Baylor Baseball Hurdles Past HCU, 9-1

Tue Apr 22 23:11:51 CDT 2025

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 22, 2025

Baylor Baseball Hurdles Past HCU, 9-1
Kemp and Sanders homer, Simmons collects four hits and Bears pitchers hold Huskies to just one run
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas – Baylor Baseball cruised past HCU Tuesday night, 9-1, behind a strong offensive output and quality pitching performances from multiple Bears.

It was an all-around effort to secure the win with six arms combining to allow just one run without walking a batter and striking out 11. Redshirt senior right-hander Cole Stasio led the way out of the bullpen after redshirt sophomore southpaw Caleb Jameson’s solid start, tying a career best with four punchouts. Junior righty Grayson Murry also shined in relief, fanning a career-high three batters in a scoreless frames.

The Bears were firing on all cylinders offensively, sparked by long balls from middle infielders redshirt sophomore Travis Sanders and senior Tyriq Kemp. The duo of Sanders and Kemp has now homered a combined six times in BU’s last three games, as both have recently had multi-home run performances.

Three BU hitters collected multi-hit performances, including Sanders, senior catcher Cortlan Castle and redshirt designated hitter Hunter Simmons, who went 4-for-4 to match his career best.

THE RUNDOWN
After the two sides traded scoreless frames in the first, Sanders singled and Simmons got aboard with an infield single to kickstart the Bears in the second; both advanced into scoring position thanks to an HCU throwing error. Senior outfielder Ty Johnson drove Sanders in on a sacrifice bunt to give the Bears an early 1-0 lead.

On the mound, Jameson hurled 2.2 scoreless innings and fanned one before handing the ball off to Stasio in the third. After getting an inning-ending groundout and starting the fourth with back-to-back punchouts, Stasio gave up a game-tying solo home run, but bounced right back to strikeout another to end the frame.

In the bottom half, Baylor answered with a solo home run of its own as Sanders launched his fifth big fly of the season to retake a 2-1 lead.

The Bears added to their advantage in the sixth, loading the bases and driving in one on an RBI walk by Castle to increase the lead to 3-1. Murry came on to start the seventh and worked around a leadoff knock to fan a career-high three batters and put up yet another zero.

Kemp led off the bottom of the seventh with a moonshot to right field, then Baylor blew things open and plated five more runs in the inning. Knocks from Sanders, freshman infielder Pearson Riebock and a throwing error sandwiched between hits from Simmons, Castle and redshirt senior outfielder Enzo Apodaca put BU ahead 9-1.

Senior righty Will Glatch pitched a scoreless eighth with two strikeouts before sixth-year senior closer Gabe Craig shut the door in the ninth, setting down the side in order to secure the victory.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor now leads the all-time series 10-2 over HCU, including a 4-0 mark against the Huskies under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• BU improved to 9-1 in midweek games this season and 11-5 against other teams from the state of Texas.
• BU pitchers struck out 11 batters, marking the 19th time this season to fan nine or more. The Bears are now 17-2 in such games.
• The Bears did not allow a walk for the third time this season and improved to 16-3 this year when allowing two walks or fewer.
• Baylor racked up 13 total hits, improving its record to 15-4 this season when totaling double-digit hits.
• BU has hit multiple home runs in three-straight games, marking the first such stretch of the Thompson era.
• Redshirt senior OF Enzo Apodaca extended his hitting streak to seven games.
• Senior INF Tyriq Kemp extended his hitting streak to 16 games and launched his fifth home run of the season.
• Redshirt sophomore INF Travis Sanders has now homered in back-to-back games and gone deep three times in his last two games.
• Sanders also tallied his 12th multi-hit game of the year and his third three-hit game this season.
• Redshirt senior DH Hunter Simmons recorded his 17th multi-hit game of the year and tied a career high with four hits.
• Senior C Cortlan Castle tallied his eighth multi-hit game of the season.
• Freshman 1B John Youens recorded his first-career hit, a double down the right field line.
• Redshirt sophomore LHP Caleb Jameson logged his fifth scoreless appearance of the season.
• Redshirt senior RHP Cole Stasio tied his career high with four strikeouts and recorded his fourth-consecutive outing with at least three punchouts.
• Senior INF/RHP Hunter Teplanszky recorded his second scoreless relief appearance of the season.
• Junior RHP Grayson Murry fanned a career-high three batters in his 10th scoreless appearance this season.
• Senior RHP Will Glatch made his 12th scoreless appearance of the year.
• Sixth-year senior RHP Gabe Craig made his 15th scoreless appearance of the year.

STAT OF THE DAY
0 – The Bears didn’t allow a walk for the third time this season and improved to 16-3 when allowing two walks or fewer.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Mitch Thompson
On tonight's performance...
“That’s three good ones in a row, and that’s great to see … (previously) we weren't playing that well, we would give up a few out of the bullpen or not hit enough, and that was the first time this year that happened. I’m thankful, I think we're out of it, but we just gotta keep our eyes focused on the future and trying to get better and get ready for TCU.”

Senior INF/RHP Hunter Teplanszky
On making the transition from infield to the mound...
"We were actually in Kansas, and I was messing around throwing sliders. I pitched a little bit, a lot when I was younger, but a little bit in high school. I actually grew up playing with Cortlan Castle, so he used to catch me when we were about 9-10-11 years old. But, I was throwing sliders in the outfield and [assistant coach Zach Dillon] was like, 'That looks good, you want to try it?' And I was like yeah, sure, I'd love to, anything to give me some time on the field. Threw a couple bullpens, and then three live hitters in practice, and then got that first outing at Texas State, so it's been fun for me. It's an opportunity for me to kind of soak up everything from the guys that have been pitching for years.”

Redshirt Senior DH Hunter Simmons
On regaining momentum headed into the final stretch...
“It's huge coming off that win against Utah, especially how we've been playing the last couple of weeks. I think this one’s a confidence boost; I think it's going to get us going again. We're in the right direction — a lot of hits, a lot of runs and a lot of good pitching, so just going to try to keep doubling down on that.”

WHAT’S NEXT
Baylor (26-14, 8-10) readies for a three-game series on the road at No. 23 TCU (29-12, 12-6), beginning Friday night, April 25, at 6 p.m. at Lupton Stadium in Fort Worth.

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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