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Baylor (9-14) at UT Arlington (12-9) March 24, 2015 | 6:30 p.m. CST Arlington, Texas | Clay Gould Ballpark (1,600) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP Baylor: RHP Theron Kay (2-1, 3.72 ERA) UTA: LHP Kyle Laberge (1-2, 3.57 ERA)

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WACO, Texas - Baylor (9-14) makes a quick trip to UT Arlington (12-9) Tuesday for a 6:30 p.m. CT midweek game before hosting Oklahoma for a three-game set this weekend.

The Bears lead the all-time series over the Mavericks 83-31 and 32-19 in Arlington, Texas, and have won five of the last six meetings in the series. BU is coming off a 2-1 Big 12 home opening series win over West Virginia last weekend while UTA played three weekend games in Santa Barbara, California, splitting with UCSB and topping Dartmouth to finish the trip.

All Baylor baseball games are broadcast live on Waco's 1660 ESPN Central Texas (1330 AM/100.9 FM in Temple, Belton and Killeen). Tom Barfield provides the play-by-play with Lark Smith adding color commentary. Live streaming audio, video (non-TV games only) and GameTracker also are available for all Baylor baseball games online at BaylorBears.com.

GAME?INFO
Date(s): March 24, 2015
Time(s): 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: Arlington, Texas
Stadium: Clay Gould Ballpark (1,600)
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM?(Waco)
Talent: Tom Barfield (pxp), Lark Smith (color)

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: BU leads 83-31
Waco: BU leads 51-12
Arlington: BU leads 32-19
Neutral Site: Never met
Smith vs: BU leads 37-11
First Meeting: April 26, 1973
Last Meeting: March 25, 2014

GAME MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: UTAMavs.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: UTAMavs.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball

BAYLOR BEARS
2015 Record: 9-14
2015 Big 12 Record: 2-4
Head Coach: Steve Smith
Career: 730-505-1 (21st season)
BU: 730-505-1 (21st season)

STAT LEADERS
AVG: Logan Brown (.305)
2B: Darryn Sheppard (8)
HR: Aaron Dodson (2)
RBI: Logan Brown (10)
SB: Logan Brown (9)

UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS
2015 Record: 12-9
2015 Sun Belt Record: 4-2
Head Coach: Darin Thomas
Career: 224-204 (8th season)
UTA: 224-204 (8th season)

STAT LEADERS
AVG: Jackson Morris (.362)
2B: Levi Scott (7)
HR: Levi Scott (2)
RBI: Travis Sibley (18)
SB: Jackson Morris (5)

BAYLOR VS. UT ARLINGTON SERIES
In a series that dates back to 1973, Baylor leads UT Arlington 83-31 overall, 32-19 in Arlington and 37-11 under Steve Smith. BU has won five of its last six games in the series. UTA snapped a five-game losing streak in the series with a 14-3 win in Arlington last season on March 25, 2014.

BAYLOR VS. SUN BELT CONFERENCE
Baylor is 146-58 all-time against current members of the Sun Belt Conference: Arkansas State (0-1), Arkansas-Little Rock (3-0), Louisiana-Lafayette (1-1), Louisiana-Monroe (7-3), South Alabama (1-1), Texas State (49-20), UT Arlington (83-31) and Western Kentucky (2-1).

BAYLOR IN BIG 12 HOME OPENERS
Since the Big 12's inaugural season in 1997, Baylor has done well in the league's first home game and home series. In Big 12 home opening games, BU is 11-7 with its last win before this season coming on March 16, 2012, against Texas Tech. In Big 12 home opening series, the Bears are 15-3 and have won three straight. The last league home opening series loss for BU was March 18-20, 2011, against TTU.

FRESH FACES SETTING THE PACE
Partially due to injuries, Baylor's underclassmen have 62 percent of the team's at-bats and 62 percent of the team's innings pitched. The Bears' team leaders in homers (Aaron Dodson), slugging percentage (Dodson, .468), doubles (Darryn Sheppard, 8), ERA (Daniel Castano, 2.35), starter wins (Theron Kay, 2) and innings pitched (Drew Tolson, 37.2) are all underclassmen.

BAYLOR BALLPARK'S HOME SWEET HOME ADVANTAGE
Since the park opened in 1999, Baylor owns a 374-158 record at Baylor Ballpark and has never had a losing season in the stadium. The closest BU came to a losing season was in 2011, when the Bears were 16-14 at Baylor Ballpark. Since 2012, BU has won 15 of its 20 home series. The Bears are 8-4 at home this year and have won all three series thus far (3-0 vs. No .13 Cal Poly | 2-1 vs. Kent State | 2-1 vs. West Virginia).