May 19, 2015 WACO, Texas- Baylor (21-30) begins play at the 2015 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship against TCU (43-9) Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. CT on FOX College Sports.
The No. 8 seed Bears are looking to avenge a 2015 series sweep and two losses in the 2014 Big 12 Championship to the No. 1 seed Horned Frogs. BU is 30-31 all-time in the event and 11-7 in opening games. The Bears lead the all-time series over TCU 139-119 but trails 7-3 in neutral site games. Baylor is 0-4 against TCU in conference tournaments.
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.
GAME €ˆINFO
Date(s): May 20-24, 2015
Time(s): 12:30 p.m. CT | TBA
Location: Tulsa, Okla.
Stadium: ONEOK Field
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AM €ˆ(Waco)
Talent: Tom Barfield (pxp), Lark Smith (color)
TV: FOX College Sports
SERIES HISTORY (TCU | TTU | UT)
Overall: 139-119 | 77-81 | 106-236-4
Waco: 72-44 | 49-28 | 60-93-3
Road: 50-59 | 24-50 | 41-134-1
Neutral Site: 3-7 | 4-3 | 8-6
Smith vs: 20-31 | 30-40 | 34-43
GAME MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: Big12Sports.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: Big12Sports.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball
BAYLOR BEARS
2015 Record: 21-30
2015 Big 12 Record: 9-15
Head Coach: Steve Smith
Career: 742-521-1 (21st season)
BU: 742-521-1 (21st season)
STAT LEADERS
AVG: Logan Brown (.300)
2B: Brown, Sheppard (10)
HR: Kameron Esthay (4)
RBI: Kameron Esthay (22)
SB: Logan Brown (20)
TCU HORNED FROGS
BA 5 USA 2 CB 4 NCBWA 2 D1 4
2015 Record: 43-9
2015 Big 12 Record: 18-5
Head Coach: Jim Schlossnagle
Career: 508-230 (12th season)
TCU: 585-277 (14th season)
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
BA NR USA NR CB NR NCBWA NR D1 NR
2015 Record: 30-22
2015 Big 12 Record: 13-11
Head Coach: Tim Tadlock
Career: 101-73 (3rd season)
TTU: 101-73 (3rd season)
TEXAS LONGHORNS
BA NR USA NR CB NR NCBWA NR D1 NR
2015 Record: 26-25
2015 Big 12 Record: 11-13
Head Coach: Augie Garrido
Career: 1,946-917-9 (47th season)
UT: 795-393-2 (19th season)
BAYLOR IN THE BIG 12 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Baylor is just one of two teams (Oklahoma) to qualify for all 19 Big 12 Baseball Championships and owns a 30-31 all-time record in the event. The Bears are 11-7 in opening games, 7-9 in elimination games and 0-6 in title games. In tournament format, BU is 32-33 in the event. BU's title appearances are as follows:
1999: No. 5 Nebraska 4, No. 2 Baylor 3
2000: No. 2 Nebraska 11, No. 1 Baylor 3
2003: No. 3 Texas 10, No. 5 Baylor 8 (10 inn.)
2005: No. 1 Nebraska 1, No. 2 Baylor 0
2007: No. 5 Texas A&M 14, No. 6 Baylor 6
2010: No. 4 Texas A&M 5, No. 6 Baylor 3 (10 inn.)
Last season in tournament format, No. 7 Baylor lost to No. 2 TCU 8-5 before eliminating No. 3 Kansas 4-3 and No. 6 West Virginia 9-4. The Bears then fell to TCU 4-1 again to end their season.
BAYLOR VS. TCU SERIES
Baylor leads the all-time series against TCU 139-119 but trails 7-3 in neutral site games and is 20-31 under Steve Smith. In the regular season TCU swept BU in Fort Worth on March 13-15. The Bears are 0-4 all-time against the Horned Frogs in conference tournaments and 0-2 in the Big 12 Championship after TCU topped BU twice in last year's event.
BAYLOR VS. TEXAS TECH SERIES
Baylor trails the all-time series against Texas Tech 81-77 and 40-30 under Steve Smith but BU leads 4-3 in neutral site games. In the regular season TTU swept BU in Lubbock on April 10-12. The Bears are 4-3 all-time against the Red Raiders in conference tournaments and 3-2 in the Big 12 Championship. The last time the teams met was in 2014 as TTU won 8-2.
BAYLOR VS. TEXAS SERIES
Baylor trails the all-time series vs. Texas 106-236-4 and 34-43 under Steve Smith but leads 8-6 in neutral site games. In the regular season UT beat BU 2-1 in Waco on May 16-17. The Bears are 10-4 all-time against the Longhorns in conference tournaments and 4-3 in the Big 12 Championship. The last time the two teams met was in 2011 as UT won 6-1.
BAYLOR GARNERS SIX ALL-BIG 12 HONOREES
Baylor had six players earn All-Big 12 honors, the league announced Tuesday. Logan Brown, Daniel Castano, Drew Tolson, Adam Toth and Duncan Wendel were honorable mention All-Big 12 selections, while Kameron Esthay made the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. The accolades gave the Bears multiple all-league selections in all 19 years as a league member. During the Big 12 era, BU has 118 all-league honorees under head coach Steve Smith.
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