Baylor Hits the Road to Take on Oklahoma
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball plays its first Big 12 road series at Oklahoma this weekend. Games at OU are scheduled for Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m.
BAYLOR BEARS
BA NR USA NR NCBWA NR D1 NR RPI 27
2018 Record: 13-9
2018 Big 12 Record: 3-3
Head Coach: Steve Rodriguez
Career: 357-359 (15th season)
BU: 72-61 (3rd season)
OKLAHOMA SOONERS
BA NR USA RV NCBWA RV D1 NR RPI 40
2018 Record: 17-10
2018 Big 12 Record: 3-0
Head Coach: Skip Johnson
Career: 17-10 (1st season)
OU: 17-10 (1st season)
Probable Starters
C: So. Shea Langeliers (.261, 18 R, 23 H, 7 2B, 5 HR, 21 RBI, 12 BB, 2 SB) 9-for-30 (.300) 10 R, 10 RBI, 3 2B, 3 HR, 5 BB in last 8 games
1B: So. Andy Thomas (.400, 12 R, 30 H, 3 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 19 BB, 2 SB) Has at least one hit in 19 of 22 games this season
2B: Jr. Josh Bissonette (.276, 14 R, 21 H, 4 2B, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 11 BB, 2 SB) 10-for-26 (.385) 8 R, 7 RBI, 1 2B, 3 HR, 5 BB in last 7 games
3B: So. Davis Wendzel (.316, 17 R, 24 H, 9 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 17 BB, 1 SB) 11-for-30 (.367) 7 R, 7 RBI, 4 2B, 7 BB in last 9 games
SS: Sr. Tucker Cascadden (.215, 10 R, 14 H, 2 2B, 2 3B, 9 RBI, 7 BB, 3 SB) 14-for-52 (.269) 10 R, 9 RBI, 2 2B, 2 3B, 5 BB & 3 SB last 16 games
LF: Fr. Nick Loftin (.292, 14 R, 19 H, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 5 BB, 2 SB) 10-for-23 (.435) 7 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 1 BB in last 5 games
CF: Jr. Cole Haring (.220, 12 R, 18 H, 7 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 4 BB, 1 SB) Has 11 runs, 9 RBI and 8 XBH in last 17 games
RF: Fr. Davion Downey (.238, 10 R, 15 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB, 1 SB) 11-for-39 (.282) with 10 runs, 3 XBH, 9 RBI in last 12 games
DH: Jr. Richard Cunningham (.314, 12 R, 22 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB) Has at least one hit in 26 of last 31 games
Probable Pitchers
BU SP1: LHP Cody Bradford (3-2, 2.95 ERA)
OU SP1: RHP Jakes Irvin (4-0, 2.27 ERA)
BU SP2: RHP Hayden Kettler (3-2, 2.72 ERA)
OU SP2: RHP Devon Perez (3-0, 2.01 ERA)
BU SP3: RHP Jacob Ashkinos (0-1, 3.68 ERA)
OU SP3: RHP Nathan Wiles (1-1, 4.68 ERA)