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No. 13 Oklahoma (39-13, 13-9) at Baylor (27-23, 11-13) Waco, Texas | Baylor Ballpark (5,000)
THURSDAY, MAY 19 | 6:30 P.M. Watch | Listen Probable Starters:BU - RHP Logan Verrett 5-4, 3.06 ERA, 79.1 IP, 77 K OU - RHP Michael Rocha10-2, 1.54 ERA, 99.1 IP, 72 K		FRIDAY, MAY 20 | 6:30 P.M. Watch | Listen Probable Starters:BU - LHP Josh Turley 3-4, 3.82 ERA, 73.0 IP, 43 K OU - RHP Burch Smith 9-3, 3.82 ERA, 73.0 IP, 78 K		SATURDAY, MAY 21 | 3:00 P.M. Watch | Listen Probable Starters:BU - RHP Brooks Pinckard 5-2, 3.83 ERA, 47.0 IP, 36 K OU - LHP Jordan John 4-0, 2.36 ERA, 45.2 IP, 43 K

Complete Game Notes

Baylor closes out the 2011 regular season by hosting 13th-ranked Oklahoma for a three-game series at Baylor Ballpark. First pitch is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and Saturday's senior day is slated to start at 3 p.m.

The Bears have won each of their last two Big 12 series, taking two of three at Nebraska April 29-May 1 and two of three at No. 19 Oklahoma State May 13-15. Baylor is also riding a three-game winning streak, the Bears' longest since winning seven straight March 6-15.

Senior Chris Slater will receive his diploma from Baylor President Ken Starr prior to Thursday's game. Slater officially graduated from Baylor last Saturday when the Bears were playing in Stillwater, Okla. Slater hit a home run on the same day. Additionally, Steve DalPorto, Logan Vick, Kolt Browder and Slater will be honored for earning academic all-district honors, making Baylor the only program in the nation to have four players selected in the university division.

Thursday is also the inaugural Bark in the Park and Dollar Hot Dog Night at Baylor Ballpark. Saturday's Senior Day will honor Landis Ware, Jon Ringenberg, Slater and Ross Speed for their contributions since all four joined the Baylor program in the fall of 2007.

All Baylor baseball games are broadcast live on Waco's 1660 ESPN Radio. John Morris and Tom Barfield provide the play-by-play with Lark Smith adding color commentary. 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
OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Overall: Baylor leads 33-32
Waco: Baylor leads 21-13
Norman: Oklahoma leads 19-7
Neutral Site: Baylor leads 5-0
Big 12 Era: Baylor leads 24-17
Big 12 Series: Baylor has won 7 of 13
Steve Smith vs. OU: 24-22

COACHES

BAYLOR: Steve Smith

Alma Mater: Baylor, 1986

Career Record: 615-410-1 (17th season)

Record at Baylor: 615-410-1 (17th season)

OKLAHOMA: Sunny Golloway

Career Record: 591-285-1 (14th season)

Record at OU: 259-129-1 (7th season)

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John Morris/Tom Barfield (pxp) and Lark Smith (color)

BAYLOR VS. OKLAHOMA SERIES HISTORY
Baylor is 33-32 in the all-time series against Oklahoma, including a 21-13 mark in games played in Waco. The Bears are 24-17 against Oklahoma during the Big 12 era, and Baylor has won seven of 13 three-game series against the Sooners in Big 12 play.

Oklahoma won the only regular-season meeting a season ago when the teams met for what was supposed to be a three-game series in Norman. Baylor held a 5-0 lead in the third inning of the second game in the series, but rain and snow wiped the game and the teams were unable to play the following day. Baylor evened the score by knocking off the Sooners in the Big 12 Championship to clinch its spot in the tournament title game.

The last time the teams met in Waco, Oklahoma took all three games to start the Bears on a downward spiral that ended with three consecutive Big 12 series sweeps to close the 2009 regular season. That series was the first time Oklahoma won a series in Waco since the teams started playing annual three-game sets with the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1997.

Baylor's last series win against Oklahoma was in 2007, when the Bears took the bookend games in Waco against the No. 19 Sooners. The last time Baylor won a series against a team ranked in the top 15 came in 2006, when the Bears swept a three-game set against No. 5 Nebraska.

BAYLOR LEADS NATION WITH FOUR ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONOREES
Four Baylor baseball student-athletes earned Capital One Academic All-District VI honors, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced May 5. Baylor was the only program in the nation with four selections in the University Division.

Chris Slater was named to the first team, while Kolt Browder, Steve DalPorto and Logan Vick earned second-team recognition. The four selections tied a program record set when Baylor placed four student-athletes on CoSIDA's academic all-district team in 1999, and the Bears have had at least two academic all-district honorees in six straight seasons with 16 total selections during that span.

With his selection to the first team, Slater is again eligible for Academic All-America honors. He was named a second-team Academic All-American last season, giving Baylor nine such honors since 1998. He'll have the chance to join Jason Jennings and Jon Topolski as Baylor's only two-time Academic All-Americans.

BRACKETOLOGISTS SAY BEARS WILL BE 12-FOR-14
Baylor is projected by numerous publications to make its 12th NCAA €ˆRegional in the last 14 seasons. Here's a breakdown of the bracketologists:

• College Baseball Insider (May 13 Field of Dreamers) -- In as one of seven Big 12 teams
• SEBaseball (May 17 Projections) -- No. 2 seed in Charlottesville, Va. (Virginia) €ˆRegional
• Perfect Game (May 17 Projections) -- No. 3 seed in Houston, Texas (Rice) Regional
• ESPN.com (May 18 Bracketology) -- No. 3 seed in Fullerton, €ˆCalif. (Cal €ˆState Fullerton) Regional
• College Baseball Daily (May 18 Projections) -- No. 3 seed in Fort Worth, Texas (TCU) Regional
• Baseball America (May 18 Stock Report) -- In as one of five Big 12 teams

PINCKARD KEEPING PACE WITH 42 DIVISION I TEAMS
When NCAA baseball statistics were released on May 17, Brooks Pinckard was tied for fifth in the nation with 30 stolen bases. That total was at least as many as 42 Division I teams, including No. 22 Oklahoma State (29), Stanford (26) and No. 14 Southern Mississippi (21).

Pinckard became the fifth player in Baylor history and the 20th in Big 12 Conference history with 30 or more steals in a season. He needs 10 more to tie Mike Robison (40 in 1991) for the single-season record at Baylor, and he needs 12 more to tie Kansas' John Nelson (42 in 2000) for the Big 12 Conference single-season record.

Pinckard became the 17th different player in €ˆBig 12 Conference history to steal 30 or more bases in a season. Three Big 12 players have accomplished the feat twice, giving the league 20 individual seasons of 30-plus stolen bases.

CARDIAC CUBS WALKING OFF WITH WINS
Baylor has five walk-off wins in 2011 after recording only one such victory last season. Baylor's only walk-off win in 2010 came in its 50th game of the season, when Brooks Pinckard knocked a two-run single to clinch the Bears' spot in the Big 12 Championship by winning the series opener against Oklahoma State on May 21.

Baylor won seven games with runs in its final at-bat during the entire 2010 season, but the Bears have already scored the winning runs in their final at-bat in seven games in 2011.

• Jake Miller - 10th inning walk-off double vs. Oral Roberts (2/20)
• Max Muncy - 10th inning walk-off grand slam vs. Rice (3/6)
• Chris Slater - 11th inning walk-off single vs. Florida International (3/15)
• Josh Ludy - 9th inning walk-off single vs. Texas Tech (3/19)
• Chris Slater - 9th inning walk-off double vs. Kansas State (3/25)
• Jake Miller - 8th inning single vs. Kansas State (3/27)
• Josh Ludy - 10th inning triple at UT Arlington (4/12)

COMEBACK WINS IN BUNCHES
Baylor has come from behind to win 12 games in 2011, including overcoming a five-run deficit on March 15 against Florida International to give head coach Steve Smith his 600th career victory. The Bears trailed by multiple runs in eight of the 10 comeback wins.

• vs. Oral Roberts (2/20) - trailed 4-2 in bottom 7th
• vs. Rice (3/6) - trailed 7-5 in bottom 7th
• vs. Louisiana Tech (3/12) - trailed 7-5 in bottom 4th
• vs. Florida Int'l. (3/15) - trailed 6-1 in bottom 5th
• vs. Texas Tech (3/19) - trailed 2-0 in bottom 1st
• vs. UT Arlington (3/22) - trailed 1-0 in bottom 3rd
• vs. Kansas State (3/25) - trailed 4-2 in bottom 4th
• vs. Kansas State (3/27) - trailed 2-0 in bottom 5th
• vs. Texas (4/9) - trailed 1-0 in bottom 2nd
• at UT Arlington (4/12) - trailed 3-1 in top 6th
• at Oklahoma State (5/15) - trailed 1-0 in top 3rd
• vs. Dallas Baptist (5/17) - trailed 1-0 in bottom 4th

BOUNCE BACK BEARS
Baylor didn't lose consecutive games until its 25th and 26th games of the season. The Bears are 16-7 following a loss in 2011, and prior to dropping a pair of midweek games against UTSA and Lamar, the Bears hadn't lost consecutive regular-season games since losing a pair of games at Texas on May 1-2, 2010.

In fact, the Bears hadn't lost two in a row with both games at Baylor Ballpark in more than a year before dropping a pair of midweek games against UTSA (3/29) and Lamar (3/30). The last time that happened was when BU had a five-game losing streak from Feb. 27 through March 5, 2010. All five of those losses came against different teams, and the Bears snapped out of the losing streak by winning eight in a row.

Starting with that eight-game winning streak, the Bears have gone 36-17 on their home field, including an 18-6 mark in non-conference games.

WEEKEND SET SUCCESS
Despite losing four straight weekend series, the Bears have posted a winning record in eight of their last 13 regular-season weekends, including six of 11 weekends this season.

• 2-1 in three-game series at Texas Tech (May 14-15, 2010)
• 3-0 in three-game series vs. Oklahoma State (May 21-23, 2010)
• 2-1 in three-game series vs. Oral Roberts (Feb. 18-20, 2011)
• 2-1 in three-game series at Georgia (Feb. 25-27, 2011)
• 2-1 in three games at Houston College Classic (March 4-6, 2011)
• 4-0 in four-game series vs. Louisiana Tech (March 10-13, 2011)
• 1-2 in three-game series vs. Texas Tech (March 18-20, 2011)
• 2-1 in three-game series vs. Kansas State (March 25-27, 2011)
• 1-2 in three-game series at Kansas (April 1-3, 2011)
• 1-2 in three-game split-series vs. No. 8 Texas (April 8-10, 2011)
• 1-2 in three-game split-series vs. No. 5 Texas A&M (April 15-17, 2011)
• 1-2 in three-game series vs. Missouri (April 21-23, 2011)
• 2-1 in three-game series at Nebraska (April 29-May 1, 2011)
• 2-1 in three-game series at No. 19 Oklahoma State (May 13-15, 2011)

CONTINUITY IS KEY
Baylor's starting lineup hasn't changed much since the start of the season. The Bears have used the same player in nearly every game in six different positions, and Baylor has split the other two positions among two players. With the exception of left field, where an injury forced Logan €ˆVick to miss 13 starts, the only position where the Bears have started more than two players at least five times is at designated hitter.

Joey Hainsfurther (26 starts) and Josh Ludy (24 starts) have split catching duties, while Chris Slater (17 starts) and Cal Towey (30 starts) have shared time in right field.

Max Muncy has started every game this season at first base. In fact, Muncy has started at first base in 109 of 110 games since the start of his Baylor career.

Steve DalPorto (38 starts) and Lawton Langford (11 starts) have manned second base, while third baseman Jake Miller (42 starts) and center fielder Brooks Pinckard (37 starts) have started the majority of games at their positions, and Landis Ware (47 starts) has manned the shortstop position. Vick started the first 80 games of his career in left field before a hamstring injury forced him to miss 13 straight starts. Slater (seven starts) and Dan €ˆEvatt (17 starts) join Vick (23 starts) in left field, and since returing from the injury, Vick has made nine starts in center field.

The Bears have used five different players in the DH spot: Ludy (20 starts), Hainsfurther (11 starts), Dan €ˆEvatt (11 starts), Josh €ˆTurley (three starts), Slater (two starts) and Pinckard (three starts).

BEARS TOUGH TO BEAT IN WACO
Baylor is 36-17 in its last 53 games at Baylor Ballpark, including 19-6 in non-conference games.

The Bears had a 10-game winning streak in non-conference home games snapped when they lost the season opener to Oral Roberts. Before the streak was snapped, ORU was the last non-Big 12 team to beat the Bears in Waco when it took the opener of a four-game set on March 5, 2010. Baylor came back to win the remaining games in the series both times.

Five of Baylor's 17 losses in Waco since dropping the series opener to ORU in 2010 came in extra innings and/or were one-run defeats (vs. Kansas, 12-6 in 14 innings on 3/28/10, vs. No. 2 Texas, 4-2 in 10 innings on 4/30/10, vs. Kansas, 9-8 on 3/26/10, vs. Texas Tech, 6-5 on 3/18/11 and vs. Texas Tech, 10-6 in 10 innings on 3/20/11).

EXTRA SPECIAL
Despite going 1-5 in extra-inning games in 2010, Baylor is 24-16 in such games since the start of the 2003 season. Baylor was 4-1 in extra-inning games in 2009, 1-3 in 2008, 2-1 in 2007, 0-1 in 2006, 6-1 in 2005, 1-0 in 2004 and 5-1 in 2003. Baylor is 4-3 in extras so far in 2011.

The Bears won all four regular season games that went to extra innings in 2009, but fell to No. 2 national seed LSU 3-2 in 10 innings in the second game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.

Seven of the 24 wins over the past eight seasons have come on an opponent's home field (Arizona twice, Arizona State, Texas, Vanderbilt and UT Arlington twice). Four of the 24 wins were either neutral-site games or games at Baylor Ballpark in which the Bears were the visitor. Four of the 24 wins have come in postseason play, including two at the Big 12 Tournament and one at the College World Series.

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QUICK HITS
• SERIES: Baylor is 33-32 in the all-time series against Oklahoma, including a 21-13 mark in games played in €ˆWaco.
• Baylor was the only program in the nation to have four players named to the CoSIDA €ˆAcademic All-District teams in the university division. Chris Slater, Steve DalPorto, Logan Vick & Kolt Browder were honored.
• Baylor is projected to make its 12th appearance in a NCAA €ˆRegional in the last 14 seasons.
• Baylor has grounded into only one double play in 23 games away from Baylor Ballpark this season.
• Baylor has turned 44 double plays this season and the Bears have only been doubled up 22 times.
• The Bears have hit 24 home runs in their last 22 games after hitting only 7 in the first 28 games of the season.
• Baylor has hit 21 home runs in Big 12 play, five more than any other team in the conference.
• Baylor is 26-4 this season when scoring four or more runs in a game and 1-19 when scoring three or fewer.
• The Bears are 16-7 following a loss during the 2011 season.
• Baylor finished the regular season with an 11-9 record in true road games. €ˆBU was 5-12 on the road in 2010.
• Baylor currently has a .972 fielding percentage. The program record was set in 2006 at .973.
• In its last two Big 12 weekends, Baylor won a series at Nebraska for the first time since 1997 and a series at Oklahoma State for the first time since 2003.
• Baylor's series win at OSU was its first road series win over a ranked opponent since 2006 at Long Beach State.
• Baylor has come from behind to win 12 games this season, and the Bears have seven last at-bat wins.
• Baylor has five walk-off wins this year after recording only one walk-off win during the 2010 season.
• Baylor is 36-17 in its last 53 games at Baylor Ballpark, including a 17-11 mark in Big 12 Conference games.
• Brooks Pinckard is the 17th different player in Big 12 history to steal 30 or more bases in a season.
• Baylor had won six straight regular season weekend sets before dropping the series finale against Texas Tech in 10 innings. Baylor has had a winning record in nine of its last 14 regular season weekends.
• For the second time in program history, Baylor players won both Big 12 Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week. Logan €ˆVerrett (Pitcher) & Chris Slater (Player) took the honors on March 14.
• Baylor's 12-1 win over No. 5 Texas A&M €ˆon April 16 was its largest ever over a top-5 ranked team.
• Baylor is 24-16 in extra-inning games since the start of the 2003 season, including 4-3 this season.
• Baylor head coach Steve Smith recorded his 600th career victory when Baylor beat FIU on March 15.
• 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.
• With Max Muncy's Big 12 Conference Player of the Week award on Monday, the Bears have had three different Big 12 Players of the Week for the third time in program history (also in 2004 and 2009).

INDIVIDUAL QUICK HITS
• LHP Crayton Bare has pitched in 16 games out of the bullpen in 2011 after pitching in just four games in 2010.
• Bare has allowed only six runs in 19 career relief outings.

• Baylor is 7-3 on the season in games started by RHP Trent Blank.
• Blank earned the win by allowing one run over 5.1 innings at No. 5 Texas A&M (4/16).
• Blank allowed one run in 5.0 innings at No. 8 Texas (4/10), but he did not factor in the decision.

• RHP Kolt Browder has allowed eight hits and struck out 13 in 10.1 innings over 12 relief appearances (.216 OBA).

• 2B Steve DalPorto has started 38 of Baylor's 50 games at second base and three times at shortstop in 2011.
• DalPorto had his career-long hitting streak snapped at eight games in the middle game of the Texas Tech series (3/19).

• Freshman RHP Trae Davis picked up a pair of wins pitching out of the bullpen in the season's opening weekend.
• Davis is third on the team with three wins and all three of his wins have come in relief.

• RHP Max Garner missed all of last season due to a medical issue that forced him to withdraw from school, but he has made 24 relief appearances in 2011. He leads the team with 24 appearances and 40.0 innings pitched in relief.
• Garner has saved a game in five consecutive Big 12 series and has a team-leading six saves on the season.
• Garner has allowed only six earned runs over his last 21 relief appearances totaling 33.2 innings (1.60 ERA).
• Garner recorded his first career save by pitching 3.2 innings of one-hit, shutout relief with 4 Ks vs. Louisiana Tech (3/10).
• Garner picked up his first career win by working scoreless 8th and 9th innings in the series opener vs. Kansas State (3/25).
• Garner earned his second save by stranding the tying and go-ahead runs in a win over No. 8 Texas (4/9).
• Garner picked up his third save by working 3.2 innings of one-hit shutout relief with four strikeouts at No. 5 Texas A&M €ˆ(4/16).
• Garner notched his fourth save (third in Big 12 play) vs. Missouri (4/22), just one day after pitching 2.2 innings of relief.
• Garner recorded his fifth save (fourth in Big 12 play) with 2.0 shutout innings in 2-0 series-clinching win at Nebraska (5/1).
• Garner stranded the potential tying and go-ahead runs on the way to his sixth save with 1.1 IP at No. 19 Oklahoma State (5/15).

• 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 26 of Baylor's first 50 games this season. The Bears are 16-10 when he starts behind the plate.
• Hainsfurther reached base safely eight times in the Kansas series, drawing four walks with three hits and a hit-by-pitch.
• Hainsfurther tied the Bears' game vs. Rice (3/6) in the Houston College Classic with a two-run triple in the 7th.

• C Josh Ludy has started behind the plate 24 times and as DH in 20 games.
• Ludy had the Bears' first four-hit game of the season and hit game-winning RBI triple in 10th inning at UT €ˆArlington (4/12).

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

• 3B Jake Miller had a 10th-inning walk-off double in the series finale vs. Oral €ˆRoberts (2/20).
• Miller has started 42 of 50 games at third base this season.
• Miller hit what would prove to be a game-winning RBI single in the 8th inning of the series finale vs. Kansas State (3/27).
• Miller had his career-long hitting streak snapped at seven games in the series opener vs. Texas Tech (3/18).

• 1B Max Muncy has started all 50 games at first base and hit either second, third or cleanup in every game.
• Muncy was named Big 12 Player of the Week on May 16 after helping Bears to series win at No. 19 Oklahoma State.
• Muncy Big 12 overall ranks: 9th batting average (.338), t-6th hits (66), t-2nd home runs (9), 8th RBI (40), 6th total bases (106), t-9th walks (30), 8th on-base percentage (.437), 8th slugging (.544).
• Muncy Big 12 ranks (conference games only): 4th batting average (.372), 4th hits (35), t-8th runs (17), t-2nd home runs (5), t-1st total bases (58), 5th walks (15), 3rd on-base percentage (.464), 2nd slugging percentage (.617).
• Muncy reached base safely in 19 straight games overall and 21 straight Big 12 games before going 0-for-4 vs. Missouri (4/23).
• Muncy's 10-game hitting streak in Big 12 games was the seventh-longest by a Baylor player over two Big 12 seasons.
• Muncy's two-run homer provided the game's only runs in Baylor's 2-0 series-clinching win at Nebraska (5/1).
• Muncy had a run-scoring hit to tie the game in the bottom of the first in all three games of the Texas Tech series.
• Muncy had multi-hit games and had at least one RBI in all three games of the series at Georgia.
• Muncy's 10th-inning walk-off grand slam vs. Rice was BU's first walk-off HR since Raynor Campbell on Feb. 27, 2007.
• Muncy's six RBI vs. Rice were the most by a BU player since Aaron Miller had six vs. Illinois on Feb. 29, 2008.

• RHP Dillon €ˆNewman has pitched 24.1 innings over 11 relief appearances, averaging 2.21 innings per game in relief.
• Newman has allowed five runs over his last 23.0 innings of work (1.96 ERA). He made his first career start vs. Lamar (3/30).

• CF/RHP Brooks Pinckard has been named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award preseason watch list.
• Pinckard is t-5th in the nation with 30 steals. He's 10 shy of the Baylor single-season record (40; Mike Robison, 1991).
• Pinckard made his first career start on the mound and got win at UTSA €ˆ(4/26): 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K.
• Five days after making first start on mound, Pinckard allowed two singles in 7.0 shutout innings in 2-0 win at Nebraska (5/1).
• Pinckard picked up his 5th win with 7.1 innings and three runs allowed in series finale at No. 19 Oklahoma State (5/15).
• Pinckard ranks fifth on Baylor's all-time saves list with 16 career saves.
• Pinckard hit a game-winning homer in €ˆthe seventh inning of the second game vs. Oral Roberts (2/19).
• Pinckard has never grounded into a double play in 447 career at-bats.
• Pinckard is 59-for-65 stealing bases in his career and his 59 steals are seventh-most in program history.
• Pinckard has started 37 games in center field and three times as DH and has hit leadoff in 29 of 40 starts.

• RHP Jon €ˆRingenberg (9-1 career record) has taken only one loss in 36 career appearances, including 18 starts.
• Ringenberg is the program's current career winning percentage leader [.900; 9-1] (min. 10 decisions).

• OF Chris Slater is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS €ˆAward (one of two from Big 12).
• Slater was named Big 12 Player of the Week (3/14) after having four consecutive three-hit games.
• Slater's walk-off double in the series opener vs. K-State (3/25) was his second walk-off hit this season.
• Slater also hit a walk-off single to beat Florida International in 11 innings on March 15.
• Slater accounted for half of Baylor's 10 extra-base hits during the week of March 21-27 (four doubles, one triple).
• Slater hit an inside-the-park home run vs. Texas Tech (3/19), the first by a BU €ˆplayer since Seth €ˆFortenberry on April 9, 2006.

• RF Cal €ˆTowey has started 30 games in right field and three times at third base.
• Towey Big 12 ranks overall: 9th on-base percentage (.431).
• Towey Big 12 ranks in league play: t-6th home runs (4), 10th on-base percentage (.419), 8th slugging percentage (.559).

• LHP/DH Josh €ˆTurley has taken only four losses in 39 career appearances.
• Turley has pitched into the seventh inning in five of his last seven starts after doing so only once in first 32 career outings.
• Turley became the first Baylor pitcher to beat Texas in €ˆWaco since 2005 when he allowed three runs in 8.0 innings on April 9.
• Turley allowed one run in 7.2 innings of win at No. 19 Oklahoma State (5/14), snapping Bears' 9-game losing streak in TV games.
• Turley hit a pinch-hit double in his first plate appearance of the season in the series opener at Georgia.

• RHP Logan Verrett was named to the Golden €ˆSpikes Award preseason watch list, one of six Big 12 players on the list.
• Verrett tied a Baylor Ballpark record by striking out 14 in a complete-game one-hitter vs. Louisiana Tech (3/11).
• Verrett took a tough-luck loss after allowing only two unearned runs in a complete game at No. 5 Texas A&M (4/17).
• Verrett held No. 19 Oklahoma State to four hits in 8.0 shutout innings (5/13), but he got no run support in the no-decision.
• Verrett was named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week and National Player of the Week (3/14).
• Verrett earned Houston College Classic All-Tournament honors after his win vs. Houston; 6.2 IP, 1 ER, 7 K.
• Verrett ranks eighth in program history with 238 career strikeouts and 4th with 141 career strikeouts in Big 12 play.
• Verrett currently holds the Baylor record for strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.84).
• Verrett is third on Baylor's career strikeouts per nine innings list (9.55).
• Verrett Big 12 overall ranks: 14th ERA €ˆ(3.06), 9th innings (79.1), 8th strikeouts (77).
• Verrett Big 12 ranks (conference only): 6th innings (53.2), t-7th strikeouts (46).

• LF Logan €ˆVick missed 13 starts with a hamstring injury, snapping his streak of 80 consecutive games started in LF, but he returned to start at UT €ˆArlington (4/12) and hit a home run in his second at-bat of the game.
• Vick reached base safely in his first 40 career games at Baylor Ballpark.
• Vick has drawn 84 walks in 98 career games; he's taken multiple walks in a game in 24 contests.
• When leading off an inning, Vick has a .455 on-base percentage for his career (71-for-156).

• SS Landis Ware is Baylor's most experienced player with 180 games played and 161 career starts.
• Ware has started at shortstop in 47 of Baylor's 50 games in 2011.
• Ware earned Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors after going 7-for-10 in the Houston College Classic.
• Ware led off the bottom of the 10th with a double and scored the winning run vs. Rice (3/6).
• Ware was selected to the Houston College Classic All-Tournament Team.

UP NEXT
Baylor heads to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Championship in Oklahoma City. The Bears join Oklahoma as the only programs to qualify for every Big 12 tournament in conference's 15-year history. The championship begins Wednesday, with matchups and game times still to be determined. Baylor can be seeded anywhere from No.4 through No. 8, depending on Big 12 results in the season's final weekend.