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Incarnate Word (11-29) at Baylor (18-22) April 27, 2016 | 4:05 p.m. CT Waco, Texas | Baylor Ballpark (5,000) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP Baylor: TBA UIW: TBA

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WACO, Texas - Baylor baseball hosts Incarnate Word at 4:05 p.m. CT on Wednesday at Baylor Ballpark for the Bears' lone home game during a seven-game stretch.

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 27, 2016
Time(s): 6:35 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 3-0
Streak: BU has won 3
Waco: BU leads 3-0
San Antonio: Never met
Neutral Site: Never met
Rodriguez vs: 0-0
First Meeting: April 1, 2014
Last Meeting: April 14, 2015

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

BAYLOR BEARS
2016 Record: 18-22
2016 Big 12 Record: 5-10
Head Coach: Steve Rodriguez
Career: 304-320 (13th season)
BU: 18-22 (1st season)

2016 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Matt Menard (.340)
2B: Justin Arrington (10)
HR: Darryn Sheppard (6)
RBI: Darryn Sheppard (36)
SB: Steven McLean (6)

INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS
2016 Record: 11-29
2016 Southland Record: 4-14
Head Coach: Danny Heep
Career: 580-430 (19th season)
UIW: 580-430 (19th season)

2016 STAT LEADERS
AVG: Braden Martin (.324)
2B: Kahle, Wall (7)
HR: Christian Divelbiss (2)
RBI: Brance Kahle (25)
SB: Ryan Gonzalez (5)

TEAM QUICK NOTES
*Baylor is 5-4 in midweek games in 2016.

*Baylor is 1-2 on its stretch of six road contests in a seven-game span.

*Baylor is 398-180 all-time at Baylor Ballpark and 13-14 under Steve Rodriguez.

*Among Big 12 leaders, Troy Montemayor is first in saves (9), Steven McLean is third in HBPs (11), Darryn Sheppard is fourth in RBI (36), sixth in home runs (6), seventh in total bases (82), Matt Menard is eighth in slugging percentage (.553), Richard Cunningham is third in HBPs (11) and triples (4), and Daniel Castano is seventh in strikeouts (51).

*Among NCAA leaders, Montemayor is 19th in saves, Cunningham and McLean are 35th in HBPs, and Cunningham is 37th in triples.

*Baylor has won three of its nine three-game series in 2016 and 24 of 53 since 2012.

*Baylor has scored at least one run in the first inning 14 times in 40 games and has scored 28 first-inning runs in 2016.

*Baylor already has 25 home runs in 40 games in 2016, which are eight more than the team had in 55 games in 2015 - BU has 20 or more home runs for the first time since blasting 46 in 2012.

*Baylor hit multiple home runs (2) for the sixth time this season and second straight game - BU also had back-to-back multi-homer games on April 9-10 at Oklahoma this season.

*Baylor hit back-to-back home runs on April 24 at Kansas State (Matt Menard and T.J. Raguse in the sixth inning) for the first time since Mitch Price and Darryn Sheppard did so in the eighth inning against Texas on May 17, 2015.