Baylor Baseball Finishes Homestand Against Texas State

Mon Apr 7 16:42:02 CDT 2025

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 7, 2025

Baylor Baseball Finishes Homestand Against Texas State
Bears welcome Bobcats to Baylor Ballpark for first time since 2021
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

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BAYLOR BEARS (21-10, 5-7 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403> (Fort Hays St., 1988)

Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2024> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2025/4/7/Baylor_BSB_Game_Notes_2025_32_TXST.pdf>
BAYLOR (21-10, 5-7) vs. TEXAS STATE (15-16, 6-6)
April 8, 2025 • 6:30 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballpark (5,000)

LIVE STATS: BaylorStats.com<https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay>
WATCH: ESPN+
Talent: Lincoln Rose, Pat Combs
LISTEN: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM
Talent: Derek Smith, Tom Barfield

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[Texas State]
TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (15-16, 6-6 Sun Belt)
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Sun Belt
Head Coach: Steven Trout (TCU, 2007)

Roster<https://txst.com/sports/baseball/roster> | Stats<https://txst.com/sports/baseball/stats?path=baseball>

LEADING OFF
• Baylor Baseball rounds out its five-game homestand on Tuesday against Texas State before hitting the road for a weekend series at Texas Tech and a subsequent midweek contest at UT Arlington next Tuesday, April 15.
• BU dropped its most recent weekend series to Houston, two games to one, after winning the Saturday contest, 4-3.
• Last Tuesday's win marked the fastest BU has reached 20 wins since 2019, when the Bears started the year 20-6 and collected win No. 20 on March 30 at Kansas.
• The Bears walked-off HCU last week with Travis Sanders'<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/travis-sanders/14035> solo home run in the bottom of the ninth, BU's first walk-off win of the season. Baylor has won eight games this season in come-from-behind fashion.
• Baylor is 13-2 this season when allowing two walks or less.
• BU is 15-1 when striking out nine or more batters.
• The Bears are 11-3 when racking up 10+ hits offensively.
• Baylor returns 22 players from its 2024 roster, including six position player starters, and welcomes 18 newcomers.
• BU has 16 seniors on its 2025 roster, including six fifth-year players and three sixth-year players.
• Baylor plays a combined 13 games against five NCAA Tournament teams in 2025 and will face 10 30-game winners, including two squads that won 40 or more games last season.
• 46% of the schedule features opponents that finished 2024 with a top-75 RPI.
STRONG FIRST HALF
• Baylor completed its first Opening Weekend sweep since 2019, outscoring Youngstown State 38-11.
• The Bears posted back-to-back shutouts against UTSA and Gonzaga, the team's first consecutive shutouts since April 1-2, 2021.
• BU's sweep over LMU signaled the fourth time since 2017 that the Bears have swept two opponents at home within the first four weekends of the year.
• Tuesday, March 11's game attendance (2,283) against Sam Houston was the largest crowd against a non-conference opponent, and the seventh-largest overall, of the Thompson era.
• Baylor erased a five-run deficit to win 9-7 on Sunday at Kansas, the largest comeback of the Thompson Era.
• Baylor's two wins at No. 12 Arizona marked its fifth and sixth victories against a ranked team under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403>.
• The series win marked BU's first road series victory over a ranked opponent since April 23-25, 2021, at No. 5 Texas Tech.
• Baylor's 3.33 walks per nine innings ranks 15th in the country and its 1.27 WHIP ranks 18th nationally.
• BU's bullpen has allowed 53 earned runs across 153.0 innings of relief, good for a 3.12 ERA.
• For the eighth week in a row, Baylor is currently receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll. Baylor has not been ranked in a major poll since 2019.
TUESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
• Baylor leads the all-time series over Texas State, 55-27.
• The Bears are 6-4 over their last 10 meetings against the Bobcats, including a 19-3 run-rule victory in the most recent meeting in San Marcos earlier this year.
• Baylor is 23-10 in midweek ballgames under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403>.
• BU has won 12-straight midweek games, dating back to the 2024 season.
• The Bears are 7-0 in midweek contests so far this year and 8-2 against fellow teams from the state of Texas.
PROBABLE STARTERS
• Tues. April 8 • 6:30 p.m. • LHP Mason Green<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-green/13512> (Season Debut) vs. RHP Austin Eaton (1-2, 8.59 ERA)
SOUTHPAW STARTERS
• Baylor has started a left-handed pitcher in each of its last 20 games, dating back to March 2 (Cole Stasio<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-stasio/13524> vs. Auburn).
• 2025 is the only season in the Statcrew Era (since 2003) that BU has started five different left-handed pitchers at any point in the year, and the third time in the same span with four different LHP starters.
• 2025 is the only time in the Statcrew Era that the Bears have started four different southpaws consecutively.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
• Tuesday's game will be streamed on ESPN+, with Lincoln Rose joining Pat Combs in calling the action.
• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor radio broadcast on 1660AM/92.3FM, featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call.

To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.

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Max Calderone | Director of Athletics Communications (Baseball, Football)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-265-1639

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