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Baylor (24-16) at TCU (30-8) Tue., April 27, 2010 | 6:30 p.m. CST Fort Worth, Texas | Lupton Stadium (3,500)		Baylor (24-16) vs. TCU (30-8) Wed., April 28, 2010 | 6:30 p.m. CST Waco, Texas | Baylor Ballpark (5,000) $1 Hot Dog Wednesday
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (2010 STATISTICS) BU: RHP Jon Ringenberg, Jr. (3-0, 5.40 ERA, 7 BB, 16 K) TCU: RHP Paul Gerrish, Sr. (1-3, 3.74 ERA, 10 BB, 26 K)		PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (2010 STATISTICS) BU: RHP Willie Kempf, Sr. (4-2, 4.47 ERA, 21 BB, 44 K) TCU: RHP Greg Holle, Jr. (2-0, 8.31 ERA, 5 BB, 26 K)
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Baylor travels north on I-35 to take on Texas Christian on Tuesday, and then the teams meet for a rematch on Wednesday at Baylor Ballpark. Both games are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. starts.

Baylor (24-16) is coming off a series win against Nebraska and a split of two midweek games against Southland Conference teams. The Bears knocked off Sam Houston State on Tuesday, but saw their 13-game non-conference winning streak come to an end with a loss at Texas State the following day.

TCU (30-8) is coming off a sweep of UNLV, but the Horned Frogs dropped their lone midweek game against Oklahoma on €ˆTuesday. The Sooners have handed TCU each of its last two losses, as Oklahoma won in Fort Worth on April 6, and the Horned Frogs won seven straight before losing in Norman on Tuesday.

All Baylor baseball games are broadcast live on Waco's 1660 ESPN Radio. Live streaming audio and GameTracker also are available for all Baylor baseball games online at www.BaylorBears.com, the official website of Baylor Athletics and a member of the CBS College Sports Network.

SERIES INFORMATION
TCU HORNED FROGS
Overall: Baylor leads 135-105
Waco: Baylor leads 69-41
Fort Worth: TCU leads 50-49
Neutral Site: TCU leads 7-1
Unknown Site: Baylor leads 16-7
Smith vs. TCU: 16-17
First Meeting: 4/21/1904
Last Meeting: 3/26/2009

COACHES

BAYLOR: Steve Smith

Alma Mater: Baylor, 1986

Career Record: 576-379-1 (16th season)

Record at Baylor: 576-379-1 (16th season)

TCU: Jim Schlossnagle

Alma Mater: Elon, 1992

Career Record: 358-175 (ninth season)

Record at TCU: 281-128 (sixth season)

BAYLOR-ISP SPORTS NETWORK

1660 ESPN RADIO (Waco)

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BAYLOR-TCU SERIES HISTORY
Baylor and TCU have played 240 times, and the Bears hold a 135-105 advantage in the all-time series. Baylor is 69-41 against the Horned Frogs in games played in Waco, while TCU leads the series 50-49 in games played in Fort Worth. TCU has won seven of eight neutral site meetings, and the Bears are 16-7 in games played in the series at sites not on record. The Bears have won the last two meetings between the teams, and Baylor is 16-17 against TCU during the Steve Smith era.

BAYLOR VS. THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
Baylor is 143-108 all-time against teams currently affiliated with the Mountain West Conference. Most of those games have been played against TCU (135-105), but the Bears have also met Air Force (2-0), BYU (1-1) and San Diego State (5-2).

LAST TIME VS. TCU
BAYLOR 15, TCU 4 • MARCH 26, 2009 • BAYLOR BALLPARK • WACO, TEXAS
Shaver Hansen's first-inning, two-run homer gave No. 8 Baylor an early lead, and the Bears pulled away with a nine-run sixth inning en route to a 15-4 victory over 16th-ranked TCU in Thursday night's midweek game at Baylor Ballpark. Baylor (15-5) moved to 5-3 this season against ranked opponents, including a 3-0 mark against ranked opponents at home.

Ben Booker led off the fifth with a double and later scored on Gregg Glime's first-and-third RBI sacrifice bunt that pushed the Bears' lead to 3-0. Baylor then sent 13 batters to the plate in the nine-run sixth, collecting six hits and three walks with one hit batsman.

TCU (14-7) broke up the shutout with a run in the top of the seventh, which the Bears answered on Chris Slater's pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the frame. The Frogs got another run in the eighth, but Dan Evatt's two-run homer in the bottom of the inning pushed Baylor's lead back to 15-2. TCU capped the scoring in the top of the ninth on Brance Rivera's two-run single.

Willie Kempf (1-1) earned the victory in a predetermined 2.0-inning start; he retired all six batters he faced with two strikeouts. Jon Ringenberg scattered two singles with two strikeouts over 2.0 scoreless innings. Craig Fritsch, Trent Blank, Max Garner, Joey Hainsfurther and Ross Speed tossed 1.0 inning each to close out the game on the mound for Baylor.

TCU starter Steven Maxwell (2-2) took the loss after allowing three runs on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts over 5.0 innings. Both of Maxwell's losses this season have come against Baylor.

Each Baylor starter had at least one hit. Hansen finished the night 2-for-2 with two walks, a sacrifice fly, three RBI and three runs. Booker was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI, while Raynor Campbell also was 2-for-3. Evatt came off the bench to go 2-for-4 with four RBI.

QUICK NOTES
• The Baylor bullpen has combined to post a 16-2 record with 15 saves and a 2.96 ERA over 170.0 innings.
• Opponents are hitting .251 against BU relievers, and eight Bears have posted ERAs of 3.43 or better in relief roles.
• The Bears have won 17 of their last 20 games at Baylor Ballpark.
• This season's Baylor squad is 20-0 when leading at any point after the sixth inning.
• The Baylor pitching staff has allowed the fewest home runs (19) of any team in the Big 12 Conference
• The Bears have been successful on 80% of their stolen bases attempted (48-for-60).
• Baylor and Kansas State are the only two Big 12 teams to have scored at least two runs in every game.
• Baylor enters the week fourth in the Big 12 in batting (.313 batting average) and fourth in pitching (4.04 ERA); The Bears are the only Big 12 team in the top four in both categories.
• The Bears have won 43 consecutive games when leading after eight innings since squandering a six-run, ninth-inning lead against Texas A&M in the 2008 series finale €ˆ(April 20).
• Baylor has won seven of its last eight midweek games, including taking both games of its only home-and-home.
• Six different Baylor pitchers have notched saves during the 2010 season. Brooks Pinckard leads the way with nine, but Craig Fritsch has two and Willie Kempf, Shawn Tolleson, Kolt Browder and Josh Turley each have one.

PLAYER NOTES
• True freshman Logan Vick has already broken the program's record for walks by a freshman with 43, and he's on track to break the overall single-season record of 55 set by Jon Topolski in 1999.
• True freshman Max Muncy's 10 home runs are the most ever by a Baylor freshman. He's also tied for the freshman record (13) for most multi-RBI games.
• Redshirt freshman Cal €ˆTowey has started five consecutive games after starting just six of the Bears' first 35.
• True freshman Tyler Collins has started 19 of the last 22 games in right field after starting once in first 18 games.
• Gregg Glime has thrown out 50 percent (17-34) of attempted base stealers this season, including the last five.
• Joey Hainsfurther enters the week ranked eighth in the Big 12 Conference with a .380 batting average.
• Raynor Campbell broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run homer in the sixth inning that would prove to be the game winner as the Bears knocked off Nebraska on Sunday.
• Muncy is tied for second in the Big 12 in home runs (10) and tied for seventh in RBI (41).
• Vick is the only Baylor player to play in and/or start every game this season.
• Vick has 13 more walks than any other player in the Big 12 Conference.
• Logan Verrett enters the week ranked ninth in the Big 12 with a 3.15 ERA. He is also sixth in the league with 70 strikeouts.
• Verrett has pitched into the seventh inning in eight of nine starts this season.
• Brooks Pinckard is tied for second in the Big 12 conference in saves with nine. His nine saves are the most ever by a Baylor sophomore.
• Craig Fritsch enters the week ranked seventh in the Big 12 with a 2.89 ERA.
• Shawn Tolleson turned in his longest outing in nearly two years when he allowed one run in 7.1 innings of Sunday's win over Nebraska. The last time he pitched that deep into a game was March 3, 2008, when he got the win after 7.1 innings at Texas.

WEEKEND €ˆPREVIEW
Baylor meets second-ranked Texas for the teams' annual split series this weekend. The Bears and Longhorns meet at Baylor Ballpark on €ˆFriday at 6:30 p.m., and then the teams head south on I-35 to play the last two games of the series at Disch-Falk Field in Austin. Saturday's game is scheduled for 8 p.m. and will be televised nationally on ESPNU and ESPN3.com, while Sunday's game is slated for 2:30 p.m. and will be shown nationally on Fox College Sports Central.

BAYLOR-TEXAS SERIES €ˆHISTORY
Baylor has played against Texas 331 times since the teams first met on April 4, 1903, making the series against the Longhorns the most played in program history. Texas leads the all-time series 228-99-4, including a 90-54-3 mark in games played in Waco and a 130-32-1 lead in games played in Austin. Baylor leads 12-7 in neutral site meetings, and the Bears are 27-31 during head coach Steve Smith's tenure. The Bears are 7-11 against Texas in games played at Baylor Ballpark.