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Kansas State (18-21, 5-10) at Baylor (16-24, 5-10) April 24-26, 2015 | Waco, Texas | Baylor Ballpark (5,000) SERIES NOTES
FRI. | 6:30 P.M. | Audio | Video Probable Starters: BU -RHP Drew Tolson 2-6, 3.82 ERA KSU - RHP Colton Kalmus 1-2, 3.77 ERA		SAT. | 3:00 P.M. | Audio | Video Probable Starters: BU - RHP Nick Lewis 1-2, 6.17 ERA KSU - TBA		SUN. | 2:00 P.M. | Audio Probable Starters: BU - LHP Daniel Castano 2-5, 3.49 ERA KSU - TBA

WACO, Texas- Baylor (16-24, 5-10) hosts Kansas State (18-21, 5-10) this weekend for a three-game Big 12 series. Games are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT Friday on FOX College Sports Pacific, 3 p.m. Saturday on FCS Atlantic and 2 p.m. Sunday on FOX Sports 1.

The Bears lead the all-time series against the Wildcats 42-21 overall, 25-4 in Waco and 41-20 under Steve Smith. BU has won 14 of the 18 all-time Big 12 series against KSU, but dropped last year's series in Manhattan, Kansas, losing two of three. The Bears enter the weekend after a midweek home win over Lamar while the Wildcats come to town after losing a midweek game at Nebraska.

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 24-26, 2015
Time(s): 6:30 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 2 p.m. CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Stadium: Baylor Ballpark (5,000)
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM?(Waco)
Talent: Tom Barfield (pxp), Lark Smith (color)
TV: FCS Pacific | FCS Atlantic | FS1
Talent: John Morris (pxp) (Fri.-Sat.), Dave Barnett (pxp) (Sun.), Pat Combs (color)

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: BU leads 42-21
Waco: BU leads 25-4
Manhattan: BU leads 14-13
Neutral Site: KSU leads 4-3
Smith vs: BU leads 41-20
First Meeting: March 28, 1966
Last Meeting: April 19, 2014

SERIES MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: BaylorBears.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: BaylorBears.com (Fri. & Sat.)
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball

BAYLOR BEARS
2015 Record: 16-24
2015 Big 12 Record: 5-10
Head Coach: Steve Smith
Career: 737-515-1 (21st season)
BU: 737-515-1 (21st season)

STAT LEADERS
AVG: Duncan Wendel (.317)
2B: Brown, Sheppard (9)
HR: Kameron Esthay (3)
RBI: Kameron Esthay (19)
SB: Logan Brown (17)

KANSAS STATE WILDCATS
2015 Record: 18-21
2015 Big 12 Record: 5-10
Head Coach: Brad Hill
Career: 799-385-3 (21st season)
KSU: 381-294-3 (12th season)

STAT LEADERS
AVG: Shane Conlon (.306)
2B: Shane Conlon (11)
HR: Conlon, Moore (2)
RBI: Max Brown (25)
SB: Conlon, Krause (8)

BAYLOR VS. KANSAS STATE SERIES
Baylor leads the all-time series vs. Kansas State 42-21 overall, 41-20 under Steve Smith and 25-4 in Waco. Last season, KSU took two of three in Manhattan, Kansas, on April 17-19, 2014. Overall, Baylor has won 14 of the 18 all-time Big 12 series vs. KSU, including three of the last four series. The other three series wins for KSU also came in Manhattan: April 16-18, 2010, May 19-21, 2006, and April 26-28, 2002.

BAYLOR AGAINST THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE
As one of the league's founding members in 1997, Baylor owns a 493-559-4 record against the current members of the Big 12 Conference. The Bears own a 273-219 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 (38-41), 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 379-162 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 13-8 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).

BAYLOR VS. RANKED TEAMS
Baylor is 31-39 against ranked teams since 2011 and 4-11 this season after sweeping No. 13 Cal Poly to open the season, falling to No. 2 LSU and No. 22 Texas A&M two weekends ago in the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park, losing at No. 20 Dallas Baptist on March 10, being swept at No. 4 TCU March 13-15 and being swept by No. 23 Texas Tech April 10-12. The Bears are 193-288-1 all-time against Baseball America ranked teams since 1981, and 1-9 this season (LSU, Texas A&M, Dallas Baptist, TCU). BU is 43-79 all-time against top five ranked opponents by Baseball America and 0-4 this year (No. 2 LSU (0-1), No. 4 TCU (0-3)).