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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor BSB Welcomes Houston Baptist For Midweek Clash<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears continue seven-game homestand to begin 2022
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</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">BAYLOR BEARS (0-3, 0-0 Big 12)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1811"><span style="color:#154734">Steve Rodriguez</span></a></span></dfn> (Pepperdine,
2001)<br>
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<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster"><span style="color:#154734">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2022"><span style="color:#154734">Stats</span></a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2022/2/21/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2022_04_HBU.pdf"><span style="color:#154734">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> (0-3, 0-0) vs<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> HOUSTON
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Feb. 22, 2022 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballpark (5,000) </span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=392145" target="_blank"><span style="color:#154734">Stat Broadcast</span></a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WATCH:</span></strong> Big 12 Now on ESPN+<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=52"><span style="color:#154734">John Morris</span></a></span></dfn><i> (pxp),
Pat Combs (analyst)</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Learfield / 1660 AM & 92.3 FM in Central Texas<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ryan Boyd (pxp), Matt Czimskey (analyst)</span></em><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor Social Media: </span></strong></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/BaylorBaseball" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#154734;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image002.png@01D82750.656E3D20" alt="auto twitter icon"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/baylorbaseball/?hl=en" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#154734;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.png@01D82750.656E3D20" alt="instagram png"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BaylorBaseball/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#154734;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.png@01D82750.656E3D20" alt="Facebook PNG"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">HOUSTON BAPTIST HUSKIES (0-3, 0-0 Southland)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Houston, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Southland<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Lance Berkman<br>
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<a href="https://hbuhuskies.com/sports/baseball/roster"><span style="color:#154734">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://hbuhuskies.com/sports/baseball/stats/2022"><span style="color:#154734">Stats</span></a><a href="https://uapblionsroar.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats"><span style="color:#154734"> </span></a>| <a href="https://hbuhuskies.com/documents/2022/2/21/2022_HBU_BSB_Game_Notes_Baylor_Rice.pdf"><span style="color:#154734">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>HOME SWEET HOME</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Baylor continues its seven-game homestand to begin the 2022 season with a Tuesday night tilt against Houston Baptist, followed by a three-game set against No. 23 Duke over the
weekend.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• BU is 72-29 (.713) at home over the last five seasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• The Bears will stay close to home in 2022, as 46 of its 52 regular-season contests will be played in the state of Texas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Baylor doesn't leave the state of Texas until April 8-10, when it travels to take on West Virginia in Morgantown.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>SERIES HISTORY BY THE NUMBERS</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Baylor is 5-2 all-time and 2-1 under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez against HBU,having won the most recent meeting on Feb. 18, 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• The Bears took two of three from the Huskies four years ago, as HBU came to Waco for the first series of the season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• BU is 43-15 in midweek games under Coach Rod, including a 7-1 mark last year,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>PROBABLE STARTERS</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Tuesday, Feb. 22 • 6:30 p.m. CT • LHP
<b>Kobe Andrade (0-0, 6.75 ERA)</b>* vs. RHP Will Ripoll (0-0, 0.00 ERA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">*2021 stats at Texas A&M<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>BROADCAST INFORMATION</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Tuesday's game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with John Morris (PxP) and Pat Combs (Analyst) on the call.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Fans can also listen to the radio broadcast on ESPN 1660/92.3 FM with Ryan Boyd (PxP) and Matt Czimskey (Analyst) calling the action.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>ADD ANOTHER TO THE K-COUNTER</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• The Baylor pitching staff racked up double-digit strikeouts in all three games against Maryland, recording 14 K's on Friday, 10 on Saturday and another 12 on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• The Bears only reached double figures in 16 of their 51 games in 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Senior LHP Tyler Thomas led the Bears with a career-high tying nine strikeouts on Friday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• 12 of the 13 BU pitchers who made an appearance recorded at least one punchout.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>NEW BEARS ON THE BLOCK</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Nine Bears made their Baylor debuts against Maryland, including Kobe Andrade, Harrison Caley, Cortlan Castle, Henry Cone, Brett Garcia, Cody Grebeck, Jake Jackson, Mason Marriott
and Matt Voelker.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Caley, a transfer from Abilene Christian, was behind the plate for Friday's opener.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Voelker, a transfer from Loyola Marymount, made his first appearance out of the bullpen for the Bears on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Jackson, a transfer from Nevada, made his first start for the Bears on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Garcia also made his first two appearances in green and gold on Friday and Sunday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Andrade, a transfer from Texas A&M, made his first-career start in left field on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">• Castle, who earned his first-career start on Saturday, Cone, Grebeck and Marriott each made their collegiate debuts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">• Castle and Grebeck recorded their first-career hits, while Marriott notched his first-career strikeout.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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