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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">May 9, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Baseball’s Comeback Bid Falls Short to Grand Canyon<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears strand winning run on first in 4-2 defeat<br>
</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 (16-31) dropped a narrow 4-2 contest to Grand Canyon (31-19) Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark in Waco, after stranding the winning run on first base to end the ballgame.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Though the Bears collected just one hit, they reached base 10 times on free passes, including five in the bottom of the ninth to nearly come from behind and steal the victory
over the Antelopes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Five BU pitchers combined to scatter four hits and allowed just one earned run in the loss.<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">After sophomore RHP Mason Marriott retired the GCU side in order in the first inning, the ‘Lopes scored the game’s first run with an RBI groundout in the top of the second.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Marriott and junior southpaw Cam Caley tag-teamed the next two frames and kept Grand Canyon off the scoreboard until a run-scoring fielder’s choice, which followed a BU error,
made it 2-0 in the top of the fifth. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">GCU went on to score a run in each of the next two innings, both times after Baylor errors kept the inning alive, opening up a 4-0 lead through seven.<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 bottom of the ninth, junior OF Hunter Simmons was hit by a pitch to begin the inning, then four Bears worked walks to plate two runs. With the bases loaded and two away,
GCU recorded a looking strikeout on a full count to escape with the win, stranding BU’s winning run on first base.<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 matched its second-lowest output of the season with just one earned run allowed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• This is the first time since March 9, 2019 against Nebraska that BU has recorded just one hit in a game.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• The Bears reached base 10 times on free passes, including eight walks and two hit-by-pitches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky has now hit safely in 19 of his last 21 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 his 13<sup>th</sup> scoreless outing of the season, and his fourth in a row, to tie for the team high.<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 has driven in at least one run in 12 games now this season, including each of his last three.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior OF Hunter Simmons has now either scored a run or driven in a run in each of his last six games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior INF/OF Daniel Altman collected his third RBI of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Fifth-year junior RHP Anderson Needham matched his season high with 2.2 innings of work on the mound.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior RHP Grant Golomb did not allow a hit in his inning on the mound, his sixth hitless appearance of the year.<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 DAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">1 – Baylor allowed just one earned run and mustered just one hit in the loss.
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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">“I thought our pitchers did a good enough job to win a ballgame for us. I think they had a positive performance. Anderson Needham in particular was fantastic. Gabe Craig had a
good inning. [Mason] Marriott was pretty solid, [Cam] Caley was pretty solid, [Grant] Golomb did well, so overall the positive of the night is that our pitching staff showed up and competed pretty 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">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 (16-31) takes on Lamar (27-20) on Wednesday, May 10, at Baylor Ballpark in Waco. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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