Baylor Baseball Travels to Tarleton State for Tuesday Night Tilt

Mon Mar 2 17:53:58 CST 2026

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 2, 2026

Baylor Baseball Travels to Tarleton State for Tuesday Night Tilt
Bears have won 18 of their last 19 midweek games, dating back to March 26, 2024
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 (6-5, 0-0 Big 12)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: Big 12
Head Coach:
Mitch Thompson<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2913>
 (Fort Hays St., 1988)

Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2026/3/2/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2026_12_TSU.pdf>
BAYLOR (6-5, 0-0) at TARLETON STATE (6-5, 0-0)
March 3, 2026 • 6:00 p.m. CT
Stephenville, Texas • Tarleton Baseball Complex (1,000)

LIVE STATS: BaylorBears.com/Stats<http://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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TARLETON STATE TEXANS (6-5, 0-0 WAC)
Location: Stephenville, Texas
Conference/Affiliation: WAC
Head Coach: Fuller Smith (Ole Miss, 2009)

Roster<https://tarletonsports.com/sports/baseball/roster> | Stats<https://tarletonsports.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026>

STORYLINES

LEADING OFF

• Baylor Baseball wraps up its mini four-game road swing on Tuesday night at Tarleton State before opening up an eight-game homestand this weekend against Air Force.

• The Bears will welcome Air Force and Sam Houston to Waco before hosting West Virginia to begin Big 12 Conference play on March 13-15. A non-conference midweek matchup against K-State rounds out the homestand on March 17.

• BU is coming off a 1-2 weekend at the 2026 BRUCE BOLT College Classic in which the Bears collected the highest-ranked win of the Mitch Thompson era, a 6-5 thriller in extra innings over No. 11 Ole Miss.

• Redshirt freshman OF Hunter Snow delivered the big blow, a go-ahead three-run home run in the top of the eighth against the Rebels. After another lead change and a tie, redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong came through with the game-winning knock to score sophomore INF Pearson Riebock in the 10th inning, and fifth-year senior RHP Caleb Bunch shut things down to earn his third win of the year.

• BU returns 20 players from its 2025 roster, including three position player starters (Johnson, Sanders, Riebock), and welcomes 17 newcomers. Baylor has 19 underclassmen (Fr., R-Fr., So., R-So.) on its 2026 squad.

• 30 players on the 37-man roster are in their first or second years with the program.

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT ON TUESDAY NIGHT

• Baylor is 4-1 all-time against Tarleton State, including a 3-1 record against the Texans under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson. The Bears have won each of the last three meetings.

• This is Baylor's first trip to Stephenville since May 16, 2023, when the Bears won a 4-2 ballgame over TSU.

• Against fellow teams from the state of Texas, BU is 2-2 in 2026.

• The Bears are 2-0 this year in midweek ballgames and have won 18 of their last 19 midweek contests, dating back to March 26, 2024.

• Baylor is 29-11 in midweek games during the Thompson Era.

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

• Tues. March 3 • 6:00 p.m. CT • RHP Cayden Baker (0-0, 20.25 ERA, 2.2 IP) vs. RHP Kobe Minchey (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP)

LAST TIME OUT

• Baylor went 1-2 at the BRUCE BOLT College Classic in Houston at Daikin Park, home of the Houston Astros.

• The Bears picked up their ninth win at the event since 2017 and seventh ranked win, which also marked the highest-ranked win of the Thompson Era (6-5 vs. No. 11 Ole Miss).

• Redshirt junior shortstop Travis Sanders had a great weekend at the plate, going 6-for-12 at the tournament with a couple of RBIs.

• Freshman C/DH Cash McDade hit his first-career home run on Sunday night vs. No. 23 UTSA.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Baylor has won the free pass battle (BB + HBP) 93 to 49 over its opponents through the first 11 games of 2026.

• The Bears have stolen 21 bases through 11 games this year, their most at this point in a season since 2011 (24).

• Baylor has turned 13 double plays in 11 games, which leads the conference and ranks seventh nationally.

• Baylor's 4-0 start to its season was just its third 4-0 start to a season since 2019 (2019, 2025, 2026).

• BU has faced five ranked opponents and four of the top-eight RPI teams at this point in the year (No. 1 Southern Miss, No. 5 UTSA, No. 6 Texas and No. 8 Ole Miss).

BIG INNINGS IN THE BEGINNING

• Of the 30 innings that Baylor has scored runs in, 13 have been crooked numbers (3+ runs).

• The Bears have scored in the first inning in six of their 11 games so far (5 vs. NMSU, 3 vs. NMSU, 2 vs. TXST, 1 vs. Purdue, 2 vs. SFA, 1 vs. Ole Miss).

BROADCAST INFO

• Tuesday's game will be televised on ESPN+.

• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor Sports Network radio broadcast featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call on ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM.

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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