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
2015 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#4 TCU 18 5   .783     43 9   .827
#15 Oklahoma State 14 8   .636     34 17   .667
Texas Tech 13 11   .542     30 22   .577
Oklahoma 13 11   .542     32 25   .561
Texas 11 13   .458     26 25   .510
Kansas State 10 14   .417     26 28   .481
West Virginia 9 13   .409     27 25   .519
Baylor 9 15   .375     21 30   .412
Kansas 8 15   .348     23 32   .418
Tournament champion
As of May 18, 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
BoldBaylor team member
2015 Baylor Bears Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

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.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. "2014–15 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  2. "Official Baseball Roster". Baylor Bears. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  3. "College Roundup: Cal Poly drops baseball opener at Baylor". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  4. "Baylor Baseball Sweeps No. 13 Cal Poly to Start 2015". KCENTV. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  5. "Collegiate Baseball Div. I Poll 2-16-15". Collegiate Baseball. February 16, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  6. "Dallas Baptist rallies past Bears in 9th, 9-6". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  7. "Baylor Baseball Sweeps Doubleheader Against Kent State". kwtx.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  8. "No. 25 Baylor Baseball Tops Northwestern State, 8-4". kxxv.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  9. "Baylor baseball swept in California". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
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