OSU baseball starts Big 12 play
FROM THE OSU ATHLETICS OFFICE
#23 Oklahoma State (10-3) at #9 Baylor (11-3)
March 14-16 – 6:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 1 p.m.
Waco, Texas (Baylor Ballpark (5,000))
Oklahoma State
OSU is 10-3 on the season and opens Big 12 Conference play on the road against Baylor in Waco, Texas, on Friday. The opener, as well as Saturday’s contest, is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. start, while Sunday’s series finale will begin at 1 p.m. The Cowboys finished third in the Big 12 last season with a 16-11 mark and have earned a spot among the top three in the final standings each of the last two years. OSU’s second-place finish in 2006 was its highest ever in the league.
Baylor
The Bears are 11-3 on the season and are coming off back-to-back losses at Oral Roberts. Baylor finished sixth in the league last season at 12-15, then advanced to the title game at the Big 12 Baseball Championship.
In the polls
Oklahoma State is ranked 23rd by Baseball America, 25th in the NCBWA poll and 28th by Collegiate Baseball.
Baylor is ranked No. 9 by Collegiate Baseball and in the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll, 10th by Baseball America and 12th in the NCBWA poll.
On the air & the web
All OSU baseball games will be carried live by Stillwater Radio on KSPI
93.7 FM and/or 780 AM. Rex Holt, who is in his 26th season as the play-by-play voice of Cowboy baseball, will call the action, with Matt Davis providing color commentary. Radio broadcasts can also be accessed via www.okstate.com (link is available under Cowboy MVP – Live Events). Those wishing to follow today’s game against Missouri State via live stats can log on to www.okstate.com (link is available under Cowboy MVP – Live Stats).About BaylorThe Bears are 11-3 after a pair of mid-week losses to Oral Roberts. BU is hitting .294 as a team, while its pitching staff sports a collective 4.24 ERA.OSU is 30-23 all-time against Baylor, including a 3-1 mark last season.A year ago, the Cowboys swept the series vs. BU in Stillwater but lost to the Bears in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.
