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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">Jackson Leads Charge in Baylor BSB’s 4-2 Win at K-State
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Fifth-year senior RHP goes 7 IP and allows just one run in series-opening victory<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">THE RUNDOWN</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MANHATTAN, Kan. –</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> Fifth-year senior RHP Jake Jackson turned in one of his best outings
of the year as Baylor baseball (24-22, 6-13) defeated Kansas State (25-23, 6-13) 4-2 Friday night at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan.<br>
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Jackson (4-4) threw seven strong innings, allowing just one run on six scattered hits, while walking one and striking out three. Fellow senior LHP Matt Voelker picked up his third save of the year, completing the final two innings with three hits allowed and
one run, walking two and fanning one.<br>
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Offensively, Tre Richardson led the way with a three-hit performance and a pair of two-out RBIs that proved essential. Jared McKenzie also drove in a run, while the 7-8-9 spots in BU’s order combined for two hits and three runs.<br>
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Baylor got the scoring started in the top of the third inning as Richardson singled in Jacob Schoenvogel. Then in the fifth, the Bears plated three more as Harrison Caley scored off a K-State error on an Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo single. Richardson chased him
in with a double and subsequently scored on McKenzie’s two-out knock that made it 4-0 in BU’s favor.<br>
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Jackson put up zeroes until the sixth when K-State got one back via a solo home run, but he worked out of danger and finished his outing after seven frames to tie his season-long performance. Voelker allowed one run in the eighth, but escaped further trouble
with a bases-loaded strikeout to end the threat.<br>
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The Wildcats went quietly in the ninth, as nothing came of a one-out double and the Bears picked up their first series-opening win in Big 12 play this season.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">NOTES</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Baylor improved to 53-30 all-time against Kansas State and 10-7 over the Wildcats under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez.<br>
• BU has won eight of the last 11 matchups with K-State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• The Bears have won four in a row in Manhattan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Baylor extended its streak to 25 games in a row with an extra-base hit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• The Bears have tallied two or more XBH in 14 of their last 15 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Tre Richardson recorded his 15<sup>th</sup> multi-hit and ninth multi-RBI game of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Jake Jackson tied a season-high with seven innings pitched and earned his fourth win of 2022 to tie for the team lead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Matt Voelker earned his third save of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">STAT OF THE GAME</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">7 – Jake Jackson threw seven strong innings, scattering six hits and allowing just one run in the win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">TOP QUOTES</span></strong></span><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Head coach Steve Rodriguez</span></b></em><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On tonight’s win…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“Jake Jackson did a phenomenal job for us. After a long break, he came out and did exactly what we needed him to do. Threw a lot of strikes, forced them to put the
ball in play. We got some great defense and some timely hits, so having him come out and be able to gobble up some quality innings for us and get the win was a great step for us after finals getting back into league play.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On the offensive execution…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Our execution was really good in certain areas. Our bunts got guys in scoring position, next thing you know Tre [Richardson] would come up and be able to drive them in. We got
some key hits from some key people in regards to where they are in the lineup, and just getting RBIs when we needed to and two-out RBIs, which had been evading us for quite a few games, today was there for us. I was just really happy that we jumped out the
way we did and the guys swung the bats the way they did.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Senior</span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
</span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">RHP</span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
</span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Jake Jackson
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On what was working for him…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Just getting ahead in counts and trying to give my team a chance to win. My offense gave me one in the third and three in the fifth and I just kind of rolled with that. I attacked
their hitters, they were swinging early so just threw everything in the zone and let my stuff work, competed as much as I could to get us deep in the game and get a W.”<br>
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<b>Sophomore INF Tre Richardson<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On his approach with two outs or two strikes…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I was just trying to go up there and do my job, extend innings and extend at-bats. You know, just help the team win. I don’t think the approach really changes too much, I try
to have the same mentality in an 0-0 count as I would in an 0-2 count. Just trying to get barrel to the ball, not try to do too much, and I hit a few that found holes. This is a big series. Any type of win is big, but being able to come out here on the road
in front of their home faithful was really big for us.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">WHAT'S NEXT</span></strong><br>
<span style="background:white">Baylor (24-22, 6-13) looks to clinch the series over Kansas State (25-23, 6-13) in Saturday’s game two, set for a 4:00 p.m. CT first pitch from Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan.<br>
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For the latest news on the Baylor baseball team all season long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.<o:p></o:p></span></span></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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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