Bears look for sweep over KSU Sunday at noon

STORY LINES

• The Bears embark on their final home weekend series as they welcome K-State to Baylor Ballpark, May 3-5. 

• The Bears lead the Big 12 by 1.5 games and the magic number to clinch the title is five games. 

• The Bears enter the weekend having won four-straight, including a sweep of TCU in Ft. Worth, the first sweep on the road of the Horned Frogs since 1990. 

• The Big 12 road sweep is the first for the Bears since doing so at Kansas State, April 27-29, 2018

• The Bears outscored TCU, 33-6 and the 33 runs scored were the most in the series. Overall, the Bears outscored their opponents 43-6 last week.

• The Bears have now won four-of-five three-game Big 12 series on the year.

 • The Bears have won seven-of-nine three game series on the year.

HOW TO WATCH AND STREAM

The Friday and Sunday games will be televised on FOX Sports Southwest Plus, while Saturday’s game is on FOX Sports Southwest. All three games will be streamed live on the FOX Sports Go App. 

PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS

Sun., May 5 • 12:05 p.m. CT • TBD vs. LHP Jordan Wicks (5-1, 2.66 ERA) 

AGAINST K-STATE

• The Bears are 5-4 against the Wildcats since Coach Rod took the helm in 2015. The Bears have won three-straight against K-State after a three-game sweep in 2018 in Manhattan, where the Bears exploded for three double-digit run totals, and the Bears outscored them, 51-8 over the three games. The last time the Bears won a series over the Wildcats at Baylor Ballpark was in 2013, where they dropped the first game before winning games two and three. 

In the National Rankings

• The Bears boast the sixth-highest batting average in the nation (.316), 18th in total hits (477), 15th with 2.26 doubles per game, 21st with 95 total doubles, 13th in slugging percentage (.481) and 22nd in on-base percentage (0.400). The Bears’ fielding percentage of 0.98 ranks 11th nationally. On the mound the Bears rank 23rd in ERA (3.48) and 12th with just 7.4 hits allowed per nine innings. Also, the Bears’ six shutouts on the year rank fifth nationally. 

INDIVIDUALS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS 

• Davis Wendzel ranks 36th nationally with a batting average of .385 and his on-base percentage ranks 19th (.500). Andy Thomas leads the country with 0.54 doubles per game, while Thomas ranks ninth with 19 doubles on the year. Wendzel ranks 22nd with 17 doubles. Nick Loftin is the 31st-toughest guy nationally to strikeout, only doing so once every 12.3 at bats.