Baylor Baseball Travels to Texas Tech for Weekend Set

Thu Apr 10 16:40:46 CDT 2025

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 10, 2025

Baylor Baseball Travels to Texas Tech for Weekend Set
Bears and Red Raiders have split each of last six series dating back to 2018
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 (21-11, 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/2025/4/10/Baylor_BSB_Game_Notes_2025_33-35_Tech.pdf>
BAYLOR (21-11, 5-7) at TEXAS TECH (9-20, 5-7)
April 11, 2025 • 6:30 p.m. CT
April 12, 2025 • 2:00 p.m. CT
April 13, 2025 • 1:00 p.m. CT
Lubbock, Texas • Rip Griffin Park (4,432)

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

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TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (9-20, 5-7 Big 12)
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Tim Tadlock (Texas Tech, 1992)

Roster<https://texastech.com/sports/baseball/roster/2025> | Stats<https://texastech.com/sports/baseball/stats/2025>

STORYLINES

LEADING OFF

• Baylor Baseball hits the road for a four-game swing away from Waco, beginning with a weekend series in Lubbock against Texas Tech and concluding with a midweek contest at UT Arlington next Tuesday, April 15.

• With a win last Tuesday against HCU, BU has reached the 20-win mark for the 53rd-consecutive complete season and the fastest 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 15-2 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 3.39 walks per nine innings ranks 16th in the country and its 1.28 WHIP ranks 18th nationally.

• BU's bullpen has allowed 58 earned runs across 161.0 innings of relief, good for a 3.24 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.

BY THE NUMBERS AGAINST TEXAS TECH

• Baylor trails the all-time series to Texas Tech, 96-89, but has split each of its last six series with the Red Raiders.

• TTU picked up a Big 12 tournament win over BU in 2021, giving the Red Raiders a slight edge in the series history since 2018, 10-9.

• BU is 4-5 in Lubbock since 2018, with a series victory over then-No. 5 Tech in 2021.

• The Bears are 8-3 against fellow teams from the state of Texas in 2025.

PROBABLE STARTERS

• Fri. April 11 • 6:30 p.m. • LHP Ethan Calder<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ethan-calder/13507> (3-3, 5.31 ERA) vs. RHP Mac Heuer (1-2, 6.15 ERA)

• Sat. April 12 • 2:00 p.m. • LHP Carson Bailey<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/carson-bailey/14018> (2-1, 5.40 ERA) vs. RHP Zane Petty (0-1, 3.86 ERA)

• Sun. April 13 • 1:00 p.m. • TBD vs. TBD

SOUTHPAW STARTERS

• Baylor has started a left-handed pitcher in each of its last 21 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 six 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

• All three of this weekend's games will be streamed on ESPN+.

• 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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