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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 31, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Baseball Drops Opener at Kansas<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Branch, Ceccoli each collect three hits as Bears drop fifth straight
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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,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">LAWRENCE, Kan. –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">For the seventh time in its last 10 ballgames, Baylor baseball (9-17, 2-5) eclipsed double digits in hits as team, but took its fifth loss in a row at Kansas (10-14, 1-3), 12-4, Friday
night at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Freshman INF Kolby Branch and sophomore 1B John Ceccoli each produced three hits, including Ceccoli’s fourth home run of the season, but the Bears left eight men on base and
went 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position in the series opener.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Sophomore RHP Gabe Craig and junior RHP/OF Cole Tremain combined to throw the last 3.1 innings and hold KU scoreless after the Jayhawks had scored in each of the first four
frames of the night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Kansas struck early with a pair of runs in the first on an RBI double and a run-scoring single, then added another to go ahead 3-0 through two innings.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">In the third, Baylor got on the board with an RBI groundout from sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky, which followed an infield single from freshman OF Caleb Bergman and a double
off the bat of Branch. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">However, KU would answer with two more in the bottom half thanks to a pair of RBI hits, then exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning on five hits and a BU error.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Ceccoli’s solo homer in the top of the sixth brought the Bears within 10 runs, then an RBI single from junior OF Hunter Simmons cut the deficit to 12-3 in the seventh. In the
top of the eighth, junior C Harrison Caley singled in a run for the final tally of the night, as Craig and Tremain worked scoreless outings on the mound.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Baylor dropped to 61-24 all-time against Kansas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• BU tallied its 11<sup>th</sup> double-digit hitting performance of the year, and seventh in its last 10 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Freshman INF Kolby Branch collected his 11<sup>th</sup> multi-hit game of the year and sixth game with at least three hits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Sophomore 1B John Ceccoli recorded his fourth multi-hit and third three-hit game of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Ceccoli now leads the squad with four home runs on the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky extended his team-leading on-base streak to 14 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior INF/OF Cole Posey extended his team-leading hitting streak to 10 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Freshman OF Caleb Bergman extended his on-base streak to seven games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Sophomore RHP Gabe Craig worked a career-long 2.1 innings and struck out a career-high three batters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Craig worked his sixth-straight outing without allowing a run.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior RHP/OF Cole Tremain worked his third-straight scoreless appearance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">STAT OF THE GAME<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">12 – The number of total hits by the Bears, marking their 11<sup>th</sup> game in double digits and seventh time in their last 10 games.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Head Coach Mitch Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On tonight’s game…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">“Obviously, very disappointed in the outcome and how we pitched the ball. I didn’t feel like we attacked very well. Really proud of Gabe Craig and Cole Tremain in the last four
innings of the ballgame, coming in there and throwing up zeros. I give them great credit for that. Offensively, we’ve got to do a better job early as well. We had several scoring opportunities [that we didn’t score in]. On offensive days, we’re going to have
to score runs and we didn’t score near enough.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor (9-17, 2-5) and Kansas (10-14, 1-3) return for game two of the series on Saturday, April 1, at 12 p.m. at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
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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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