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Baseball 4/12/2016 12:00:00 AM
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Lamar (25-7) at Baylor (16-16)
April 13, 2016 | 4:05 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas | Baylor Ballpark (5,000)

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Baylor:
RHP Nick Lewis (1-3, 5.87 ERA)

LU:
RHP Jayson McKinley (2-0, 3.50 ERA)

Watch | Listen | | Game Notes

WACO, Texas - Baylor baseball hosts Lamar in a midweek game at Baylor Ballpark on Wednesday at 4:05 p.m. CT as the Bears look to end the Cardinals' 15-game winning streak.

All Baylor baseball games are broadcast live on Waco's 1660 ESPN Central Texas (1330 AM/100.9 FM in Temple, Belton and Killeen). Derek Smith provides the play-by-play with Steve Johnigan adding color commentary. Live streaming audio, video and GameTracker also are available for all Baylor baseball games online at BaylorBears.com.

SERIESà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € INFO
Date(s): April 13, 2016
Time(s): 4:05 PM CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Stadium: Baylor Ballpark (5,000)
Radio: ESPN/KRZI 1660 AMà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (Waco)
Talent: Derek Smith (pxp), Steve Johnigan (color)

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: BU leads 43-31-1
Streak: BU has won 2
Waco: BU leads 24-12
Beaumont: LU leads 19-16-1
Neutral Site: BU leads 3-0
Rodriguez vs: 0-0
First Meeting: March 6, 1967
Last Meeting: April 21, 2015

SERIES MULTIMEDIA
Live Stats: BaylorBears.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com
Video: BaylorBears.com
Twitter Updates: @BaylorBaseball

BAYLOR BEARS
2016 Record: 16-16
2016 Big 12 Record: 4-5
Head Coach: Steve Rodriguez
Career: 302-314 (13th season)
BU: 16-16 (1st season)

2016 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Darryn Sheppard (.344)
2B: Arrington, Sheppard (8)
HR: Darryn Sheppard (5)
RBI: Darryn Sheppard (31)
SB: Steven McLean (5)

LAMAR CARDINALS
2016 Record: 25-7
2016 Southland Record: 10-2
Head Coach: Jim Gilligan
Career: 1,343-882-5 (40th season)
LU: 1,333-872-5 (39th season)

2016 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Stijn van der Meer (.362)
2B: Robin Adames (10)
HR: Reid Russell (11)
RBI: Nash, Russell (34)
SB: Brendan Satran (8)

TEAM QUICK NOTES
*Baylor is 4-3 in midweek games in 2016.

*Baylor is 397-176 all-time at Baylor Ballpark and 12-10 under Steve Rodriguez.

*Baylor has won eight of its last 12 games.

*Baylor has won three of its seven three-game series in 2016 and 24 of 51 since 2012.

*Baylor is 195-290-1 all-time against opponents ranked by Baseball America, 30-38 since 2011 and 1-2 this season.

*Baylor has scored at least one run in the first inning 12 times in 32 games and has scored 26 first-inning runs in 2016.

*Baylor already has 18 home runs in 32 games in 2016, which are one more than the team had in 55 games in 2015 -- BU has not hit 20 or more homers since blasting 46 in 2012.

*Baylor hit multiple home runs (4) for the fourth time this season on April 10 at Oklahoma (April 9 at Oklahoma (2), Feb. 27 vs. Stony Brook (3) and March 26 at Dallas Baptist (3)) ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" and posted multiple homers in two straight games for the first time since April 14-15, 2012, at Kansas State (3, 5). It was the first four-homer game for BU since hitting five on April 15, 2012, at K-State.

*Among Big 12 leaders, Troy Montemayor is first in saves (7), Steven McLean is second in HBPs (11), Darryn Sheppard is third in RBI (31), fourth in total bases (70), fifth in home runs (5), sixth in batting average (.344), hits (43) and slugging percentage (.560), Drew Tolson is fourth in win (4) and Daniel Castano is sixth in strikeouts (43).

*Among NCAA leaders, McLean is 14th in HBPs and Montemayor is 18th in saves.

*Sophomore RHP Troy Montemayor earned his seventh save of the season and of his career in as many attempts, and grabbed his first multi-inning save (1.1 IP), on April 9 at Oklahoma for his fifth straight scoreless appearance.

*Junior catcher Matt Menard entered the season with no home runs in 96 career games and now has three this season in 32 games and two in his last three games.

*Junior outfielder Darryn Sheppard hit his team-high and career-high fourth and fifth home runs of the season and 10th and 11th of his career on April 10 at Oklahoma ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the two-homer game marked his second this season (Feb. 27 vs. Stony Brook) and third of his career. He posted his 11th multi-hit and ninth multi-RBI games of the season.

-BU-
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Players Mentioned

Troy Montemayor

#36 Troy Montemayor

RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
Daniel Castano

#20 Daniel Castano

LHP
6' 4"
Freshman
Nick Lewis

#3 Nick Lewis

RHP/IF
6' 2"
Freshman
Steven McLean

#2 Steven McLean

IF
5' 10"
Freshman
Darryn Sheppard

#4 Darryn Sheppard

OF
6' 1"
Freshman
Matt Menard

#23 Matt Menard

C
6' 0"
Freshman
Drew Tolson

#27 Drew Tolson

RHP
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Troy Montemayor

#36 Troy Montemayor

6' 0"
Freshman
RHP
Daniel Castano

#20 Daniel Castano

6' 4"
Freshman
LHP
Nick Lewis

#3 Nick Lewis

6' 2"
Freshman
RHP/IF
Steven McLean

#2 Steven McLean

5' 10"
Freshman
IF
Darryn Sheppard

#4 Darryn Sheppard

6' 1"
Freshman
OF
Matt Menard

#23 Matt Menard

6' 0"
Freshman
C
Drew Tolson

#27 Drew Tolson

6' 0"
Freshman
RHP