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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 4, 2021</span></b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baseball Hosts Four-Game Series with Memphis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears and Tigers will open on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Baylor Ballpark<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Game Notes:
</span></b><a href="http://baylorbea.rs/3r9TtUN"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://baylorbea.rs/3r9TtUN</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Zach Rhodes, 919-247-7585, </span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WACO, Texas</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">– Baylor
will host its first weekend series of 2021 when it welcomes in Memphis to Baylor Ballpark beginning on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. with the first game going seven innings and the second the full
nine innings. The series will finish up on Sunday at 12 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There will be a BU water bottle giveaway on Saturday, as individual and season tickets are still available to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SERIES INFO</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Date: </b>March 5-7 (Fri.-Sun.)<br>
<b>Game Times: </b>6:30 p.m./2 p.m. (DH)/12 p.m.<br>
<b>Site: </b>Waco, Texas / Baylor Ballpark (5,000) (25 percent)<br>
<b>TV: </b>Big 12 Now on ESPN+ <br>
• Talent: Pete Sousa (pxp), Richard Cunningham (color)<br>
<b>Radio:</b> 1660 ESPN/92.3 FM <br>
• Talent: Derek Smith (pxp); Ryan Boyd (Sunday)<br>
<b>Live Stats</b>: BaylorStats.com<br>
<b>Twitter Updates:</b>@BaylorBaseball<br>
<b>Series History: </b>BU leads, 8-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b> Streak</b>: BU, W1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b> First Meeting</b>: March 6, 1996<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Last Meeting</b>: April 16-18, 2018 (BU won the series 2-1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Under Rodriguez</b>: 2-1<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PITCHING MATCHUP</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Fri. March 5 – Baylor RHP Blake Helton (0-1, 5.14 ERA) vs. Memphis RHP Blake Wimberley (0-0, 0.00 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sat. March 6 – Baylor LHP Tyler Thomas (1-0, 2.45 ERA) vs. Memphis LHP Chris Durham (0-0, 5.79)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sat. March 6 – Baylor LHP Cam Caley (0-1, 15.75 ERA) vs. Memphis RHP Jackson Cothren (0-0, 0.00)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sun. March 7 – Baylor TBD vs. Memphis RHP Landon Kelly (1-0, 3.00)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>STORY LINES</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• BU is coming off a three-hit shutout against Sam Houston on Tuesday night with Logan Freeman, Jimmy Winston, Hambleton Oliver, Ryan Leckich and Luke Boyd combining for the first
shutout for the Bears in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Second-year freshman Jared McKenzie already has two multi-home run games with four homers total after not hitting one last season. He currently leads the team in runs (10), RBI
(9), home runs (4) and total bases (24).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Newcomer Jack Pineda is fifth in the Big 12 with a .387 average through seven games, Pineda is also tied for 4th in the conference with McKenzie in total hits (12).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears have already hit 10 home runs on the season. With Rodriguez, BU has hit 217 in 244 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• On the mound, Tyler Thomas continued to impress as he earned his first win since May 14, 2019 against UT Arlington after throwing five innings, while only giving up one earned run
and striking out three on Saturday, vs. Auburn. Thomas has already thrown more innings than he did last year as he threw a total of 6.2 innings, all in relief after coming off of surgery to remove a rib in June 2019 due to his Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Through the first seven games, BU is second in the Big 12 in hits (18th nationally) and batting average (19th nationally). The Bears are also fourth in the conference with 10 home
runs. Pineda has a hit in every game in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on Facebook (Baylor Baseball), Twitter (@BaylorBaseball) and Instagram (@BaylorBaseball).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;background:white">-BaylorBears.com-</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Zach Rhodes</span></b><span style="color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 919-247-7585 | O: 254-710-3784<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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