*Baylor is 3-1 in three-game series this season (0-1 on road, 3-0 at home) and has a combined record of 8-4.
*Baylor’s 15 strikeouts at Dallas Baptist on March 20 were its most since fanning 16 batters on May 27, 2007 vs. Oklahoma.
*So. pitcher Jacob Ashkinos tied a career high with four innings pitched (most in relief) and set a career high with nine strikeouts at DBU on March 20. His nine strikeouts in relief were the most since Aaron Miller had a school-record 10 vs. Missouri on April 11, 2009.
*In its first 18 games, Baylor’s pitching staff has posted a 2.89 ERA and .222 opponent batting average, allowing 64 runs (51 earned) on 126 hits and 85 walks with 139 strikeouts in 159 innings. BU’s starting staff of Jacob Ashkinos, Cody Bradford, Kyle Hill, Hayden Kettler, Alex Phillips and Tyler Thomas has been even better in their 18 starts, notching a 2.41 ERA and .218 opponent batting average, giving up 32 runs (25 earned) on 73 hits and 45 walks with 83 strikeouts in 93.1 innings.
*Baylor has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better (7-3 in 2018) in all 19 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since 1999) and is 423-196 all-time at the park.
*Among NCAA leaders, Baylor ranks 17th (first in Big 12) in hits allowed per nine innings (2.89), 25th (first in Big 12) in ERA (2.89), 37th (third in Big 12) in shutouts (2), 53rd (second in Big 12) in double plays per game (0.94) and 69th (third in Big 12) in WHIP (1.33).
*Among NCAA individual leaders, Troy Montemayor ranks ninth (second in Big 12) in saves (6), Andy Thomas ranks 14th (first in Big 12) in on-base percentage (.533) and 24th (second in Big 12) in batting average (.426), Kyle Hill ranks 62nd (third in Big 12) in hits allowed per nine innings (5.49) and Jacob Ashkinos ranks 80th (third in Big 12) in strikeouts per nine innings (11.50).
