Baylor (29-26) at NCAA Houston Regional Houston, Texas | Reckling Park(5,368)

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Baylor (29-26) vs. Cal (31-20) Fri., June 3, 2011 | 2 p.m. CT		Baylor (29-26) vs. TBD Sat., June 4, 2011 | 2 p.m./6 p.m. CT
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP (2011 STATS) BU: RHP Logan Verrett (6-5, 2.81 ERA, 28 BB, 91 K) CAL: RHP Erik Johnson (6-3, 2.08 ERA, 41 BB, 91 K)		PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP (2011 STATS) BU (vs. Rice): LHP Josh Turley (3-5, 3.63 ERA) BU (vs. ASU): RHP Jon Ringenberg (2-1, 2.25 ERA)
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Baylor takes on California in the opening game of the 2011 NCAA Houston Regional at 2 p.m. Friday at Reckling Park in Houston. The Bears are making their 12th NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 14 seasons and their fourth at the Houston Regional.

Baylor will take on either No. 1 seed Rice or fourth-seeded Alcorn State on Saturday. With a win on Friday against Cal, the Bears would play the winner of the Rice vs. Alcorn State game at 6 p.m. Saturday with a spot in the regional title round on the line. With a loss to Cal, Baylor will face the loser of the Rice vs. Alcorn State game at 2 p.m. Saturday in the first elimination game of the regional.

Baylor junior Logan Verrett will start on the mound against Cal. If the Bears face Alcorn State in their second game, senior right-handed pitcher Jon Ringenberg will get the call, while sophomore lefty Josh Turley will start should the Bears face Rice on Saturday. All games at the regional are at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., and if a seventh game is necessary to determine the champion, that winner-take-all game will be Monday at 6 p.m.

All Baylor baseball games are broadcast live on Waco's 1660 ESPN Radio. Tom Barfield provides 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.

REGIONAL INFORMATION
NCAA HOUSTON REGIONAL
NCAA Tournament (overall): Baylor is 36-34
Regionals: Baylor is 30-23
Home: 6-2 Away: 3-10 Neutral: 21-11
Tournament Games vs. Rice: Baylor is 1-4
Tournament Games vs. California: Baylor is 0-1
Tournament Games at Reckling Park: Baylor is 5-6
Houston Regional Appearances: 2001, 2006, 2007

COACH

BAYLOR: Steve Smith

Alma Mater: Baylor, 1986

Career Record: 617-413-1 (17th season)

Record at Baylor: 617-413-1 (17th season)

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NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Baylor is making its 12th regional appearance in the last 14 years and its 17th overall. The Bears are 36-34 all-time in the NCAA tournament, including 30-23 in Regionals, 4-5 in Super Regionals, and 2-6 in the College World Series. Baylor is 21-11 at neutral sites and 3-10 on the road in the Regional round of NCAA €ˆTournament play. In all NCAA €ˆTournament games, the Bears are a combined 4-12 on the road and 23-17 at neutral sites.

The Bears' last victory on an opponents' home field in the NCAA €ˆTournament was a 3-2 victory at Southern Mississippi in 2003. Since then, Baylor lost twice at Rice in 2006, in 10 innings at LSU in 2009 and at TCU in 2010.

In 2007, the Bears lost their opening-round game to second-seeded TCU and rebounded to eliminate fourth-seeded Prairie View A&M. Baylor led 5-3 heading to the ninth inning in an elimination game against TCU, but the Horned Frogs rallied for seven runs in the frame and won 10-5. Prior to the 2007 regional, Baylor had won five consecutive regional first-round games and had reached the championship round in five straight regional appearances.

In 2009, the Bears knocked off 21st-ranked and second-seeded Minnesota, 5-0, in the opening round, setting up a game with No. 2 national seed LSU for a spot in the championship round. The homestandings Tigers knocked off Baylor, 3-2, in 10 innings, sending the Bears to an elimination game against Minnesota. Baylor lead 5-2 after six innings, but the Bears gave up 13 runs over the next three frames, and a seven-run rally in the ninth wasn't enough to complete the comeback.

Last year, the Bears dropped the tournament opener against Arizona, but bounced back to eliminate Lamar in the second game and reached the regional final by knocking off Arizona on the third day. However, the Bears were eliminated later that night by TCU.

BAYLOR VS. RICE SERIES HISTORY
Baylor is 126-87-1 in the all-time series against Rice, including a 44-50-1 mark in games played on Rice's home field. The Owls are 5-2 against the Bears in neutral site meetings, with Baylor winning the most recent matchup, a 12-8 win in 10 innings on the final day of the Houston College Classic on March 6. That win snapped a six-game losing streak in the series. Baylor is 12-31 against Rice during the Steve Smith era, and the first meeting in the series came on April 25, 1919.

The Bears and Owls have met five times in NCAA €ˆTournament play, with Baylor winning the first meeting before dropping each of the last five. The Bears advanced to the championship round of the 2001 Houston Regional by beating Rice 11-10 on May 26, but Rice came back to beat the Bears each of the next two days to take the regional championship. In 2006, Baylor won its opening round game before being knocked off by Rice on June 4, but the Bears bounced back to beat Arizona State on the same day and advance to the championship round, where they were eliminated with another loss to Rice on June 5.

Baylor was sent to the Houston Regional again in 2007, but the Bears and Owls didn't met, as Baylor eliminated Prairie View A&M and dropped a pair of games against TCU.

BAYLOR VS. CALIFORNIA SERIES HISTORY
Baylor and California have met only once before, with Cal taking an 8-3 win on May 24, 1991 in the opening round of the Midwest Regional at Eck Stadium-Tyler Field in Wichita, Kan. The Bears are 19-16 all-time against teams from the Pacific-10 Conference, including a 5-4 mark in NCAA Tournament play.

BAYLOR VS. ALCORN STATE SERIES HISTORY
Baylor and Alcorn State have never met, but the Bears are 14-0 all-time against teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Baylor has twice player a team from thw SWAC €ˆin the NCAA Tournament, knocking off Southern 10-3 on May 31, 2003 at the Hattiesburg Regional and Prairie View A&M 9-2 on June 2, 2007 at the Houston Regional.

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.

BAYLOR VS. 2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT FIELD
Baylor has played a total of 30 games against 12 teams in this season's NCAA €ˆTounament field. The Bears have combined to go 16-14 against Dallas Baptist (1-0), Florida International (1-0), Georgia (2-1), Kansas State (2-1), Oklahoma (2-1), €ˆOklahoma State (2-2), Oral Roberts (2-1), €ˆRice (1-0), TCU (0-2), Texas (1-3), Texas A&M (1-2) and Texas State (1-1). Baylor's last 10 games have all been against NCAA €ˆTournament teams, and the Bears have gone 5-5 in those games.

If the Bears win the Houston Regional, they are guaranteed to play a team they've already faced this season. Baylor has played all four teams in the Fort Worth Regional that is paired with Houston for a Super Regional matchup. The Bears would play either Dallas Baptist, Oklahoma, Oral Roberts or TCU with a trip to Omaha on the line.

PINCKARD KEEPING PACE WITH 30 DIVISION I TEAMS
When NCAA baseball statistics were released on May 31, Brooks Pinckard was tied for fifth in the nation with 32 stolen bases. With 51 games played, Pinckard averages .63 steals per game.

Pinckard's average was at least as high as 30 Division I teams, including six NCAA tournament teams: Southern Miss (.44), North Carolina State (.49), New Mexico (.49), Oklahoma State (.50), Stanford (.56) and South Carolina (.59).

Pinckard posted the fifth 30-plus steal season in program history and the 20th in Big 12 Conference history. He needs eight more to tie Mike Robison (40 in 1991) for the single-season record at Baylor, and he needs 10 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. Pinckard joins Robison, Matt Trozzo and Anthony Hensley as the only Baylor players to swipe 30 or more bags in one season.

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 17-8 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 36-34 all-time in the NCAA €ˆTournament, including a 5-6 mark in Houston €ˆRegional games.
• Baylor has played 30 total games against 12 teams in the 2011 NCAA €ˆTournament. BU €ˆis 16-14 in those games.
• The Bears are making their 12th appearance in an NCAA €ˆRegional in the last 14 seasons.
• Baylor is one of only 14 schools in the nation with at least 12 regional appearances since 1998.
• Baylor finished the regular season with an 11-9 record in true road games. €ˆBU was 5-12 on the road in 2010.
• Baylor won each of its last three series by winning the rubber match in games started by Brooks Pinckard.
• 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.
• The Bears have hit 27 home runs in their last 27 games after hitting only 7 in the first 28 games of the season.
• Baylor 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 2-21 when scoring three or fewer.
• Baylor has grounded into only one double play in 25 games away from Baylor Ballpark this season.
• Baylor has turned 46 double plays this season and the Bears have only been doubled up 25 times.
• The Bears are 17-8 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 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.
• 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 Jake Miller's Big 12 Conference Player of the Week award on May 23, the Bears have had four different Big 12 Players of the Week for the first time in program history. (Max Muncy, Chris Slater & Landis Ware).
• Baylor is 38-18 in its last 56 games at Baylor Ballpark, including a 19-12 mark in Big 12 Conference games.

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 in one 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 43 of Baylor's 55 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 55 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 29 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 became the 4th Bear to win Big 12 Player of the Week this season when he was named on May 23.
• Miller has started 46 of 55 games at third base and once at shortstop 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 55 games at first base and hit either second, third or cleanup in every game.
• Muncy was named first-team All-Big 12 Conference by the leagues coaches.
• 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-10th hits (70), t-6th home runs (9), t-7th RBI (43), t-7th total bases (112), t-6th walks (35), 8th on-base percentage (.433), 9th slugging percentage (.526).
• 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
• 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 was named first-team All-Big 12 Conference by the leagues coaches for the second straight season.
• Pinckard is t-5th in the nation with 32 steals. He's 8 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 452 career at-bats.
• Pinckard is 61-for-67 stealing bases in his career and his 61 steals are tied for fourth-most in program history.
• Pinckard has started 37 games in center field, three times as DH and twice in right field; he has hit leadoff in 31 of 42 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 missed eight games after injuring himself diving into second base at TCU (5/10), but returned as DH vs. Texas (5/26).

• LHP/DH Josh €ˆTurley has taken only five losses in 41 career appearances.
• Turley has pitched into the seventh inning in six of his last nine 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 was named second-team All-Big 12 Conference by the leagues coaches for the second straight season.
• Verrett went 27.0 innings without allowing an earned run from the third inning at Nebraska (4/29) to the sixth vs. Texas (5/25).
• 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 252 career strikeouts and fourth with 149 career strikeouts in Big 12 play.
• Verrett currently holds the Baylor record for strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.60).
• Verrett is fourth on Baylor's career strikeouts per nine innings list (9.53).
• Verrett Big 12 overall ranks: 10th ERA (2.81), 6th innings pitched (93.0), 5th strikeouts (91).
• 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 89 walks in 103 career games; he's taken multiple walks in a game in 24 contests.
• When leading off an inning, Vick has a .460 on-base percentage for his career (74-for-161).

• SS Landis Ware is Baylor's most experienced player with 184 games played and 165 career starts.
• Ware has started 51 of 55 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.