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Baylor (25-17, 7-9 Big 12) vs./at/at #2 Texas (35-7, 16-2 Big 12) Waco, Texas & Austin, Texas | Baylor Ballpark (5,000)& Disch-Falk Field (6,649)
FRIDAY, APRIL 30 | 6:30 P.M. | Probable Starters:BU - RHP Logan Verrett 4-3, 3.15 ERA, 60.0 IP, 17 BB, 70 K UT - RHP Taylor Jungmann4-1, 2.36 ERA, 72.1 IP, 22 BB, 87 K		SATURDAY, MAY 1 | 8:00 P.M. Probable Starters:BU - RHP Shawn Tolleson 2-5, 4.53 ERA, 53.2 IP, 26 BB, 64 K UT - RHP Cole Green9-0, 1.82 ERA, 69.1 IP, 18 BB, 50 K		SUNDAY, MAY 2 | 2:30 P.M. Probable Starters:BU - RHP Craig Fritsch 0-2, 2.89 ERA, 43.2 IP, 13 BB, 34 K UT - RHP Brandon Workman 8-1, 3.00 ERA, 69.0 IP, 12 BB, 65 K

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Baylor looks to knock off its second straight ranked opponent when the Bears take on No. 2 Texas in the teams' annual split series this weekend. Friday's game will be played at Baylor Ballpark at 6:30 p.m. The series concludes in Austin, with Saturday's game at 8 p.m. and Sunday's finale at 2:30 p.m. Both games in Austin will be televised nationally.

The Bears (25-17) knocked off 11th-ranked TCU, 14-4, in eight innings on Wednesday night. The game was a rematch of the previous night when the teams met in Fort Worth and TCU was down to its final out before coming back for a 5-4 win in 10 innings. Baylor's win over the Horned Frogs gave the Bears a win over their highest-ranked opponent since defeating No. 5 Texas, 14-9, in a Big 12 Tournament game on May 20, 2009. Sunday's projected starter Craig Fritsch earned the win in that game, striking out nine in 4.2 innings of relief.

Texas (35-7) enters the weekend on a 17-game winning streak. The Longhorns also carry a 14-game winning streak in Big 12 play, which is two shy of tying the conference record of 16 that was set by Texas A&M in 2008. Texas knocked off UTSA, 6-4, in its lone midweek game, and the Longhorns swept Oklahoma State last weekend for their fourth straight weekend sweep.

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.

Live streaming video is available for Friday night's series opener against Texas. For more information, follow the Baylor All-Access link at www.BaylorBears.com.

Saturday's game will be televised nationally on ESPNU, while Sunday's game will be shown nationally on €ˆFox College Sports Central.

SERIES INFORMATION
TEXAS LONGHORNS
Overall: Texas leads 228-99-4
Waco: Texas leads 90-54-3
Austin: Texas leads 130-32-1
Neutral Site: Baylor leads 12-7
Smith vs. UT: 27-31
First Meeting: 4/4/1903
Last Meeting: 5/20/2009

COACHES

BAYLOR: Steve Smith

Alma Mater: Baylor, 1986

Career Record: 577-380-1 (16th season)

Record at Baylor: 577-380-1 (16th season)

TEXAS: Augie Garrido

Alma Mater: Fresno State, 1961
Career Record: 1,753-800-9 (42nd season)

Record at UT: 602-276-2 (14th season)

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BAYLOR - TEXAS SERIES HISTORY
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.

LAST TIME VS. TEXAS
BAYLOR 14, TEXAS 9 • MAY 20, 2009 • BRICKTOWN BALLPARK • OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

Dustin Dickerson's two-run double keyed an eight-run sixth inning as Baylor rallied past fifth-ranked Texas 14-9 in Wednesday's pool-play action at the Big 12 Conference Championship. Baylor (28-23) posted its first victory over a Big 12 opponent since April 17 and snapped a six-game skid against ranked opponents.

It was the Baylor's 13th come-from-behind victory this season and the Bears' largest scoring output against Texas (38-13-1) since a 16-6 victory in the 2001 series finale. Baylor became the sixth eight seed to defeat the top seed in the first day of the Big 12 Championship in the 11 years since the event went to an eight-team format.

Baylor trailed 7-3 entering the sixth inning, but the Bears loaded the bases with one out. Ben Booker delivered an RBI single, and Don Lambert followed with an RBI walk. After Brooks Kimmey's pinch-hit sacrifice fly, Joey Hainsfurther reloaded the bases with a walk. That set the stage for Dickerson's double to left-center that gave the Bears an 8-7 lead. Raynor Campbell followed with an RBI single, and Shaver Hansen's two-run double capped the inning.

The Bears stretched their lead to 13-7 with two runs on three hits and a Texas error in the seventh. The Longhorns got a pair of runs back on Brandon Belt's two-run homer in the bottom of the inning, but that was as close as Texas would get. Dan Evatt tacked on a solo homer in the ninth to close the scoring.

Craig Fritsch (3-5) earned the victory in relief for the Bears. He allowed two runs - one earned - on five hits and two walks with nine strikeouts over 4.2 innings. His nine strikeouts were a season high and one shy of Baylor's school record for strikeouts in relief, which Fritsch shares with Logan Verrett and Aaron Miller. Verrett started but was chased from the game with one out in the second; he surrendered five runs on six hits and two walks with one strikeout.

Kendal Volz, making his first relief appearance since his freshman season, nailed his first career save. He worked the final 3.0 innings and allowed two runs on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts. It was a familiar role for Volz, who served as closer for the USA Baseball National Team last year and was eight-for-eight in save opportunities.

Reliever Austin Dicharry (6-2) was saddled with the loss after allowing five runs on two hits, two walks and a hit batsman in one-third of an inning. Starter Cole Green lasted 5.0 innings and surrendered three runs on four hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.

Aaron Miller's two-out, two-run homer in the top of the first inning gave Baylor an early lead. However, Texas quickly responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Kevin Keyes's two-run single in the second stretched the Horns lead to 5-2. Baylor got a run back in the third when Hainsfurther opened the frame with a triple and scored on Dickerson's groundout. Texas answered with two runs in the bottom of the third on Michael Torres' sacrifice fly and Belt's RBI double.

Booker, Campbell, Dickerson, Evatt and Hansen all produced multiple-hit games for the Bears. Booker was 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Dickerson, Hansen, Kimmey and Miller all had multiple-RBI games; Dickerson led the way with three. Campbell reached safely in four of five plate appearances and scored three times. Booker, Evatt, Hainsfurther and Miller also scored twice each.

Belt and Brandon Loy each had four-hit games for the Longhorns, while Belt and Keyes each had three RBI.

QUICK NOTES
• The Baylor bullpen has combined to post a 16-3 record with 15 saves and a 3.05 ERA over 177.0 innings.
• Opponents are hitting .248 against BU relievers, and eight Bears have posted ERAs of 3.58 or better in relief roles.
• The Bears have won 18 of their last 21 games at Baylor Ballpark.
• Baylor's loss to TCU on Tuesday was the first time the Bears have lost a game when leading at any point after six innings this season. The Bears are now 21-1 when leading at any point after the sixth.
• Baylor and Kansas State are the only two Big 12 teams to have scored at least two runs in every game.
• Baylor enters the weekend third in the Big 12 in hitting (.316 batting average) and fourth in pitching (4.02 ERA); The Bears are the only Big 12 team in the top four in both categories.
• The Bears had won 43 consecutive games when leading after eight innings before Tuesday's loss at TCU.
• Baylor's win over No. 11 TCU on Wednesday was its highest ranked opponent defeated since beating No. 5 Texas, 14-9, in the 2009 Big 12 Tournament - the Bears were down 7-3 in the sixth inning of that game.
• True freshman Logan Vick has already broken the program's record for walks by a freshman with 44, but three more walks would give him the record for most by an underclassmen, while 12 more would be the overall record.

PLAYER NOTES
• Joey Hainsfurther enters the weekend ranked ninth in the Big 12 with a .381 batting average.
• Raynor Campbell scored a career-high four runs and knocked four hits in Wednesday's win over No. 11 TCU.
• True freshman Max Muncy enters the weekend ranked third in the Big 12 in home runs (10) and tied for 12th in RBI (41). He is nine RBI away from tying Michael Griffin's 50 RBI in 2002 for the most ever by a Baylor freshman.
• True freshman OF Tyler Collins has started 21 of the last 24 games in right field after starting just once in the team's first 18 contests.
• Collins enters the weekend ranked 10th in the Big 12 with a .373 batting average in conference games.
• Chris Slater had his second career four-RBI game on Wednesday. All four runs were driven in with two outs, and he leads the team with a .607 (17-for-28) batting average when batting with two outs.
• Gregg Glime has thrown out 50 percent (17-for-34) of attempted base stealers this season. Glime also leads the team with 14 two-out RBI.
• Redshirt freshman Cal Towey has started six of Baylor's last seven games after starting just six of the first 35 games. He has drawn 13 walks in 62 plate appearances, helping him to a .400 on-base percentage.
• True freshman OF Logan Vick ranks fifth in the nation with 43 walks drawn through games of April 25.
• Vick has already broken the Baylor record for walks by a freshman, and with two more he'll tie Luke Prestridge's 1977 total of 46 for the most by an underclassmen.
• Vick leads the Big 12 in walks drawn, and no other player in the league has more than 30. He has 27 more walks than any other Baylor player.
• Logan Verrett enters Friday's start ranked ninth in the Big 12 with a 3.15 ERA and sixth in the league with 70 strikeouts. He has struck out at least four batters in each of his last four starts.
• Verrett has pitched into the seventh inning in eight of nine starts this season.
• Brooks Pinckard enters the weekend in third in the Big 12 with nine saves. He's already set the Baylor sophomore saves record.
• Willie Kempf leads the team and is tied for 10th in the Big 12 with five wins. He notched his fifth win by allowing two runs in 5.0 innings of Wednesday's start against No. 11 TCU.
• Shawn Tolleson enters Saturday's start ranked ninth in the Big 12 with 64 strikeouts.
• Sunday starter Craig Fritsch enters the weekend ranked seventh in the Big 12 with a 2.89 ERA.

WEEKEND €ˆPREVIEW
After the Texas series, Baylor has 12 days until it returns to action. The Bears will travel to Lubbock, Texas to play Texas Tech in their last Big 12 road series of the season. The series opener against the Red Raiders is on May 14 at 6:30 p.m. The middle game of the series is scheduled for 7 p.m., while the finale is slated for 1 p.m.

BAYLOR-TEXAS TECH SERIES €ˆHISTORY
Baylor and Texas Tech have met 139 times, and the Red Raiders hold a 71-68 lead in the all-time series. Baylor leads 32-25 in games played in Waco, while Texas Tech holds a 44-21 advantage in games played in Lubbock. The Bears have won four of the six neutral site meetings between the teams. Baylor is 21-30 against Texas Tech during the Steve Smith era, and the Bears took two of three from the Red Raiders when the teams met in Waco last season. Baylor will be looking to win a series in Lubbock for the first time since taking two of three in 1998. The Bears are 2-13 in their last five trips to Lubbock, dating back to the 2000 season.