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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 Faces No. 9 Texas Tech in Weekend Series<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 have won five in a row at home<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"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">BAYLOR BEARS (21-20, 4-11 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,
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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"> (21-20, 4-11) vs<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> TEXAS
TECH </span></strong>(29-15, 9-6)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April 29, 2022 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April 30, 2022 • 3:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 1, 2022 • 1:00 p.m. CT</span></strong></b><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="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay"><span style="color:#154734">BaylorStats.com</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><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>Learfield / ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM & 92.3 FM<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Derek Smith, Ryan Boyd</span></em><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Lubbock, 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> Tim Tadlock (Texas Tech, 1992)<br>
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<p><b>STORYLINES</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>LEADING OFF</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor continues its five-game <span class="scayt-misspell-word">homestand</span> with a weekend series against No. 9 Texas Tech.<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 44 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 20 games, have notched at least two XBH in nine of its last 10 games and have bashed 28 extra-base hits in their last eight games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Sophomore OF Kyle Nevin is riding a career-best 21-game on-base streak and holds a 10-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>• McKenzie leads the team with 15 multi-hit performances in 2022 and has collected three consecutive two-hit games.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>BY THE NUMBERS </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Texas Tech narrowly leads the all-time series 91-85 over Baylor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez, the Bears are 7-10 against the Red Raiders, but are 5-5 against TTU over the last 10 meetings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Baylor won last season's series by taking two of three from Tech in Lubbock.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• BU also claimed the most recent series played in Waco in 2018 with a pair of wins on that weekend.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>PROBABLE STARTERS</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Friday, April 29 • 6:30 p.m. CT • <b>RHP Jake Jackson (3-3, 8.92 ERA)</b> vs. RHP Andrew Morris (5-0, 3.70 ERA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Saturday, April 30 • 3:00 p.m. CT • <b>LHP Kobe </b><span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Andrade</b></span><b> (3-2, 4.50 ERA)</b> vs. RHP Brandon
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Birdsell</span> (6-2, 2.17 ERA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sunday, May 1 • 1:00 p.m. CT • <b>RHP Blake </b><span class="scayt-misspell-word"><b>Helton</b></span><b> (0-1, 5.40 ERA)</b> vs. TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>BROADCAST INFORMATION</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• This weekend's series will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, with John Morris (PxP) and former Baylor outfielder Richard Cunningham (Analyst) providing the commentary.<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>
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<p><b>FEED THE BEAVER</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• This weekend will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of BU's 2012 Big 12 Championship team, a team that won a Big 12-record 24 games in a row, including 18 Big 12 games, and reached No. 1 for the first time in program history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• Members of the 2012 team will be in attendance for Saturday's recognition, including Big 12 Player of the Year Josh
<span class="scayt-misspell-word">Ludy</span> and All-American Josh Turley.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>• The first 500 fans in attendance on Saturday will receive an exclusive Baylor Baseball stuffed beaver.<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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