2015 Baylor Bears baseball team

2015 Baylor Bears baseball

Conference	Big 12 Conference
2015 record	13–22 (4–8 Big 12)
Head coach	Steve Smith (21st year)
Assistant coach	Steve Johnigan (20th year)
Assistant coach	Trevor Mote (7th year)
Home stadium	Baylor Ballpark

	Conf				Overall
2015 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#10 Oklahoma State	8	–	4	.667	24	–	12	.667
#23 Oklahoma	8	–	4	.667	24	–	15	.615
#8 TCU	7	–	5	.583	27	–	8	.771
#27 Texas Tech	7	–	5	.583	23	–	14	.622
Texas	6	–	6	.500	19	–	18	.514
West Virginia	4	–	5	.444	21	–	13	.618
Kansas State	4	–	8	.333	17	–	18	.486
Baylor	4	–	8	.333	14	–	22	.389
Kansas	3	–	6	.333	15	–	2	.882

‡ – Tournament champion As of April 16, 2015^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Baylor Bears baseball team will represent Baylor University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bears will play their home games at Baylor Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by head coach Steve Smith, in his 21st season at Baylor.

Previous Season

In 2014, the Bears finished the season 7th in the Big 12 with a record of 26–31, 8–15 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament and were eliminated in the semifinals. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Baylor Bears roster^[2]

Pitchers

3 - Nick Lewis - Sophomore
6 - Ryan Smith - Junior
10 - Austin Stone - Senior
11 - Brad Kuntz - Senior
12 - Joe Kirkland - Senior
20 - Daniel Castano - Sophomore
22 - Hunter Abbe - Sophomore
26 - Kody Hessemer - Junior
27 - Drew Tolson - Sophomore
28 - Blake Allen - Freshman
31 - Hudson Pearson - Freshman
33 - Theron Kay - Freshman
35 - Kyle Ott - Freshman
36 - Troy Montemayor - Freshman
44 - Sean Spicer - Senior
46 - Reese Jefferies - Junior
54 - Dylan Johannik - Junior

Catchers

13 - Joe Sabatini - Sophomore
19 - Aaron Dodson - Sophomore
23 - Matt Menard - Sophomore
32 - Cameron Miller - Freshman

Infielders

1 - Justin Arrington - Junior
2 - Steven McLean - Freshman
5 - Duncan Wendel - Senior
9 - West Tunnell - Junior
26 - Ben Carl - Freshman
37 - Johnathan Ducoff - Freshman
39 - Garrett Prossner - Freshman
45 - Hayden Ross - Sophomore

Outfielders

4 - Darryn Sheppard - Sophomore
8 - Levi Gilcrease - Freshman
15 - Adam Toth - Senior
16 - Logan Brown - Senior
21 - Richard Cunningham - Freshman
29 - Ryan Romo - Sophomore
38 - Lane Kelly - Sophomore

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Baylor	Alma Mater
Steve Smith	Head Coach	21	Baylor University (1986)
Steve Johnigan	Associate Head Coach	19	Texas A&M University (1989)
Trevor Mote	Assistant Coach	5	Baylor University (2004)

Season

February

Baylor opened its season on February 13 as part of a three-game series with Cal Poly. In game one, the Mustangs outhit the Bears 12–7, but Baylor won 8–6.^[3] In the second game of the series, the Bears also won by a score of 8–6, and closed out the series sweep with a 6–0 win in the series finale.^[4] Baylor moved into the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll at #21 nationally following the Cal Poly sweep.^[5] Playing as the #21 team in the country, Baylor went 2–2 over the next week. After a midweek loss to Dallas Baptist in which the Bears pitching surrendered eight walks,^[6] the Bears dropped the first game of a three-game weekend series to 2014 NCAA Tournament participant Kent State. On February 21, the Bears swept the Golden Flashes in a doubleheader, winning the two games by a combined score of 10–4.^[7]

For the final week of February (and first day of March), the Bears fell to #25 nationally in the Collegiate Baseball Poll, and were also ranked #28 in the NCBWA poll. On February 25, the Bears defeated Northwestern State in a game that had been pushed back one day due to inclement weather. Starter Theron Kay allowed no runs over five innings pitched.^[8] On the weekend of February 27, the Bears traveled to Fullerton, California to face Cal State Fullerton, a team that had been ranked in the national polls in the early portion of the season. The Bears were swept over a three-game series by the Titans, one in which Bears pitching allowed 28 runs.^[9]

Schedule

Legend
	Baylor win
	Baylor loss
	Postponement
Bold	Baylor team member

2015 Baylor Bears Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B12 Record
February 13	#13 Cal Poly		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 8–6	Lewis (1–0)	Zandona (0–1)	Spicer (1)	2,834	1–0	–
February 14	#13 Cal Poly		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 8–6	Kirkland (1–0)	Smith (0–1)	Spicer (2)	2,835	2–0	–
February 15	#13 Cal Poly		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 6–0	Kay (1–0)	Calomeni (0–1)	Castano (1)	2,380	3–0	–
February 17	Dallas Baptist	#21	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 6–9	Adams (2–0)	Montemayor (0–1)	Koch (1)	2,052	3–1	–
February 20	Kent State	#21	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 3–11	Jensen-Clagg (1–1)	Castano (0–1)		2,220	3–2	–
February 21	Kent State	#21	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 6–1	Kirkland (2–0)	Skolnicki (1–1)		2,189	4–2	–
February 21	Kent State	#21	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 4–3 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Spicer (1–0)	Pierce (0–1)		2,986	5–2	–
February 24	Northwestern State		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	Cancelled
February 25	Northwestern State	#25	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 8–4	Kay (2–0)	Tidwell (0–2)		1,854	6–2	–
February 27	at Cal State Fullerton	#25	Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA	L 1–10	Eshelman (1–2)	Tolson (0–1)		1,422	6–3	–
February 28	at Cal State Fullerton	#25	Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA	L 6–11	Seabold (1–0)	Kirkland (2–1)		1,422	6–4	–

March

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B12 Record
March 1	at Cal State Fullerton	#25	Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA	L 6–7	Kuhl (1–0)	Montemayor (0–2)	Peitzmeier (3)	1,184	6–5	–
March 4	Sam Houston State		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	Postponed Rescheduled for March 18
March 6	vs. Hawaii		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	L 1–2	Brewster (3–1)	Tolson (0–2)	Culp (3)	503	6–6	–
March 7	vs. #3 LSU		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	L 0–2	Lange (4–0)	Castano (0–2)	Stallings (7)	3,343	6–7	–
March 8	vs. #11 Texas A&M		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	L 2–3	Kent (4–0)	Stone (0–1)	Hendrix (4)	4,589	6–8	–
March 10	at Dallas Baptist		Horner Ballpark • Houston, TX	L 3–17	Smith (2–1)	Kay (2–1)		1,102	6–9	–
March 13	at #1 TCU		Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 1–3	Traver (3–0)	Tolson (0–3)	Ferrell (6)	4,018	6–10	0–1
March 14	at #1 TCU		Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 2–3	Morrison (4–0)	Castano (0–3)	Ferrell (7)	4,259	6–11	0–2
March 15	at #1 TCU		Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 1–10	Young (4–0)	Stone (0–2)		4,323	6–12	0–3
March 17	at Sam Houston State		Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX	W 4–3 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Castano (1–3)	Church (0–1)		1,729	7–12	–
March 18	Sam Houston State		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 3–4	Ebbs (3–1)	Tolson (0–4)	Odom (1)	1,789	7–13	–
March 20	West Virginia		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 5–4	Kirkland (3–1)	Dotson (0–2)	Spicer (3)	1,906	8–13	1–3
March 21	West Virginia		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 10–4	Hessemer (1–0)	Vance (2–2)		2,239	9–13	2–3
March 22	West Virginia		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 2–8	Donato (3–3)	Tolson (0–5)		2,172	9–14	2–4
March 24	at Texas–Arlington		Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX	W 6–2	Kay (3–1)	Laberge (1–3)		480	10–14	–
March 27	Oklahoma		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 3–0	Castano (2–3)	Elliott (3–3)		2,495	11–14	3–4
March 28	Oklahoma		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 7–2	Tolson (1–5)	Hansen (3–3)		3,446	12–14	4–4
March 29	Oklahoma		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 3–13	Tasin (5–1)	Hessemer (1–1)		2,435	12–15	4–5
March 31	#14 Houston		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 0–11	Longville (2–2)	Kay (3–2)		2,104	12–16	–

April

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B12 Record
April 2	at Texas State	Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX	L 8–9 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Powell (2–3)	Spicer (1–1)		1,808	12–17	–
April 3	Texas State	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 0–5	Grist (2–2)	Tolson (1–6)		2,157	12–18	–
April 4	Texas State	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 1–4	Hallonquist (2–1)	Kay (3–3)		2,539	12–19	–
April 7	Texas–Arlington	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 10–7	Hessemer (2–1)	Hobbs (1–2)	Spicer (4)	2,224	13–19	–
April 10	at Texas Tech	Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 4–8	Moseley (3–3)	Castano (2–4)		3,974	13–20	4–6
April 11	at Texas Tech	Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 2–3 ⁽¹²⁾	Moreno (2–3)	Montemayor (0–3)		4,387	13–21	4–7
April 12	at Texas Tech	Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 5–9	Damron (3–2)	Lewis (1–1)		3,573	13–22	4–8
April 14	Incarnate Word	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 17	at Oklahoma State	Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK
April 18	at Oklahoma State	Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK
April 19	at Oklahoma State	Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK
April 21	Lamar	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 24	Kansas State	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 25	Kansas State	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 26	Kansas State	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 28	at UTSA	Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX

May

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium
May 1	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS
May 2	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS
May 3	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS
May 12	UTSA	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
May 16	Texas	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
May 17	Texas	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
May 17	Texas	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX

Post-Season

Big 12 Tournament

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B12 Record
	TBD		ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK
	TBD		ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	NR	NR*	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Baseball America	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^	NR	21	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA†	NR	27	28	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* Coaches' does not release a week 1 poll so for comparison purposes the pre-season poll ranking is inserted in the week 1 slot.

References

↑ "2014–15 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
↑ "Official Baseball Roster". Baylor Bears. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ "College Roundup: Cal Poly drops baseball opener at Baylor". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
↑ "Baylor Baseball Sweeps No. 13 Cal Poly to Start 2015". KCENTV. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
↑ "Collegiate Baseball Div. I Poll 2-16-15". Collegiate Baseball. February 16, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
↑ "Dallas Baptist rallies past Bears in 9th, 9-6". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
↑ "Baylor Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader Against Kent State". kwtx.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
↑ "No. 25 Baylor Baseball Tops Northwestern State, 8-4". kxxv.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
↑ "Baylor baseball swept in California". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.

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