2020 BAYLOR BASEBALL GAME NOTES GAMES 13-15: CAL POLY 2016-17 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BASEBALLGAME 1 — ORAL ROBERTS GAME NOTES GAMES 13-15 NR/NR/RV/RV BAYLOR (8-4) vs. NR/NR CAL POLY (4-9) March 6 • 8 p.m. CT • Watch: BigWest.tv • Radio: ESPN1660am/92.3fm • Stats: BaylorStats.com • March 7 • 6:00 p.m. CT • Watch: BigWest.tv • Radio: ESPN1660am/92.3fm • March 8 • 3:00 p.m. CT • Watch: BigWest.tv • Radio: ESPN1660/92.3fm | Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballpark (5,000) • Social Media: @BaylorBaseball | #SicEm STORY LINES SCHEDULE/RESULTS • The Bears head out to California on their first true road test of the year as they visit Cal Poly for three games Date Opponent Time/Result starting Friday, March 6 at 8 p.m. CT. Feb. 14 Nebraska L, 19-9 Feb. 15 Nebraska W, 8-7 (10 inn) • The Bears enter the weekend having won four of their last five games, including a 3-0 sweep of SEC foes at the Feb. 16 Nebraska W, 7-2 Shriners College Classic, earning the tournament title with victories over Missouri, No. 11 LSU and No. 6 Arkansas. Feb. 18 Arkansas Pine Bluff W, 10-0 (7 inn) •The Bears went 3-0 at the tournament for the first time since 2005 and blasted six home runs on the weekend, Feb. 21 Oral Roberts L, 7-3 with Mack Mueller connecting on two of those in the Bears’ 4-2 victory over Missouri to open up the tournament. Feb. 22 Oral Roberts W, 7-4 The Bears boasted the a tournament-high four on the All-Tournament Team, including P Luke Boyd, SS Nick Loftin, Feb. 23 Oral Roberts L, 4-2 Feb. 26 UT Rio Grande Valley W, 2-0 2B Ricky Martinez and OF Mack Mueller. SHRINER’S HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN COLLEGE CLASSIC • Baylor has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better in all 20 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since Feb. 28 Missouri# W, 4-2 1999) and is 459-206 all-time at the park after starting off the 2020 season 5-4 at home. Feb. 29 #11 LSU# W, 6-4 • The Bears were 7-8 on the road last season and are 39-37 on the road over four seasons under head coach Steve March 1 #6 Arkansas# W, 3-2 Rodriguez, with winning records on the road in 2018 and 2017. March 3 Texas State L, 12-2 (8 inn) • The Bears return all members of its pitching staff from 2019 with the exception of All-American closer Kyle March 6 @ Cal Poly 8:00 p.m. CT March 7 @ Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. CT Hill. That includes Friday and Saturday starters Jimmy Winston and Paul Dickens. The Bears also add six talented March 8 @ Cal Poly 3:00 p.m. CT newcomers to the pitching staff (five freshmen, one junior college transfer), highlighted by RHP Will Rigney, drafted March 11 Dallas Baptist 6:30 p.m. CT in the 38th round by the San Francisco Giants in 2019 and LHP Evan Godwin. March 13 Grand Canyon 6:30 p.m. CT March 14 Grand Canyon 3:00 p.m. CT PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS March 15 Grand Canyon 1:00 p.m. CT BAYLOR CAL POLY March 17 UT-Arlington 6:30 p.m. CT FRI | SR LHP Paul Dickens (0-0, 4.85 ERA) vs. JR RHP Taylor Dollard (1-0, 1.71 ERA) March 20 @ Kansas State* 6:00 p.m. CT SAT | FR LHP Evan Godwin (1-0, 4.40 ERA) vs. JR LHP Andrew Alvarez (0-1, 2.16 ERA) March 21 @ Kansas State* 4:00 p.m. CT March 22 @ Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. CT SUN | SR RHP Hayden Kettler (2-1, 3.00 ERA) vs. FR RHP Drew Thorpe (1-0, 1.69 ERA) March 24 Abilene Christian 6:30 p.m. CT March 25 Texas Southern 6:30 p.m. CT March 27 Kansas* 6:30 p.m. CT SERIES INFO BAYLOR 8-4 March 28 Kansas* 3:00 p.m. CT Date: Friday, March 6 - Sunday, March 8 2020 Offensive Leaders March 29 Kansas* 1:00 p.m. CT Game Times: 8 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. CT, 3 p.m/ CT Batting Average- FR OF Jared McKenzie (.375) March 31 @ Dallas Baptist 6:30 p.m. CT Site: San Luis Obispo, Calif./Baggett Stadium April 3 @ Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. CT TV: BigWest.tv Runs- SO INF Ricky Martinez (9) April 4 @ Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. CT 2B- SO INF Ricky Martinez, JR INF Nick Loftin (4) Radio: ESPN1660/92.3fm | TuneIn app April 5 @ Oklahoma* 2:00 p.m. CT HR- SR OF Mack Mueller, RS SO INF Chase Wehsener (3) April 7 Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. CT • Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Hoot Johnigan (color) April 9 @ Texas* 7:00 p.m. CT Live Stats: StatBroadcast RBI- SO INF Ricky Martinez, JR INF Nick Loftin (11) April 10 @ Texas* 7:00 p.m. CT Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball.com Stolen Bases- FR OF Jared McKenzie (3) April 11 @ Texas* 2:30 p.m. CT Series History: 7-1 April 14 UTSA 6:30 p.m. CT Streak: Won 1 April 17 Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. CT CAL POLY 4-9 April 18 Texas Tech* 3:00 p.m. CT First Meeting: Feb. 13, 2015 April 19 Texas Tech* 1:00 p.m. CT Last Meeting: March 17, 2019 Head Coach: Larry Lee (18th season, Pepperdine ‘83) April 21 Stephen F Austin 6:30 p.m. CT Under Rodriguez: 2-1 Career Record: 1,005-669-5 (34th year) April 24 TCU* 6:30 p.m. CT History: The Bears took the series last year at Baylor at Cal Poly: 545-428-2 April 25 TCU* 3:00 p.m. CT Ballpark over the Mustangs. The Bears won game one, 3-0, lost 2020 Leaders April 26 TCU* 1:00 p.m. CT game two, 3-1, but took the rubber match, 14-3. Batting Average: Myles Emmerson (.320) April 28 Lamar 6:30 p.m. CT - Head Coach Steve Rodriguez and Cal Poly Head Coach Larry Lee 2B: Bradlee Beesley (3) May 1 @ West Virginia* 5:30 p.m. CT and both Pepperdine baseball alums, Rodriguez a 2001 graduate May 2 @ West Virginia* 3:00 p.m. CT HR: Cole Cabrera (2) after his playing career was over, Lee a 1983 graduate. May 3 @ West Virginia* 11:00 a.m. CT RBI: Tate Samelson (9) May 12 @ Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. CT May 14 Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. CT May 15 Oklahoma State* 6:30 p.m. CT May 16 Oklahoma State* TBD POTENTIAL STARTING LINEUP May 20-24 Big 12 Tournament % Pos. # Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA BB May 29-June 1 NCAA Regional Tournament June 5-8 NCAA Super Regional Tournament C 25 Andy Thomas .258 31 4 8 0 0 2 6 0-0 9 June 13-24 NCAA College World Series^ 1B 37 Chase Wehsener .150 40 5 6 0 0 3 4 0-0 1 *Big 12 Conference game 2B 11 Ricky Martinez .293 41 9 12 4 0 1 11 0-0 4 * Big 12 Conference Games 3B 52 Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo .182 33 8 6 3 0 0 3 1-2 6 # Minute Maid Park % Bricktown Ballpark, OKC SS 2 Nick Loftin .341 41 6 14 4 1 2 11 0-0 2 ^ TD Ameritrade Park LF 23 Kyle Nevin .348 23 3 8 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 CF 18 Jared McKenzie .409 44 8 18 3 0 0 4 3-4 5 RF 50 Mack Mueller .308 39 7 12 3 0 3 8 0-1 6 DH 9 Davion Downey .368 19 2 7 1 0 1 3 1-1 4 @BAYLORBASEBALL 1 GAMES 13-15: CAL POLY 2020 BAYLOR BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2020 QUICK FACTS TEAM QUICK NOTES IN THE SHRINER’S HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN COLLEGE CLASSIC UNIVERSITY • The Bears went 3-0 over the weekend, defeating Missouri 4-2, No. 11 LSU 6-4 (scored six unanswered runs) and Location: Waco, Texas Chartered: 1845, by Republic of Texas beat No. 6 Arkansas, 3-2 to win the tournament title with their first sweep of the season. It marked the second Enrollment: 17,217 time in program history the Bears have swept through the tournament and the first time under head coach Steve Conference: Big 12 Rodriguez. Closer Luke Boyd tallied a save in all three games on the weekend and Mack Mueller and Nick Loftin led Colors: Green (PMS 560) & Gold (PMS 1235) the way at the plate for the Bears with a .346 average over the three games (4-for-11). Loftin drove in a team-high Nickname: Bears four runs with one home run and one double, while Mueller had two home runs, three RBIs and one double. Davion Mascots: Joy and Lady (live Black Bears) Downey picked the game vs. Arkansas for a solo home run, the first of 2020 for the junior and the run ended up President: Dr. Linda A. Livingstone being the difference maker in the 3-2 win. Ricky Martinez’s two-run shot (the first of his career) vs. LSU scored the Faculty Representative: Dr. Carson Mencken Director of Athletics: Mack Rhoades game-tying and game-winning runs. The Bears boasted the a tournament-high four on the All-Tournament Team, Sport Administrator: Chad Jackson including P Luke Boyd, SS Nick Loftin, 2B Ricky Martinez and OF Mack Mueller.