They've got some good arms, got some guys in the lineup that can swing the bat. This will be their first real home weekend at Hoglund, so it'll be a new deal for them as well. "They're probably very excited to be at home. "They're a team that's hungry to win, a team that's hungry to change their fortunes," Thompson said of Kansas, which also has a first-year head coach in Dan Fitzgerald. The Jayhawks opened the season with seven neutral-site games in Texas and just beat Creighton, 3-1, on Wednesday to remain unbeaten at home (2-0). While this is just the third weekend road series for Baylor (0-6 on the road), Kansas has only played two of first 23 games at home and is hosting its first weekend series. "And yeah, these are important games, but no more important than any other game we're going to play in conference the rest of the season." "You just play one week at a time, one game at a time," Thompson said. game at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kan. Trying to snap a four-game losing streak that included getting swept by Oklahoma State last weekend, the Bears (9-16, 2-4) face the last-place Jayhawks (9-14, 0-3) in a pivotal three-game series that starts with Friday's 6 p.m. Sophomore infielder Hunter Teplanszky, who saw limited action for TCU's Big 12 championship team last season, sees Baylor baseball's weekend series at Kansas as a "must win."įirst-year Baylor head coach Mitch Thompson just treats it as the "next, most important one of the year." Head Coach: Dan Fitzgerald (Minnesota, 2000)
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