Baylor Baseball Takes On No. 19 Texas State in San Marcos
Baylor (16-15, 2-7) travels to San Marcos to take on Texas State (24-9, 9-3) in a massive midweek contest.
LEADING OFF
• Baylor rounds out its five-game road stretch Tuesday at No. 19 Texas State, looking to snap a four-game skid.
• BU currently sits in seventh place in the Big 12 standings at 2-7 in conference play, with 5 Big 12 series remaining.
• The Bears continue to turn double plays at a high rate, leading the Big 12 and ranking second nationally with 35 total twin killings and 1.13 per game.
• BU has recorded at least one extra-base hit in each of its last 10 games, and have notched at least three XBH in 13 games this season.
• Sophomore OF Jared McKenzie has been on an absolute tear of late, batting .468 (29-for-62) since the second game of a doubleheader on March 12. 12 of McKenzie's 29 hits have gone for extra bases and he has driven in 19 runs across those last 18 games.
• McKenzie's 18-game on-base streak is a career high.
• Senior LHP Tyler Thomas leads the Big 12 and ranks 42nd nationally with a 1.97 ERA. He also ranks second in the league with a 6.25 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 0.89 WHIP.
• Current members of the weekend rotation (Tyler Thomas, Kobe Andrade, Will Rigney) boast a combined 3.07 ERA.
BY THE NUMBERS
• Baylor leads the all-time series 54-26 over Texas State.
• Under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez, the Bears are 5-3 against the Bobcats.
• BU claimed the most recent meeting on March 30, 2021, by a final of 4-2 in Waco.
• The last time the two sides squared off in San Marcos, Baylor won a 17-5 contest by run-rule in seven innings on April 24, 2018.
• The Bears are 5-5 against ranked opponents in 2022, with wins over No. 23 Duke, No. 23 UCLA, No. 7 LSU and No. 21 TCU.
• This would be BU's first ranked win this season in a true road game.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday, April 12 • 6:30 p.m. CT • RHP Henry Cone (0-0, 3.38 ERA) vs. RHP Otto Wofford (2-0, 6.75 ERA)
BROADCAST INFORMATION
• Tuesday's game will be streamed on ESPN+.
• Fans can also tune in to ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM and 92.3 FM for the Baylor radio broadcast, featuring Derek Smith (Play-by-Play) and Max Calderone (Analyst) on the call.
TURNING TWO
• Baylor leads the Big 12 and is tied for second nationally with 35 double plays turned in 2022 (1.13 per game).
• Sophomore 2B Tre Richardson has an assist in 27 of those 35 twin killings so far this season.
• The Bears rolled just 33 double plays in all of 2021 (0.65 per game).
WE WENT TO JARED
• Baylor slugger Jared McKenzie is on a tear, going 29-for-62 (.468) since March 12 and 18-for-41 (.439) over his last 10 games.
• The third-year sophomore preseason All-American has raised his batting average from .163 to .308 with nine multi-hit performances over that span.
• 12 of those 29 hits have gone for extra-bases, as McKenzie has tallied seven doubles, one triple, and four HRs.
• Two of McKenzie's home runs have been inside-the-parkers, most recently coming on April 1 vs. ETSU.
• His first inside-the-parker was Baylor's first since March 19, 2011, when Chris Slater did so against Texas Tech.
• McKenzie's 18-game on-base streak is a career high.