2015 Baylor Bears baseball team

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.

2015 Baylor Bears baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
2015 record13–22 (4–8 Big 12)
Head coachSteve Smith (21st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Johnigan (20th season)
  • Trevor Mote (7th season)
Home stadiumBaylor Ballpark
2015 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 TCU ‍†‍‍y 18–5 .783  51–15 .773
No. 19 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 14–8 .636  38–20 .655
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  34–27 .557
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  31–24 .564
Texas ‍‍‡‍y 11–13 .458  30–27 .526
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 10–14 .417  27–30 .474
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 9–13 .409  27–27 .500
Baylor ‍‍‍ 9–15 .375  23–32 .418
Kansas ‍‍‍ 8–15 .348  23–32 .418
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

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
NamePositionSeasons at
Baylor		Alma Mater
Steve SmithHead Coach21Baylor University (1986)
Steve JohniganAssociate Head Coach19Texas A&M University (1989)
Trevor MoteAssistant Coach5Baylor 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
April
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B12 Record
April 2at Texas StateBobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TXL 8–9 (10)Powell (2–3)Spicer (1–1)1,80812–17–
April 3Texas StateBaylor Ballpark • Waco, TXL 0–5Grist (2–2)Tolson (1–6)2,15712–18–
April 4Texas StateBaylor Ballpark • Waco, TXL 1–4Hallonquist (2–1)Kay (3–3)2,53912–19–
April 7Texas–ArlingtonBaylor Ballpark • Waco, TXW 10–7Hessemer (2–1)Hobbs (1–2)Spicer (4)2,22413–19–
April 10at Texas TechRip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXL 4–8Moseley (3–3)Castano (2–4)3,97413–204–6
April 11at Texas TechRip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXL 2–3 (12)Moreno (2–3)Montemayor (0–3)4,38713–214–7
April 12at Texas TechRip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXL 5–9Damron (3–2)Lewis (1–1)3,57313–224–8
April 14Incarnate WordBaylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 17at Oklahoma StateAllie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK
April 18at Oklahoma StateAllie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK
April 19at Oklahoma StateAllie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK
April 21LamarBaylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 24Kansas StateBaylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 25Kansas StateBaylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 26Kansas StateBaylor Ballpark • Waco, TX
April 28at UTSARoadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings
See also: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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  
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^ 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.

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References
  1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "Official Baseball Roster". Baylor Bears. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  3. "College Roundup: Cal Poly drops baseball opener at Baylor". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  4. "Baylor Baseball Sweeps No. 13 Cal Poly to Start 2015". KCENTV. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. 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. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  8. "No. 25 Baylor Baseball Tops Northwestern State, 8-4". kxxv.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  9. "Baylor baseball swept in California". wacotrib.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
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