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No. 16 Baylor (4-3) vs. Texas State (5-2) March 1, 2011 | 4 p.m. CST Waco, Texas | Baylor Ballpark (5,000) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (2011 STATISTICS) Baylor: RHP Tyler Bremer, Jr. (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 3.0 IP, 2 BB, 3 K) Texas State: RHP Travis Ballew, So. (0-0, 9.95 ERA, 6.1 IP, 2 BB, 7 K)

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Baylor's 16th-ranked baseball team takes on Texas State at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Baylor Ballpark. All tickets for Tuesday's game and all Tuesday home games during the 2011 season are $3.

The Bears remained No. 16 in the rankings for a third consecutive week after taking two of three games at Georgia over the weekend. Baylor lost a 2-0 pitchers' duel to TCU on Tuesday, then rebounded to win the series opener at Georgia 4-2. The Bears stranded nine runners in scoring position in a 4-3 loss on Saturday, but they jumped out to a 15-0 lead and cruised to a 19-12 series-clinching win on Sunday against the Bulldogs.

Most Baylor baseball games are broadcast live on Waco's 1660 ESPN Radio, however, Tuesday's game will be available only on the internet. Live streaming audio and GameTracker 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 most weekend games at Baylor Ballpark, but the Texas State game will not be available. Check BaylorBears.com for video highlights after the game.

SERIES INFORMATION

TEXAS STATE
Overall: Baylor leads 44-17
Waco: Baylor leads 34-13
San Marcos: Baylor leads 10-4
Neutral Site: Never Met
Steve Smith era: Baylor leads 30-12
First Meeting: 3/26/1919
Last Meeting: 4/21/2010

COACHES

BAYLOR: Steve Smith

Alma Mater: Baylor, 1986

Career Record: 592-390-1 (17th season)

Record at Baylor: 592-390-1 (17th season)

TEXAS STATE: Ty Harrington

Career Record: 381-276 (12th season)

Record at TSU: 381-276 (12th season)

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BAYLOR-TEXAS STATE SERIES HISTORY
Baylor and Texas State have met 61 times and the Bears hold a 44-17 advantage in the all-time series. Baylor is 34-13 when playing Texas State at Baylor Ballpark.Baylor and Texas State played three times in 2010; the home team won all three games (BU went 2-1)

BAYLOR VS. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
Baylor is 303-131-1 all-time against teams currently playing as members of the Southland Conference. The Bears have played Lamar (41-28-1), McNeese State (8-7), Nicholls State (7-2), Northwestern State (11-7), Sam Houston State (57-38), Stephen F. Austin (27-0), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5-0), Texas State (44-17), UT Arlington (76-29) and UTSA (27-3). The Bears have nine games on the 2011 schedule against six teams from the Southland: Texas State, €ˆUT €ˆArlington, UTSA, Lamar, Sam Houston State and Northwestern State.

QUICK HITS
• SERIES: Baylor and Texas State have met 61 times and the Bears hold a 44-17 advantage in the all-time series. Baylor is 34-13 when playing Texas State at Baylor Ballpark.
• Baylor and Texas State played three times in 2010; the home team won all three games (BU went 2-1).
• Baylor remained No. 16 in Baseball America's Feb. 28 poll. No. 14 California (up from No. 17) jumped the Bears while No. 22 Connecticut (down from No. 14) dropped behind BU.
• Baylor is 178-106 (.627) in the month of March during the Steve Smith era. The Bears have had a losing record in the month of March only twice in Smith's 16 seasons (2004 & 2007).
• Baylor holds a 303-131-1 record against teams currently playing as members of the Southland Conference.
• The Bears have a total of nine games against six different Southland Conference teams on their 2011 schedule: Texas State, UT €ˆArlington, UTSA, €ˆLamar, Sam Houston State and Northwestern State.
• Baylor is 24-6 in its last 30 games at Baylor Ballpark, dating back to March 6, 2010.
• Baylor's .947 (18-for-19) success rate on attempted steals leads the Big 12 Conference. The Bears have been successful on their last 15 attempted steals, including 13-for-13 in last weekend's series at Georgia.
• The Bears were picked fourth in the Big 12 preseason coaches' poll, behind Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M.
• Baseball €ˆAmerica projects the Bears to finish third in the league and ranks Baylor No. 16 nationally.
• Since the start of the 2003 season, Baylor is 21-13 in extra-inning games, including 1-0 this season.
• Baylor has ranked in the nation's top 25 in attendance in all 12 years since Baylor Ballpark opened in 1999.
• Eight players on Baylor's roster have been selected in previous MLB €ˆDrafts, tied for third-most in the Big 12.
• Baylor has won four straight three-game series. The Bears closed out the 2010 season with series wins at Texas Tech and vs. Oklahoma State before opening 2011 with series wins vs. €ˆOral €ˆRoberts and at Georgia.
• Baylor's nine-run third inning in the series finale at Georgia was the most the Bears have scored in an inning since scoring 10 in the third against Northwestern €ˆState on April 7, 2009.
• The Bears went 7-for-7 stealing bases in the series opener at Georgia, the first time Baylor stole seven or more bases in a game since stealing eight against Dallas Baptist on May 16, 2006.
• Baylor stranded 11 runners on base -- including nine in scoring position -- in Saturday's one-run loss at UGA.
• Eight different Baylor players had multi-hit games and 11 batters recorded hits in Sunday's 21-hit barrage.
• Baylor is second in the Big 12 with nine double plays turned. €ˆThe Bears have turned at least one double play in six of seven games this season.
• Tyler Bremer is expected to make his first start at Baylor against Texas State. Bremer made three starts in 2009 at UC €ˆDavis before transferring to Yavapai Junior College.

INDIVIDUAL QUICK HITS
• CF/RHP Brooks Pinckard has been named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award preseason watch list.
• Pinckard ranks fifth on Baylor's all-time saves list with 14 career saves.
• Pinckard hit a game-winning homer in €ˆthe seventh inning of the second game vs. Oral Roberts.
• Pinckard is tied for the Big 12 lead with seven stolen bases (Oklahoma's Eric Ross also has seven).
• Pinckard has never grounded into a double play in 323 career at-bats.
• Pinckard went 5-for-5 stealing bases in the Georgia series and is 36-for-40 stealing bases in his career.
• Pinckard needs 13 stolen bases to crack Baylor's career top 10 list.
• Pinckard leads the team and is tied for 10th in the Big 12 with 12 hits.

• College Baseball €ˆDaily ranked RHP Logan Verrett as the No. 51 player in college baseball in its preseason Top 100.
• Verrett was ranked No. 4 on Perfect Game Cross Checker's Top Big 12 Prospects for 2011 MLB €ˆDraft.
• Verrett was named to the Golden €ˆSpikes Award preseason watch list, one of six Big 12 players on the list.
• Verrett faced just three batters over the minimum through his first six innings in series opener at Georgia.
• Verrett has 170 career strikeouts and needs 58 to crack the top 10 in program history.
• Verrett currently holds the Baylor record for strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.78).
• Verrett is third on Baylor's career strikeouts per nine innings list (9.94).
• Verrett ranks eighth in program history for fewest walks allowed per nine innings (2.63).

• Perfect Game named 1B Max Muncy No. 3 on its Top Big 12 Prospects for the 2012 MLB €ˆDraft.
• Muncy was ranked No. 33 on Perfect Game's 2011 list of the Top College Baseball Sophomores.
• Muncy is 10th in the Big 12 in on-base percentage (.515) and 14th in the league in batting average (.407).
• Muncy has started all seven games at first base and hit either third or cleanup in every game.
• Muncy had multi-hit games and had at least one RBI in all three games of the series at Georgia.

• 3B Jake Miller's 10th-inning walk-off double in the series finale vs. Oral €ˆRoberts was the first extra-inning, walk-off hit by a Baylor player since Dustin Dickerson's 11th-inning walk-off single vs. Missouri on April 11, 2009.
• Miller (career-best six games) and Pinckard (seven games) both have active hitting streaks.

• Freshman RHP Trae Davis picked up a pair of wins pitching out of the bullpen in the season's opening weekend. He's one eight Big 12 pitchers with two wins and the only Big 12 freshman with two wins.
• Davis has allowed one hit in 5.2 innings of two appearances this season (.059 opponents batting average).

• OF Chris Slater is one of 30 semifinalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS €ˆAward (one of three from Big 12).

• LF Logan €ˆVick has started all 67 games in left field since the start of the 2010 season.
• Vick has reached base safely (via hit or walk) in all 40 career games at Baylor Ballpark.
• Vick went 3-for-4 and drove in runs in all three plate appearances in which he made an out in Sunday's game.
• Vick has never made an error in 133 career fielding chances.
• Vick has drawn 64 walks in 67 career games; he's taken multiple walks in a game in 20 contests.
• When leading off an inning, Vick has a .500 on-base percentage for his career (61-for-122).

• 2B Steve DalPorto has started all seven games at second base and has not made an error in 34 chances.

• C Joey Hainsfurther moved from third base to catcher for the 2011 season. He had never caught a collegiate game before, but has started behind the plate in four of Baylor's first seven games this season.

• OF Wes Mercurio hit the first pitch he saw in 2011 for a three-run pinch hit homer in the series finale at Georgia.

• LHP Crayton Bare has pitched in three games out of the bullpen this season after pitching in four games in 2010.

• RHP Jon €ˆRingenberg has never taken a loss in 25 career appearances, including 13 starts.

• RHP Trent Blank has started both of Baylor's Sunday games; the Bears have won both of those games.

• LHP/DH Josh €ˆTurley has taken one loss in 29 career appearances.
• Turley hit a pinch-hit double in his first plate appearance of the season in the series opener at Georgia.

• SS Landis Ware is Baylor's most experienced player with 139 games played and 121 career starts.
• Ware and Pinckard have both stolen bases in each of the last three games.

UP NEXT
Baylor travels to the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park to take on Houston at noon Friday, Utah at noon Saturday and Rice at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Bears went 2-1 the last time they played in the HCC, beating Houston and UCLA before losing to Rice in the 2009 event. The Bears will be making their seventh appearance in the HCC and are 9-9 all-time in the tournament.