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No. 17 Baylor (6-5) at Texas State (9-2) March 8, 2011 | 6:30 p.m. CST San Marcos, Texas | Bobcat Baseball Stadium (2,400) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS (2011 STATISTICS) Baylor: RHP Jon Ringenberg, Sr. (0-0, 3.60 ERA, 5.0 IP, 3 BB, 4 K) Texas State: LHP Lee Colon, Sr. (1-0, 4.50 ERA, 8.0 IP, 2 BB, 5 K)

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Baylor's 17th-ranked baseball looks for its first midweek win of the 2011 season when the Bears head south on I-35 to take on Texas State in San Marcos on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m.

The Bears fell one spot to No. 17 in Baseball America's Top 25 after going 2-2 last week. The Bears dropped their second straight midweek game, 13-2 to Texas State, but they rebounded to win two of three in the Houston College Classic, including Sunday's 12-8 walk-off win over then-No. 21 Rice.

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SERIES INFORMATION

TEXAS STATE
Overall: Baylor leads 44-18
Waco: Baylor leads 34-14
San Marcos: Baylor leads 10-4
Neutral Site: Never Met
Steve Smith era: Baylor leads 30-13
First Meeting: 3/26/1919
Last Meeting: 3/1/2011

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BAYLOR: Steve Smith

Alma Mater: Baylor, 1986

Career Record: 594-392-1 (17th season)

Record at Baylor: 594-392-1 (17th season)

TEXAS STATE: Ty Harrington

Career Record: 385-276 (12th season)

Record at TSU: 385-276 (12th season)

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BAYLOR-TEXAS STATE SERIES HISTORY
Baylor and Texas State have met 62 times and the Bears hold a 44-18 advantage in the all-time series. Baylor is 10-4 against the Bobcats in San Marcos. The Bears and Texas State played three times in 2010; the home team won all three games (BU went 2-1). The Bobcats won the most recent meeting, 13-2, when they traveled to Waco on March 1 this season.

BAYLOR VS. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
Baylor is 303-132-1 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 (44-18), 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 62 times and the Bears hold a 44-18 advantage in the all-time series. Baylor is 10-4 all-time against the Bobcats in San Marcos.
• Baylor and Texas State played three times in 2010; the home team won all three games (BU went 2-1).
• Baylor dropped one spot to No. 17 in Baseball America's March 7 poll. No. 14 Arizona, No. 15 North Carolina and No. 16 LSU jumped the Bears while No. 20 California and unranked Oregon dropped behind BU.
• Baylor has not lost consecutive games this season; the Bears are 5-0 following a loss.
• Baylor is 180-108 (.625) 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 303-132-1 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.
• Landis Ware was named Big 12 Player of the Week after going 7-for-10 in the Houston €ˆCollege Classic.
• Ware and Logan €ˆVerrett were named to the Houston College Classic All-Tournament Team.
• Baylor is 2-0 in extra-inning games this season. The Bears got a walk-off double from €ˆJake Miller in the 10th inning vs. Oral Roberts (2/20) and a walk-off grand slam from Max Muncy in the 10th vs. Rice (3/6).
• Muncy's walk-off grand slam was BU's first walk-off HR since Raynor Campbell hit one on Feb. 27, 2007.
• Baylor has won five straight three-game weekend sets. The Bears closed out the 2010 season with series wins at Texas Tech and vs. Oklahoma State before opening 2011 by winning two of three vs. Oral Roberts, at Georgia and at the Houston College Classic.
• Baylor has ranked in the nation's top 25 in attendance in all 12 years since Baylor Ballpark opened in 1999.
• 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 22-13 in extra-inning games, including 2-0 this season.
• Eight players on Baylor's roster have been selected in previous MLB €ˆDrafts, tied for third-most in the Big 12.
• 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 is fourth in the Big 12 with 11 double plays turned. €ˆThe Bears have turned at least one double play in eight of 11 games this season.

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 15 career saves.
• Pinckard hit a game-winning homer in €ˆthe seventh inning of the second game vs. Oral Roberts (2/19).
• Pinckard leads the Big 12 Conference with 11 stolen bases.
• Pinckard has never grounded into a double play in 339 career at-bats.
• Pinckard has more steals (11) than Baylor's opponents combined (9) in the same number of attempts (12).
• Pinckard is 40-for-45 stealing bases in his career and needs nine stolen bases to crack Baylor's top 10 list.
• Pinckard has started all 11 games in center field and hit leadoff (nine games) or second in the order (twice).
• Pinckard leads the team and is seventh in the Big 12 with 18 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 earned Houston College Classic All-Tournament honors after his win vs. Houston; 6.2 IP, 1 ER, 7 K
• Verrett faced just three batters over the minimum through his first six innings in series opener at Georgia.
• Verrett has 177 career strikeouts and needs 51 to crack the top 10 in program history.
• Verrett currently holds the Baylor record for strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.77).
• Verrett is third on Baylor's career strikeouts per nine innings list (9.91).
• 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 has started all 11 games at first base and hit either third or cleanup in every game.
• Muncy is tied for fourth in the Big 12 Conference with 12 RBI.
• Muncy had multi-hit games and had at least one RBI in all three games of the series at Georgia.
• Muncy hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to beat Rice. It was the first walk-off HR €ˆby a Baylor player since Feb. 27, 2007 (Raynor Campbell vs. UTA).
• Muncy's six RBI vs. Rice were the most by a BU player since Aaron Miller had six vs. Illinois (Feb. 29, 2008).

• SS Landis Ware is Baylor's most experienced player with 143 games played and 125 career starts.
• Ware has started at shortstop in all 11 games in 2011.
• Ware earned Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors after going 7-for-10 in the Houston College Classic.
• Ware was named to the 2011 Houston €ˆCollege Classic All-Tournament Team
• Ware led off the bottom of the 10th with a double and scored the winning run vs. Rice (3/6).

• 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 had the first three-hit game of his career in a 3-for-4 effort vs. Houston (3/4).

• Freshman RHP Trae Davis picked up a pair of wins pitching out of the bullpen in the season's opening weekend.
• Davis has allowed three hits in 8.2 innings of five appearances this season (.115 opponents' batting average).
• Davis has half of Baylor's six wins and is one of five Big 12 pitchers with three wins.

• 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 71 games in left field since the start of the 2010 season.
• Vick reached base safely in all 40 career games at Baylor Ballpark before going 0-for-3 vs. Texas State (3/1).
• 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 drawn 65 walks in 71 career games; he's taken multiple walks in a game in 20 contests.
• When leading off an inning, Vick has a .492 on-base percentage for his career (62-for-126).

• 2B Steve DalPorto has started nine of Baylor's 11 games in 2011 at second base. He has not made an error in 45 chances while playing second base this year.

• 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 six of Baylor's first 11 games this season.
• Hainsfurther tied Sunday's game vs. Rice (3/6) with a two-run triple in the 7th.

• RF Cal €ˆTowey drew a total seven walks in three starts last week.
• Towey is tied for fifth in the Big 12 Conference with 10 walks on the 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 five 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 Kolt Browder has allowed one hit in 5.0 innings over four appearances (.071 opponents' batting average).

• LHP/DH Josh €ˆTurley has taken only one loss in 30 career appearances.
• Turley hit a pinch-hit double in his first plate appearance of the season in the series opener at Georgia.

UP NEXT
Baylor opens a 14-game homestand by hosting Louisiana Tech for four games in four days at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears and Bulldogs square off at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Baylor's homestand continues with Florida International on March 15 in the Bears last tune-up before opening Big 12 Conference play against Texas Tech March 18-20.