2020 BAYLOR BASEBALL GAME NOTES GAMES 9-11: COLLEGE CLASSIC 2016-17 BAYLOR BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BASEBALLGAME 1 — ORAL ROBERTS GAME NOTES GAMES 9-11 NR/NR BAYLOR (6-3) vs. 11/14 LSU (7-3) Feb. 28 • 11 a.m. vs, Missouri • Watch: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: ESPN1660am/92.3fm • Stats: BaylorStats.com Feb. 29 • 3:00 p.m. vs. LSU • Watch: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: FOX Sports Central Texas 93.9fm March 1 vs. Arkansas • 7:00 p.m. • Watch: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: ESPN1660/92.3fm | Houston, Texas • Minute Maid Park STORY LINES SCHEDULE/RESULTS • The Bears head to Houston for the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children College Classic where they are set to play Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 14 Nebraska L, 19-9 Missouri on Friday at 11 a.m. CT, LSU on Saturday at 3 p.m. CT and Arkansas at 7 p.m. CT on Sunday. All games Feb. 15 Nebraska W, 8-7 (10 inn) will be played at Minute Maid Park. Feb. 16 Nebraska W, 7-2 • The Bears are 1-0 in the Shriner’s College Classic after defeating Missouri 4-2 on Friday. Feb. 18 Arkansas Pine Bluff W, 10-0 (7 inn) • The Bears are now 17-17 all-time in the Shriner’s College Classic and 4-3 in the tournament under head coach Feb. 21 Oral Roberts L, 7-3 Feb. 22 Oral Roberts W, 7-4 Steve Rodriguez, who has been to the tournament three times in his five years in Waco. Feb. 23 Oral Roberts L, 4-2 • Senior OF Mack Mueller tallied a single-game high two home runs, both solo shots to break the 2-2 deadlock as Feb. 26 UT Rio Grande Valley W, 2-0 the Bears defeated the Tigers 4-2. Nick Loftin and Esteban Cardoza Oquendo also each drove in a run. Senior reliever SHRINER’S HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN COLLEGE CLASSIC Logan Freeman pitched a career-long 2.1 innings in relief to earn his first career win. Feb. 28 Missouri# W, 4-2 Feb. 29 #11 LSU# 3:00 p.m. CT • Baylor has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better in all 20 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since March 1 #6 Arkansas# 7:00 p.m. CT 1999) and is 459-205 all-time at the park after starting off the 2020 season 5-3 at home. March 3 Texas State 6:30 p.m. CT • 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 Hill. That includes Friday and Saturday starters Jimmy Winston and Paul Dickens. The Bears also add six talented March 7 @ Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. CT 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 WEEKEND PITCHING MATCHUPS March 15 Grand Canyon 1:00 p.m. CT BAYLOR OPPONENT March 17 UT-Arlington 6:30 p.m. CT FRI (vs. Mizzou)|SR LHP Paul Dickens (0-0, 6.75 ERA) vs. JR RHP Ian Bedell (1-1, 5.25 ERA) March 20 @ Kansas State* 6:00 p.m. CT SAT (vs. LSU)|FR LHP Evan Godwin (1-0, 4.15 ERA) vs. SO RHP Landon Marceaux (1-0, 2.19 ERA) March 21 @ Kansas State* 4:00 p.m. CT March 22 @ Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. CT SUN (vs. ARK)|SR RHP Hayden Kettler (1-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. JR RHP Kole Ramage (1-0, 2.85 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 6-3 March 28 Kansas* 3:00 p.m. CT Date: Saturday, Feb. 29 2020 Offensive Leaders March 29 Kansas* 1:00 p.m. CT Game Time: 3 p.m. CT Batting Average- FR OF Jared McKenzie (.459) March 31 @ Dallas Baptist 6:30 p.m. CT Site: Houston, Texas/Minute Maid Park April 3 @ Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. CT TV: AT&T SportsNet Runs- JR INF Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo (8) April 4 @ Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. CT • Talent: Brett Dolan (pxp), Pat Combs (color) 2B- Martinez, Cardoza-Oquendo, Loftin (3) April 5 @ Oklahoma* 2:00 p.m. CT HR- SR OF Mack Mueller (3) April 7 Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. CT Radio: FOX Sports Central Texas 93.9fm | TuneIn app April 9 @ Texas* 7:00 p.m. CT • Talent: Hoot Johnigan (pxp), Jacob Zolman (color) RBI- SO INF Ricky Martinez (9) April 10 @ Texas* 7:00 p.m. CT Streamed: MLB.com, Astros Twitter (@Astros), Astros Facebook Stolen Bases- FR OF Jared McKenzie (2) April 11 @ Texas* 2:30 p.m. CT Live, Astros.com, Astros YouTube, AT&T SportsNet App April 14 UTSA 6:30 p.m. CT Live Stats: BaylorStats.com April 17 Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. CT LSU 7-3 April 18 Texas Tech* 3:00 p.m. CT Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball.com April 19 Texas Tech* 1:00 p.m. CT Series History: 2-9 Head Coach: Paul Mainieri April 21 Stephen F Austin 6:30 p.m. CT Streak: Loss 1 Career Record:1,462-750-7 April 24 TCU* 6:30 p.m. CT First Meeting: April 15, 1960 at LSU: 598-258-3 April 25 TCU* 3:00 p.m. CT Last Meeting: March 4, 2017 (Bears lost 4-0 to the Tigers 2020 Leaders April 26 TCU* 1:00 p.m. CT in the Shriner’s College Classic) Batting Average: Zack Mathis (.405) April 28 Lamar 6:30 p.m. CT History: The Bears defeated the Tigers 3-0 on April 15, 2B: Cade Beloso (3) May 1 @ West Virginia* 5:30 p.m. CT 1960. In 2003 the Bears defeated LSU, 4-1 in the 2003 Baton May 2 @ West Virginia* 3:00 p.m. CT HR: Daniel Cabrera, Saul Garza (2) Rouge Super Regional Game 1 (Bears dropped the series, 2-1) May 3 @ West Virginia* 11:00 a.m. CT RBI: Cade Beloso, Saul Garza (10) 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 .286 21 4 6 0 0 2 6 0-0 7 June 13-24 NCAA College World Series^ 1B 37 Chase Wehsener .154 26 4 4 0 0 2 3 0-0 0 *Big 12 Conference game 2B 11 Ricky Martinez .308 26 6 8 3 0 0 9 0-0 4 * Big 12 Conference Games 3B 52 Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo .250 20 7 5 2 0 0 2 1-2 4 # Minute Maid Park % Bricktown Ballpark, OKC SS 2 Nick Loftin .333 30 4 10 3 1 1 7 0-0 1 ^ TD Ameritrade Park LF 23 Kyle Nevin .538 13 3 7 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 CF 18 Jared McKenzie .485 33 7 16 2 0 0 4 2-3 3 RF 50 Mack Mueller .269 26 4 7 2 0 1 4 0-1 4 DH 9 Davion Downey .250 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 3 @BAYLORBASEBALL 1 GAMES 9-11: COLLEGE CLASSIC 2020 BAYLOR BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2020 QUICK FACTS TEAM QUICK NOTES IN THE SHRINER’S HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN COLLEGE CLASSIC UNIVERSITY • For the third time in four seasons, the Bears will play in the prestigious Shriner’s Hospitals for Children College Location: Waco, Texas Chartered: 1845, by Republic of Texas Classic. The Bears are 4-3 in the tournament under head coach Steve Rodriguez after Friday’s victory over Missouri. Enrollment: 17,217 Last season the Bears lost two-of-three, falling to Texas A&M 5-2 and Rice 6-3 before salvaging the weekend with Conference: Big 12 a 5-4 victory over Texas State. In 2017, the Bears defeated Ole Miss 4-0, fell to LSU 4-0 before defeating Texas Colors: Green (PMS 560) & Gold (PMS 1235) A&M 6-3 with a walkoff grand slam by Tucker Cascadden. Nickname: Bears Mascots: Joy and Lady (live Black Bears) AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS President: Dr. Linda A. Livingstone • The Bears are 215-321-1 all-time against opponents ranked in Baseball America’s weekly rankings and 81-126-1 Faculty Representative: Dr. Carson Mencken in nonconference games and 183-270-1 in regular season contests. LSU is ranked 14th in this past week’s Baseball Director of Athletics: Mack Rhoades America poll and the first ranked opponent the Bears will face in 2020. In 2019, the Bears were 1-6 against ranked Sport Administrator: Chad Jackson opponents, with the one win coming at No. 16 Texas Tech (11-10 in 11 inn on April 18, 2019). Overall, the Bears Athletic Department Phone: 254.710.1234 Ticket Information Phone: 254.710.1000 have lost six straight contests to ranked opponents.