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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 Begins Five-Game Homestand With Midweek Tilt vs. Incarnate Word<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears are 4-0 all-time against UIW<br>
</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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">BAYLOR BEARS (20-20, 4-11 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b><i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1811"><span style="color:#154734">Steve Rodriguez</span></a></i> (Pepperdine, 2001)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"> (20-20, 4-11) vs<b> UIW </b>(16-20, 6-9)<br>
<b>April 26, 2022 • 6:30 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballapark (5,000)</b><br>
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<b>LIVE STATS: </b><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay"><span style="color:#154734">BaylorStats.com</span></a><br>
<b>WATCH: </b>Big 12 Now on ESPN+<br>
<b>LISTEN: </b>Learfield / ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM & 92.3 FM<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b> <i>Derek Smith, Ryan Boyd</i><br>
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<b>Location: </b>San Antonio, Texas<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Southland<br>
<b>Head Coach:</b> Ryan Shotzberger (McDaniel, 2004)<br>
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<p><b>LEADING OFF</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor kicks off a five-game <span class="scayt-misspell-word">homestand</span> with a midweek contest against Incarnate Word on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU currently sits in seventh place in the Big 12 standings at 4-11 in conference play, with 3 Big 12 series remaining.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears continue to turn double plays at a high rate, leading the Big 12 and ranking second nationally with 43 total twin killings and 1.07 per game.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU has recorded at least one extra-base hit in each of its last 19 games, and have notched at least two XBH in eight of their last nine games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears have bashed 24 extra-base hits in their last seven games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Sophomore OF Kyle Nevin is riding a career-best 20-game on-base streak and holds a nine-game hitting streak.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Nevin hit his team-leading eighth home run of the season in Sunday's series finale at No. 10 Texas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Sophomore OF Jared McKenzie recorded his third-career multi-HR game by knocking two out of the park during Saturday's game in Austin.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• McKenzie is the first Bear to tally a multi-HR game in 2022.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU hit three home runs on the weekend for just the fourth time this season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• 3 HR's tie a season-best output for the Bears in a Big 12 series.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>BY THE NUMBERS </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor leads the all-time series 4-0 over Incarnate Word.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez, the Bears are 1-0 against the Cardinals, having won the most recent matchup in 2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears have won each of the last three meetings by one run.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• All four of the prior contests between BU and UIW were played between 2014 and 2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>PROBABLE STARTERS</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Tuesday, April 26 • 6:30 p.m. CT • <b>RHP Chandler Freeman (0-0, 7.00 ERA)</b> vs. LHP Carson Rollins (2-1, 5.82 ERA)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>• Tuesday's game will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Fans can also tune in to ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM and 92.3 FM for the Baylor radio broadcast, featuring Derek Smith and Ryan Boyd on the call.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Big 12 Now feed will pull the home radio broadcast for commentary.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>TURNING TWO</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor leads the Big 12 and ranks second nationally with 43 double plays turned in 2022 (1.07 per game).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Entering the week, BU is just four off the nation's lead of 47, currently held by New Mexico.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Sophomore 2B Tre Richardson has an assist in 32 of those 43 twin killings so far this season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears rolled just 33 double plays in all of 2021 (0.65 per game).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>INTERCHANGABLE</b></span><b> AT THE TOP</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor's top four hitters in the batting lineup (Jack Pineda, Tre Richardson, Jared McKenzie and Kyle Nevin) have each played in all 40 games and each hold a batting average between .281 and .305.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The Bears have shockingly similar stat lines, as Pineda and Richardson are tied for the team lead with 48 hits, while McKenzie and Nevin are right behind with 47 hits each.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Nevin leads the team with eight home runs, while McKenzie trails him by one with seven long balls on the year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Pineda and Richardson have each scored 43 runs, while Richardson (26) has driven in one more run than Pineda (25).<o:p></o:p></p>
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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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