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Baseball 4/16/2015 12:00:00 AM
April 16, 2015

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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 Get Acrobat Reader
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

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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Players Mentioned

Daniel Castano

#20 Daniel Castano

LHP
6' 4"
Freshman
Nick Lewis

#3 Nick Lewis

RHP/IF
6' 2"
Freshman
Darryn Sheppard

#4 Darryn Sheppard

OF
6' 1"
Freshman
Logan Brown

#16 Logan Brown

OF
5' 10"
Sophomore
Austin Stone

#10 Austin Stone

RHP/IF
6' 1"
Sophomore
Drew Tolson

#27 Drew Tolson

RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
Duncan Wendel

#5 Duncan Wendel

IF
6' 1"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Daniel Castano

#20 Daniel Castano

6' 4"
Freshman
LHP
Nick Lewis

#3 Nick Lewis

6' 2"
Freshman
RHP/IF
Darryn Sheppard

#4 Darryn Sheppard

6' 1"
Freshman
OF
Logan Brown

#16 Logan Brown

5' 10"
Sophomore
OF
Austin Stone

#10 Austin Stone

6' 1"
Sophomore
RHP/IF
Drew Tolson

#27 Drew Tolson

6' 0"
Freshman
RHP
Duncan Wendel

#5 Duncan Wendel

6' 1"
Sophomore
IF