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Baylor (14-22, 4-8) at No. 17 Oklahoma State (24-12, 8-4) April 18-20, 2015 | Stillwater, Okla. | Reynolds Stadium SERIES NOTES  |
SAT. | 3:00 P.M. Stats | Audio
Probable Starters: BU - LHP Daniel Castano 2-4, 3.33 ERA OSU - RHP Jon Perrin 3-3, 3.68 ERA |  | SUN. | 1:00 P.M. Stats | Audio Probable Starters: BU - RHP Drew Tolson 1-6, 4.17 ERA OSU - LHP Michael Freeman 6-1, 1.29 ERA |  | MON. | 1:00 P.M. Stats | Audio Probable Starters: BU - RHP Nick Lewis 1-1, 5.75 ERA OSU - LHP Tyler Nurdin 1-2, 2.67 ERA |
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WACO, Texas- Baylor (14-22, 4-8) faces a challenge ahead with four games in four days in two cities. The Bears will face No. 17 Oklahoma State (24-12, 8-4) Saturday at 3 p.m. CT, Sunday at 1 p.m. and Monday at 1 p.m. before returning to Baylor Ballpark for a 4 p.m. tilt against Lamar (17-19) Tuesday.
BU trails the all-time series to OSU 39-37, 17-14 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, but leads 31-27 under Steve Smith and hasn't lost a series to the Cowboys since 2007. The Bears lead the all-time series over Lamar 42-31-1 overall, 23-12 in Waco and 5-3 under Smith. Baylor heads into the weekend after a 2-1 win over Incarnate Word at Baylor Ballpark Tuesday. The Cowboys enter the weekend after a 15-5 home loss to Oral Roberts Wednesday and the Cardinals will host Houston Baptist in a weekend home series before coming to Waco.
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.
SERIES?INFO
Date(s): April 18-21, 2015
Time(s): 3 p.m. | 1 p.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. CT
Location: Stillwater, OK | Waco, TX
Stadium: Reynolds Stadium | Baylor Ballpark
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM?(Waco)
Talent: Tom Barfield (pxp), Lark Smith (color)
SERIES HISTORY (OSU | LU)
Overall: 37-39 | 42-31-1
Waco: 20-13 | 23-12
Away: 14-17 | 16-19-1
Neutral Site: 3-9 | 3-0
Smith vs: 31-27 | 5-3
First Meeting: 4-20-1925 | 3-6-1967
Last Meeting: 3-23-3014 | 3-5-2014
SERIES MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: OKState.com | BaylorBears.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: BaylorBears.com (Tues.)
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball
BAYLOR BEARS
2015 Record: 14-22
2015 Big 12 Record: 4-8
Head Coach: Steve Smith
Career: 735-513-1 (21st season)
BU: 735-513-1 (21st season)
STAT LEADERS
AVG: Duncan Wendel (.333)
2B: Darryn Sheppard (8)
HR: Dodson, Esthay (2)
RBI: Brown, Esthay (15)
SB: Logan Brown (15)
OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
BA 17 USA 14 CB 10 NCBWA 14 D1 15
2015 Record: 24-12
2015 Big 12 Record: 8-4
Head Coach: Josh Holliday
Career: 113-49 (3rd season)
OSU: 113-49 (3rd season)
LAMAR CARDINALS
BA NR USA NR CB NR NCBWA NR D1 NR
2015 Record: 17-19
2015 Southland Record: 6-9
Head Coach: Jim Gilligan
Career: 1316-863-7 (38th season)
LU: 1316-863-7 (38th season)
BAYLOR VS. OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES
Baylor narrowly trails the all-time series against Oklahoma State 37-39 overall, 14-17 in Stillwater and leads 31-27 under Steve Smith. BU has won 14 of the last 21 meetings, including taking two of three from No. 20 OSU last year in Waco on March 21-23, 2014. The last time OSU topped BU in a series was March 31-April 1, 2007, in Stillwater. In 18 all-time series in Big 12 play, Baylor leads Oklahoma State 10-4-4, including a 4-3-2 record in Stillwater.
BAYLOR VS. LAMAR SERIES
Baylor leads the all-time series against Lamar 42-31-1 overall, 23-12 in Waco and 5-3 under Smith. The teams last met on March 5, 2014 in Waco and the Bears won a 3-2 decision.
BAYLOR AGAINST THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
Baylor is 208-115-1 all-time vs. current members of the Southland Conference and 3-1 this year after topping Northwestern State Feb. 25 in Waco, splitting two games with Sam Houston State on March 17-18 and defeating Incarnate Word April 14 in Waco.
BAYLOR AGAINST THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE
As one of the league's founding members in 1997, Baylor owns a 492-557-4 record against the current members of the Big 12 Conference. The Bears own a 272-217 all-time record in regular season play. BU's all-time record against current league foes is as follows: Kansas (46-17), Kansas State (42-21), Oklahoma (41-42), Oklahoma State (37-39), TCU (139-119), Texas (105-234-4), Texas Tech (77-81) and West Virginia (4-4).
BAYLOR BALLPARK'S HOME SWEET HOME ADVANTAGE
Since the park opened in 1999, Baylor owns a 378-162 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 22 home series. The Bears are 12-8 at home this year and have won four of five series thus far (3-0 vs. No .13 Cal Poly | 2-1 vs. Kent State | 2-1 vs. West Virginia | 2-1 vs. Oklahoma | 0-3 vs. Texas State).
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