Baylor (29-24) at 2011 Big 12 Baseball Championship Oklahoma City, Okla. | Bricktown Ballpark

vs.		vs. TBD
Baylor (29-24) vs. OSU (34-21) Weds., May 25, 2011 | 9 a.m. CT		Baylor (29-24) vs. TBD Thurs., May 26, 2011 | 9 a.m./4 p.m. CT
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP (2011 STATS) BU: RHP Logan Verrett (6-4, 2.78 ERA, 23 BB, 85 K) OSU: LHP Mike Strong (5-1, 3.49 ERA, 23 BB, 69 K)		PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP (2011 STATS) BU: LHP Josh Turley (3-4, 3.78 ERA, 14 BB, 52 K) Texas/Missouri: TBD
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Complete Game Notes

Baylor opens the 2011 Big 12 Baseball Championship at 9 a.m. Wednesday against Oklahoma State. The Bears are on the same side of the bracket as Texas and Missouri, so the Bears will play their second game against one of those programs at either 9 a.m. or 4 p.m. on Thursday.

Baylor is coming off three consecutive Big 12 series wins to close the regular season. The Bears won two of three at Nebraska, took two of three at then-No. 19 Oklahoma State and wrapped up the regular season by taking two of three against No. 13 Oklahoma. The Bears' series win over the Sooners was their first over a top-15-ranked opponent since the 2006 season.

The Bears join Oklahoma as the only programs to qualify for all 15 Big 12 tournaments since the conference's first season in 1997. Baylor is 26-22 all-time in the Big 12 tournament, including a 24-18 mark in tournament games played in Oklahoma City. The Bears are 2-3 in tournament games against Oklahoma State, 4-2 in tournament games against Texas and 6-3 in tournament games against Missouri.

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.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Big 12 Tournament: Baylor is 26-22
Tournament Games in Oklahoma City: Baylor is 24-18
Tournament Games at Bricktown Ballpark: Baylor is 24-16
Double Elimination Play: Baylor is 16-15
Big 12 Tournament vs. OSU: 2-3
Big 12 Tournament vs. Texas: 4-2
Big 12 Tournament vs. Missouri: 6-3

COACH

BAYLOR: Steve Smith

Alma Mater: Baylor, 1986

Career Record: 617-411-1 (17th season)

Record at Baylor: 617-411-1 (17th season)

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BIG 12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
The Big 12 Championship makes its 13th appearance at Oklahoma City this season. Each of the first five Big 12 tournaments, the 2003 tournament and each of the last six events were played in Oklahoma City. The 2002 and 2004 tournaments, both at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, were the only Big 12 tournaments not played in Oklahoma City. All-Sports €ˆStadium was the site of the first conference tournament in 1997; the next year, Bricktown Ballpark opened in OKC, and it served as the host site from 1998 to 2001.

BAYLOR BIG 12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TIDBITS

• Baylor and Oklahoma are the only schools to have participated in every Big 12 postseason event. Oklahoma State had qualified each year prior to 2009 and 2010.
• Baylor has made six championship title game appearances: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2010.
• Baylor is 38-35 all-time in conference tournaments, including a 26-22 mark in the Big 12 event.
• Baylor is 24-18 all-time in Big 12 Championship games in Oklahoma City, including a 24-16 mark at Bricktown Ballpark.
• Baylor is 16-15 in double elimination play at the Big 12 Championship.
• Baylor has played the most games (48) in Big 12 Championship history.

BAYLOR VS. OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES HISTORY
Baylor is 31-36 in the all-time series against Oklahoma State, including a 3-8 mark in neutral site games. The Bears are 26-23 against the Cowboys in the Big 12 era, and Baylor has won eight of 12 three-game series between the teams in Big 12 play. Baylor swept Oklahoma State in the teams' final Big 12 series last season, clinching a spot in the Big 12 Championship with a win in the series opener. The Bears dropped the series opener, 1-0 in 10 innings, this season, but rebounded to win each of the final two games to claim their first series win in Stillwater since 2003.

BAYLOR VS. TEXAS SERIES HISTORY
Baylor is 100-229-4 all-time against Texas, including an 8-5 record in neutral-site games. Baylor's record is much better against the Longhorns during the Big 12 era at 23-33, and the Bears are 28-36 against UT €ˆduring the Steve Smith era.

Baylor has won seven series against UT in 15 seasons of Big 12 Conference play. Baylor won the first six series from 1997 through 2002 and took a series sweep in 2005. Texas won the series in 2003 and 2004 and has taken each of the last six series.

BAYLOR VS. MISSOURI SERIES HISTORY
Baylor leads the all-time series against Missouri 30-26, including a 6-3 record in neutral site games and a 28-26 mark in the Big 12 era. Baylor has won eight of 15 series against Missouri since the start of the Big 12 Conference. The Bears won each of the first five Big 12 series from 1997 to 2001, but Missouri won six of the next seven series, before Baylor bounced back to win the series in 2009 and 2010. The Tigers took the bookend games in this season's series in Waco.

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:

• SEBaseball (May 22 Projections) -- No. 2 seed in Houston, Texas (Rice) Reigonal
• 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
• College Baseball Insider (May 13 Field of Dreamers) -- In as one of seven 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 nine more to tie Mike Robison (40 in 1991) for the single-season record at Baylor, and he needs 11 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 six 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 eight 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)
• Josh Ludy - 9th inning walk-off single vs. No. 13 Oklahoma (5/21)

COMEBACK WINS IN BUNCHES
Baylor has come from behind to win 13 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
• vs. No. 13 Oklahoma (5/19) - trailed 2-1 in bottom 2nd

BOUNCE BACK BEARS
Baylor didn't lose consecutive games until its 25th and 26th games of the season. The Bears are 17-7 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 37-17 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 10 of their last 15 regular-season weekends, including eight of 13 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)
• 2-1 in three-game series vs. No. 13 Oklahoma (May 19-21, 2011)

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
• TOURNAMENT: Baylor is 26-22 all-time in the Big 12 tournament, including a 24-18 mark in Oklahoma City.
• Baylor finished the regular season with an 11-9 record in true road games. €ˆBU was 5-12 on the road in 2010.
• Baylor has won each of its last three series by winning the rubber match.
• In its last three Big 12 series, Baylor won a series at Nebraska for the first time since 1997, a series at Oklahoma State for the first time since 2003 and a series vs. a top-15 opponent (Oklahoma) for the first time since 2006.
• Baylor has homered in six consecutive games after never homering in more than three straight games all season.
• The Bears have hit 27 home runs in their last 25 games after hitting only 7 in the first 28 games of the season.
• Baylor has hit 24 home runs in Big 12 play, two more than any other team in the conference.
• Baylor is 27-5 this season when scoring four or more runs in a game and 2-19 when scoring three or fewer.
• Baylor has grounded into only one double play in 23 games away from Baylor Ballpark this season.
• Baylor has turned 46 double plays this season and the Bears have only been doubled up 23 times.
• The Bears are 17-7 following a loss during the 2011 season.
• 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's series win at OSU was its first road series win over a ranked opponent since 2006 at Long Beach State.
• Baylor is projected to make its 12th appearance in a NCAA €ˆRegional in the last 14 seasons.
• Baylor currently has a .972 fielding percentage. The program record was set in 2006 at .973.
• Baylor has come from behind to win 13 games this season, and the Bears have eight last at-bat wins.
• Baylor has six walk-off wins this year after recording only one walk-off win during the 2010 season.
• Baylor is 38-18 in its last 56 games at Baylor Ballpark, including a 19-12 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 10 of its last 15 regular season weekends.
• Baylor had four players named All-Big 12 by the Waco Tribune-Herald. Max Muncy (1B) and Brooks Pinckard (UTL) were named first-team, while Logan €ˆVerrett (SP) and Max Garner (RP) were second-team honorees.
• Baylor is the only Big 12 team not to be swept or sweep a series all season.
• The Bears split the first two games in eight of nine Big 12 series in 2011.
• 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 May 16, 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.
• Blank picked up two wins in relief last week, going 3.0 shutout innings vs. Dallas Baptist & 4.0 shutout innings vs. Oklahoma.

• 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 41 of Baylor's 53 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).
• DalPorto led off the 9th with a double and scored the game-winning run in series-clinching win vs. Oklahoma (5/21).

• Freshman RHP Trae Davis picked up a pair of wins pitching out of the bullpen in the season's opening weekend.

• RHP Max Garner missed all of last season due to a medical issue that forced him to withdraw from school, but he has made 26 relief appearances in 2011. He leads the team with 26 appearances and 41.2 innings pitched in relief.
• Garner has saved a game in six consecutive Big 12 series and has a team-leading seven saves on the season.
• Garner has allowed only eight earned runs over his last 23 relief appearances totaling 35.1 innings (2.04 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).
• Garner worked a scoreless ninth in the opener against No. 13 Oklahoma (5/19) to record his seventh save of the season.

• 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 53 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 27 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).
• Ludy has two walk-off hits this season -- single vs. Texas Tech (3/19) and single vs. Oklahoma (5/21).

• 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 45 of 53 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).
• Miller hit game-tying home runs in each of the first two games in the series against No. 13 Oklahoma (5/19 & 5/20).

• 1B Max Muncy has started all 53 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: 10th batting average (.329), t-8th hits (68), t-5th home runs (9), 8th total bases (109), t-9th walks (32), 8th on-base percentage (.429), 9th slugging percentage (.527).
• Muncy Big 12 ranks (conference games only): 7th batting average (.349), 4th hits (37), t-3rd home runs (5), t-3rd total bases (61), t-4th walks (17), 5th on-base percentage (.444), t-4th slugging percentage (.575).
• 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-6th in the nation with 31 steals. He's 9 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 450 career at-bats.
• Pinckard is 60-for-66 stealing bases in his career and his 60 steals are tied for sixth-most in program history.
• Pinckard has started 37 games in center field, three times as DH and once in right field; he has hit leadoff in 30 of 41 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 has missed the last seven games after injuring himself diving into second base at TCU (5/10).

• LHP/DH Josh €ˆTurley has taken only four losses in 40 career appearances.
• Turley has pitched into the seventh inning in six of his last eight 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 left in line for the win vs. No. 13 Oklahoma after a career-long-tying 8.0 innings and career-high 9 strikeouts.
• Turley laid down a sacrifice bunt as pinch hitter to move eventual winning run to third in series-clinching win vs. Oklahoma (5/21).
• 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 hasn't allowed an earned run in his last 21.0 innings, dating back to the third inning at Nebraska (4/29).
• 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 worked 8.0 innings for third consecutive outing and held No. 13 Oklahoma to two unearned runs in a Baylor win (5/19).
• 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 246 career strikeouts and 4th with 149 career strikeouts in Big 12 play.
• Verrett currently holds the Baylor record for strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.78).
• Verrett is fourth on Baylor's career strikeouts per nine innings list (9.53).
• Verrett Big 12 overall ranks: 10th ERA (2.78), 8th innings pitched (87.1), t-6th strikeouts (85).
• Verrett Big 12 ranks (conference only): 10th ERA (2.92), 5th innings pitched (61.2), 6th strikeouts (54).

• 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 87 walks in 101 career games; he's taken multiple walks in a game in 24 contests.
• When leading off an inning, Vick has a .463 on-base percentage for his career (74-for-160).

• SS Landis Ware is Baylor's most experienced player with 183 games played and 164 career starts.
• Ware has started 50 of 53 games this season at shortstop.
• 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 waits for its name to be called during the NCAA Tournament selection show. The 64-team bracket will be announced live on ESPN on May 30 at 11:30 a.m. CT. If there Bears are chosen, it will mark the 12th time in the last 14 seasons Baylor has played in the NCAA Championship.