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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">March 27, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Baseball Welcomes Abilene Christian For Midweek Clash<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears hold 14-2 advantage all-time against Wildcats
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</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (9-15, 2-4 Big 12)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><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/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/1881"><span style="color:black">Mitch Thompson</span></a></span></dfn> (Fort
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (9-15, 2-4) vs<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> ABILENE
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">March 28, 2023 • 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="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay"><span style="color:black">BaylorStats.com</span></a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WATCH: </span></strong>Baylor Baseball on Facebook Live<br>
<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>Abilene, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Western Athletic<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Rick McCarty (Murray State, 2003)<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">STORYLINES</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">LEADING OFF</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor Baseball returns home for a Tuesday night tilt against Abilene Christian before traveling to Lawrence, Kan., for a three-game set against the Jayhawks this weekend, March 31-April
2.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears are coming off a 1-3 week that included an exciting 7-6 win over Sam Houston, and an 11-inning heartbreaker at Oklahoma State in which OSU claimed an 11-9 win after a walk-off
two-run home run.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor finds itself in the middle of the pack after two weeks of conference play. Last weekend, home teams swept all three Big 12 series as an interesting flow chart emerged: Texas
swept Texas Tech, who holds a series win over Oklahoma State, who swept Baylor, who won the series over K-State, who swept Oklahoma, who won the series over TCU, who swept Kansas. West Virginia is the only Big 12 team yet to play a conference game.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Last week, the Bears won a wild Tuesday night game over Sam Houston, 7-6, after an hour and 10-minute rain delay before the start of the eighth inning.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Freshman OF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/caleb-bergman/12091"><span style="color:black">Caleb
Bergman</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the eighth as a pinch hitter, then started an 8-6-2-5 double play with no outs in the top of the ninth
to prevent SHSU from scoring.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor pitchers struck out a season-high 18 batters on Friday at Oklahoma State, setting a program record for strikeouts in a Big 12 game.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• BU produced its first four-HR game of the year on Saturday at OSU, as sophomore C </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cortlan-castle/11480"><span style="color:black">Cortlan
Castle</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and sophomore INF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/12075"><span style="color:black">Hunter
Teplanszky</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> each launched their first-career homers.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears are 9-2 this season when scoring six or more runs, 7-1 when out-hitting their opponents and 7-0 when leading the ballgame after six innings.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• After freshman INF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kolby-branch/12083"><span style="color:black">Kolby
Branch's</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> on-base streak was snapped at 23 games, Teplanszky's 12-game on-base streak now leads the team, while junior INF/OF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-posey/12079"><span style="color:black">Cole
Posey's</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> eight-game hitting streak is a team high.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ADD IT TO THE K-COUNTER</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears have eclipsed double-digit strikeouts on the mound in 17 of their 24 games so far this season.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• BU has punched out at least 13 opposing hitters in 10 games this year.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Furthermore, Baylor has racked up 15 or more K's in four games this season, including a program record for Big 12 games with 18 at Oklahoma State on March 24.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor ranks second in the Big 12 and 10th nationally with 260 strikeouts. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• BU's 10.85 strikeouts per nine innings also ranks second the conference and 19th nationally.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SERIES HISTORY VS ACU</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor leads the all-time series, 14-2, over Abilene Christian, and has won each of the last three meetings.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Since ACU made the jump to Division I in 2014, the Bears are 2-0 against the Wildcats.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• This will be the first meeting between the two sides in Waco since 2019.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MIDWEEK MOMENTUM</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor is 4-1 this season in midweek games.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• All four of BU's wins have come against teams from the state of Texas.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears claimed a thrilling, 12-inning victory over DBU on March 7, taking an 8-7 ballgame after freshman INF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kolby-branch/12083"><span style="color:black">Kolby
Branch</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> delivered a walk-off single.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Perhaps Baylor's most complete performance of the year came on March 14 against Rice, as the Bears jumped out to a fast 5-0 lead after two innings and cruised to the tune of a two-hit
shutout and a 6-0 final.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Another wild victory came on March 21, as BU defeated Sam Houston, 7-6, after an hour and 10-minute rain delay. After a possum scampered across the tarp, freshman OF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/caleb-bergman/12091"><span style="color:black">Caleb
Bergman</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> delivered the go-ahead, pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the 8th and started an 8-6-2-5 relay double play in the 9th to prevent SHSU from scoring
the go-ahead run.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PROBABLE STARTERS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Tuesday, March 28 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>RHP </b></span><dfn><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/brett-garcia/11486"><span style="color:black">Brett
Garcia</span></a></span></b></dfn><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (0-0, 7.20 ERA)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> vs. RHP Blake Anderson (3-0, 4.67 ERA)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BROADCAST INFORMATION</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Tuesday's game will have a one-camera stream via Baylor Baseball on Facebook Live simulcasted with the home radio feed.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor radio broadcast on ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM, featuring Derek Smith and Ryan Boyd on the call.<br>
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