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Texas State (12-15-1) at Baylor (12-16) April 2-4, 2015 | San Marcos/Waco, Texas | Bobcat Ballpark/Baylor Ballpark (5,000) SERIES NOTES
THU. | 6:00 P.M. Stats | Audio | Video Probable Starters: BU - LHP Daniel Castano 2-3, 1.82 ERA TSU - RHP Lucas Humpal 4-2, 5.55 ERA		FRI. | 6:30 P.M. | Audio | Video Probable Starters: BU - RHP Drew Tolson 1-5, 4.44 ERA TSU - RHP Scott Grist 1-2, 3.33 ERA		SAT. | 3:00 P.M. | Audio | Video Probable Starters: BU - TBA TSU - RHP Jeremy Hallonquist 2-0, 2.81 ERA

WACO, Texas- Baylor (12-16) plays Texas State (12-15-1) in a weekend split three-game series. Games are scheduled for 6 p.m. CT Thursday in San Marcos, Texas, 6:30 p.m. Friday in Waco and 3 p.m. Saturday in Waco.

Baylor leads the all-time series over Texas State 49-20, 36-14 in Waco, 12-6 in San Marcos and 35-15 under Steve Smith. BU enters the series after an 11-0 home loss to No. 20 Houston Tuesday while TSU heads into the weekend after a 5-4 loss at UTSA.

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): April 2-4, 2015
Time(s): 6 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 3 p.m. CT
Location: San Marcos, TX | Waco, TX
Stadium: Bobcat Ballpark | Baylor Ballpark
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM?(Waco)
Talent: Tom Barfield (pxp), Lark Smith (color)

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: BU leads 49-20
Waco: BU leads 36-14
San Marcos: BU leads 12-6
Neutral Site: BU leads 1-0
Smith vs: BU leads 35-15
First Meeting: March 26, 1919
Last Meeting: April 23, 2014

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

BAYLOR BEARS
2015 Record: 12-16
2015 Big 12 Record: 4-5
Head Coach: Steve Smith
Career: 733-507-1 (21st season)
BU: 733-507-1 (21st season)

STAT LEADERS
AVG: Hayden Ross (.371)
2B: Darryn Sheppard (8)
HR: Aaron Dodson (2)
RBI: Brown, Esthay (11)
SB: Logan Brown (13)

TEXAS STATE BOBCATS
2015 Record: 12-15-1
2015 Sun Belt Record: 8-4
Head Coach: Ty Harrington
Career: 519-393-1 (16th season)
TSU: 519-393-1 (16th season)

STAT LEADERS
AVG: Cedric Vallieres (.299)
2B: David Paiz (7)
HR: Cedric Vallieres (6)
RBI: Cedric Vallieres (18)
SB: Derek Scheible (5)

BAYLOR VS. TEXAS STATE SERIES
Baylor leads the all-time series vs. Texas State 49-20 overall, 35-15 under Steve Smith, 36-14 in Waco and 12-6 in San Marcos. Last season, the teams split as BU won 4-3 at home on April 22, 2014, before losing 2-0 on the road on April 23, 2014. The Bears have won five of the last seven meetings in the series.

BAYLOR VS. THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE
Baylor is 147-58 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 (84-31) and Western Kentucky (2-1). BU is 1-0 this season after topping UT Arlington 6-2 on the road March 24th.

BAYLOR GETS BACK-TO-BACK COMPLETE GAMES FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2001
Baylor starters Daniel Castano and Drew Tolson teamed up for back-to-back complete games on the mound last weekend for the first time since 2001. Back in 2001, Justin Taylor (5-1 loss vs. Texas) and Steven White (12-2 win vs. Texas, pitched eight innings) did so on April 20-21. Last Friday, Castano posted nine innings in a 3-0 win vs. Oklahoma and Tolson followed with the same Saturday in a 7-2 win vs. OU.

Daniel Castano POSTS BAYLOR'S FIRST COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT SINCE 2011
Daniel Castano's complete game shutout last Friday vs. Oklahoma in a 3-0 win was Baylor's first complete game shutout since Logan Verrett did so on March 22, 2011, vs. Louisiana Tech. Castano allowed five hits and five walks with four strikeouts in a career-long effort. He also became the first BU pitcher to toss a complete game shutout in Big 12 play since Shawn Tolleson did so at Kansas State on April 13, 2008 (Willie Kempf also had a seven-inning complete game shutout vs. Missouri on April 11, 2009).

FRESH FACES SETTING THE PACE
Partially due to injuries, Baylor's underclassmen have 65 percent of the team's at-bats and 67 percent of the team's innings pitched. The Bears' team leaders in homers (Aaron Dodson), slugging percentage (Joe Sabatini, .462), doubles (Darryn Sheppard, 8), ERA (Daniel Castano, 1.82), wins (Theron Kay, 3) and innings pitched (Drew Tolson, 46.2) are all underclassmen.

BAYLOR BALLPARK'S HOME SWEET HOME ADVANTAGE
Since the park opened in 1999, Baylor owns a 376-160 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 16 of its 21 home series. The Bears are 10-6 at home this year and have won all four series thus far (3-0 vs. No .13 Cal Poly | 2-1 vs. Kent State | 2-1 vs. West Virginia | 2-1 vs. Oklahoma).