Baylor Baseball Wins Series Finale at No. 23 TCU, 6-3

[Calderone, Max]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 27, 2025

Baylor Baseball Wins Series Finale at No. 23 TCU, 6-3
Davenport provides 3.2 scoreless relief innings, Craig shuts the door to avoid sweep
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

FORT WORTH, Texas – Baylor baseball won its series finale at No. 23 TCU on Sunday, 6-3, behind 5.2 combined scoreless innings of relief from redshirt sophomore Lucas Davenport and sixth-year senior Gabe Craig.

Davenport allowed just three hits in 3.2 shutout frames and picked up his third win of the season, while Craig earned a six-out save, his seventh of the season, and struck out five of the seven batters he faced.

Three Bears tallied multi-hit games in redshirt sophomore infielder Travis Sanders, freshman infielder Pearson Riebock and senior outfielder Ty Johnson, who’s clutch two-out, two-strike, two-run single cushioned Baylor’s lead in the sixth inning. Redshirt senior designated hitter Hunter Simmons also produced a two-run triple as part of BU’s four-run third inning to help the Bears take their first lead of the weekend.

With the win, Baylor avoided a sweep for the third time this season and continued its stretch with at least one win in every Big 12 series so far this year.

THE RUNDOWN
TCU got the scoring started in the first, knocking a leadoff double into the right-field gap and later bringing the runner home on a sacrifice fly, but junior southpaw starter Ethan Calder did well to limit damage early on.

BU responded in the third, plating four runs in the frame thanks to back-to-back RBI singles from Sanders and senior infielder Tyriq Kemp ahead of Simmons’ two-run triple, opening up a 4-1 lead through three innings.

Calder had racked up four strikeouts and allowed just one run on three hits before running into a little trouble in the fourth, as the Frogs cut into the lead with a soft line drive that found the outfield and scored a run. With the bases loaded and just one out, the Bears turned to Davenport out of the pen, who escaped further peril with a line out and a groundout after TCU made it 4-3 with an RBI infield single.

The two sides traded scoreless frames in the fifth before Baylor padded its lead in the top of the sixth. After senior outfielder Wesley Jordan walked and Riebock collected one of his two hits on the day, a wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position. With two outs and down in an 0-2 count, Johnson shot a ball through the right side of the infield to extend the lead to 6-3 heading to the home half.

Davenport continued to cruise on the mound, getting through the seventh before handing the ball off to BU’s closer, who came on for what amounted to tie his longest outing of the season. Craig fanned the side in the eighth, then picked up two more punchouts in the ninth in securing the series-salvaging victory for the Bears.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 152-138 all-time against TCU and snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Frogs.
• BU earned its 10th come-from-behind victory of 2025 as the Bears erased TCU’s 1-0 first-inning lead.
• Today’s win marked the third ranked win of the season for BU and its seventh under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• Baylor has won each of its last three series finales after falling behind 0-2 on the weekend.
• BU is now 11-5 in games following a loss this season.
• Baylor is 11-7 this season against fellow teams from the state of Texas.
• With 11 strikeouts today, the Bears improved to 19-2 this season when striking out nine or more batters.
• BU pitchers allowed just two walks in the ballgame, improving Baylor’s record to 18-3 in such games this year.
• With 11 hits today, the Bears also improved to 16-4 this year when totaling double digit hits.
• Redshirt senior OF Enzo Apodaca extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
• Redshirt sophomore INF Travis Sanders extended his hitting streak to five games and tallied his fourth three-hit ballgame of the year.
• Senior INF Tyriq Kemp extended his on-base streak to 19 games and logged his 17th game of the season with each a hit, a run and an RBI.
• Redshirt senior DH Hunter Simmons extended his hitting streak to six games and recorded his 23rd game of the year with both a hit and an RBI.
• Simmons also tallied his eighth multi-RBI game of the season and third-consecutive.
• Freshman INF Pearson Riebock logged his 15th multi-hit game of the year.
• Senior OF Ty Johnson tallied his 12th multi-hit and eighth multi-RBI performance of the season.
• Junior LHP Ethan Calder fanned four batters for the eighth time in his 11 starts this season.
• Redshirt sophomore RHP Lucas Davenport worked his sixth outing of at least three innings and his made his fourth scoreless appearance of the year.
• Sixth-year senior closer Gabe Craig set a career high with five strikeouts and earned his seventh save of the year.
• Craig recorded his 16th scoreless outing of the season and 12th with multiple punchouts.

STAT OF THE DAY
5.2 – Redshirt sophomore RHP Lucas Davenport and sixth-year senior closer RHP Gabe Craig combined for 5.2 innings of scoreless relief in the win.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Mitch Thompson
On heading into the final stretch of the season…
“We need to go win [the three remaining series]. And we’re going to fight our tail off to do that. We will celebrate this one for the rest of the day, then we’ll take a breath and get ready to go on Tuesday, but we have a lot ahead of us. We’re playing pretty good defense for the most part, we’re in a lot of games, so I’m proud of the team. We just have to keep battling.”

Redshirt Sophomore RHP Lucas Davenport
On gaining confidence from today’s win…
“It’s a great build game. We’re going to build from here, going into next week against Arizona State. I think we’re in a really good spot. This team will always compete, I know that. We’re always going to do our best and when we do that, you’re always going to get games like today’s win.”

Senior OF Ty Johnson
On what this win means for the team…
“I feel like that kind of embodies what our team’s been the entire year, just responding. We haven’t been able to do that as well as we had earlier these past couple of weeks. But now is the time to start getting this thing rolling, and that was a statement win today, for sure.”

WHAT’S NEXT
Baylor (27-16) heads to Huntsville on Tuesday, April 29, to face Sam Houston (9-35) at Don Sanders Stadium for its final road midweek matchup of the season. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.

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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