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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">April 14, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Baseball Unable to Complete Late Rally Against No. 12 Texas<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Tremain homers twice as Bears score nine runs in the final two innings, but drop 11-9 ballgame
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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">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor baseball’s frantic late rally came up just short Friday night at Baylor Ballpark, as the Bears (12-22, 4-9) scored nine runs in the final two innings against No. 12 Texas (25-11,
7-3), but dropped an 11-9 contest in Waco.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">BU’s comeback bid fell shy with the tying run on-deck in the bottom of the ninth, after the Bears were held scoreless through the first seven frames. Junior RHP/OF Cole Tremain
crushed a pair of home runs and junior OF Hunter Simmons hit his third blast of the season in the late rally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor had a leadoff baserunner in eight of nine innings, but couldn’t cash in through the early parts of the game as UT slowly added to its lead. Junior LHP/OF Cam Caley kept
the Bears in it with 4.1 solid innings of relief, but ultimately the Longhorns were able to hold off BU’s late rally.<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">Texas got on the board first with two runs in the top of the second, then added single runs in each of the next three frames to take a 5-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Longhorns snuffed out any Baylor threats early on as the Bears stranded a runner in scoring position in four of the first seven innings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">UT added what appeared to be an insurance run in the top of the eighth, but BU showed signs of life in the bottom half as Simmons destroyed a 430-foot, two-run home run to
get his squad on the board. Two batters later, Tremain got in on the action with a solo shot to cut the deficit to 6-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">In the top of the ninth, Texas exploded for five runs on four hits and a Baylor error, opening up an 11-3 lead as things looked all but certain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">But, the Bears didn’t quit as the first two batters in the home half reached on back-to-back walks, setting up sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky’s two-run double that made it
11-5. With two outs, sophomore 1B Casen Neumann delivered a pinch-hit RBI double off the wall, then subsequently scored on sophomore 1B John Ceccoli’s RBI double that made it 11-7. Tremain was next up and stayed hot with a mammoth two-run blast over the batter’s
eye, cutting the lead to 11-9.<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, that’s where the comeback bid would end as a groundout finished the ballgame and gave the Longhorns a series-opening victory.<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">• This is the 12<sup>th</sup> game Baylor has played in 2023 that has been decided by two runs or less.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Each of BU’s last four losses have been decided by three runs or less.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• The Bears logged 12 hits for their 16<sup>th</sup> double-digit hitting output of the year, including their 12<sup>th</sup> in the last 18 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Baylor matched its second-highest home run total in a single game this year with three.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• BU collected a season-high six doubles in tonight’s contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Eight of Baylor’s nine starters tallied at least one hit, and seven of them scored at least one 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 crushed two home runs, his first multi-HR game of the year and the second by a Bear this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Tremain also recorded his third multi-hit and multi-RBI game of 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 on-base streak to 22 games and his hitting streak to 10 games with his 10<sup>th</sup> multi-hit and fourth multi-RBI game of
the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior OF Hunter Simmons hit his third home run of the season and second in as many games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Simmons collected his team-leading eighth multi-RBI game of the 2023 campaign.<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 became the second Bear to reach 10 doubles on the season, behind only freshman INF Kolby Branch, who notched his team-leading 14<sup>th</sup> double
of the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Freshman C Walker Polk reached base for the fifth-consecutive game.<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">9 – The number of extra-base hits and runs scored by the Bears in tonight’s game.<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">“The disappointing part of this game for me is that we were never really truly in the game. And that’s the shame of it because we had opportunities and just didn’t execute early
in the game. We just never did and we didn’t play very good defense either. I am encouraged that we didn’t quit, but that is also what you should expect. We are not quitting. I don’t want to get too happy about patting ourselves on the back, but the positive
is that we did come back. Today is a game of missed opportunities and coming up two runs short doesn’t make me feel too good.”<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">Junior RHP/OF Cole Tremain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On his two home runs…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">“Up until my last at-bat, every at-bat I had I got to two strikes, so I was always in fight mode, just trying to hit the ball hard and put it in play. That last at-bat, I was able
to get in a leverage count at 2-0 and I was just sitting dead red fastball and I put a good swing on it.”<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 (12-22, 4-9) looks to even the series against No. 12 Texas (25-11, 7-3) on Saturday, April 15, with a 2 p.m. first pitch at Baylor Ballpark.<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;mso-ligatures:none">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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