Breaking News

More () »

sports

Baylor WBB’s Kim Mulkey to Throw Out First Pitch at Texas Rangers Game Friday

National champion coach to throw ceremonial pitch prior to Rangers vs. Cardinals

Credit: AP

FILE - In this April 7, 2019 file photo Baylor coach Kim Mulkey, left, waves the net while standing with daughter and assistant coach Makenzie Fuller and Fuller's son, Kannon Reid Fuller, after the Final Four championship game of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament in Tampa, Fla. National champion Baylor has accepted an invitation to visit the White House next week. The school said Wednesday, April 24, 2019 that coach Mulkey and the Lady Bears are scheduled to be in Washington on Monday to celebrate their third national championship. They are expected to visit with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/John Raoux, file)

WACO, Texas —

Three-time national champion head coach Kim Mulkey will throw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday at Globe Life Park prior to the Texas Rangers vs. St. Louis Cardinals game, scheduled for a 7:05 p.m. start.

Mulkey led the Baylor Lady Bears to their third national title April 7 when BU defeated Notre Dame 82-81. The Rangers will honor Mulkey with the pre-game ceremony, which takes place on her birthday.

The 19-year Baylor head coach also has ties to the St. Louis Cardinals organization, as her son Kramer Robertson is a member of the Triple-A affiliate, the Memphis Redbirds.

Friday will mark the second time that Mulkey has thrown out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers game after doing so also following Baylor’s first national championship in 2005.