Baylor Baseball Welcomes Big 12 Newcomer Utah for Weekend Series

Wed Apr 16 17:57:55 CDT 2025

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 16, 2025

Baylor Baseball Welcomes Big 12 Newcomer Utah for Weekend Series
Bears to meet Utes in Waco for first time in program history
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 (23-13, 6-9 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/2025/4/16/Baylor_BSB_Game_Notes_2025_37-39_Utah.pdf>
BAYLOR (23-13, 6-9) vs. UTAH (15-17, 4-11)
April 17, 2025 • 6:30 p.m. CT
April 18, 2025 • 6:30 p.m. CT
April 19, 2025 • 1:00 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+
LISTEN: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM
Talent: Derek Smith, Tom Barfield

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[Utah]
UTAH UTES (15-17, 4-11 Big 12)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach: Gary Henderson (San Diego State, 1984)

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

STORYLINES

LEADING OFF

• Baylor Baseball welcomes Big 12 newcomer Utah to Waco for the first time in program history for a Thursday-Friday-Saturday series ahead of the Easter holiday this week.

• Baylor dropped a 4-3 contest in the only prior meeting with Utah on March 5, 2011, at the Astros College Classic.

• BU won its 23rd game of the season on Tuesday night at UT Arlington, the most in a single-season under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403>.

• The win marked BU's 9th comeback victory of the season, as the Bears erased an early 7-4 deficit to take down the Mavericks.

• It was also Baylor's first extra-innings win of the season and fifth of the Thompson era.

• Baylor is 16-2 when striking out nine or more batters this season; 14-2 when allowing two walks or less; and 13-4 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 3.50 walks per nine innings ranks 24th in the country and its 1.33 WHIP ranks 29th nationally.

• BU's bullpen has allowed 75 earned runs across 181.0 innings of relief, good for a 3.73 ERA.

• For the ninth 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.

BATS HEATING UP

• Senior OF Wesley Jordan<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/wesley-jordan/13516> became the 10th Bear all-time with a 3-HR game when he did so at Texas Tech on Saturday. He now leads the team with nine blasts, tying his entire output from the 2024 season.

• Over their last 10 games, senior INF Tyriq Kemp<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/tyriq-kemp/13517> (.450, 18-for-40) and redshirt sophomore INF Travis Sanders<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/travis-sanders/14035> (.410, 16-for-39) are red hot at the plate, combining for 11 XBH and 11 RBIs.

PROBABLE STARTERS

• Thurs. April 17 • 6:30 p.m. • LHP Ethan Calder<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ethan-calder/13507> (3-3, 4.82 ERA) vs. RHP Colter McAnelly (2-3, 4.14 ERA)

• Fri. April 18 • 6:30 p.m. • LHP Carson Bailey<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/carson-bailey/14018> (3-1, 5.02 ERA) vs. RHP Merit Jones (2-4, 7.11 ERA)

• Sat. April 19 • 1:00 p.m. • LHP Mason Green<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-green/13512> (0-0, 9.00 ERA) vs. TBD

SOUTHPAW STARTERS

• Baylor has started a left-handed pitcher in each of its last 25 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 games this week will be available on ESPN+, featuring Baylor Athletics Hall of Famer Pat Combs (color analyst) on the call alongside a rotating cast of PxP voices: Pete Sousa (Thurs.), Lincoln Rose (Fri.) and John Morris<https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52> (Sat.).

• 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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