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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 17, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Baseball Hosts CSU Bakersfield in Regular-Season Finale
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears seeking first series win in regular-season finale since 2018
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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:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (17-35, 6-18 Big 12)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (17-35, 6-18) vs<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> CSU
BAKERSFIELD </span></strong>(18-28, 9-18)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 18, 2023 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 19, 2023 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 20, 2023 • 2:00 p.m. CT</span></strong></b><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>Big 12 Now on ESPN+<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>John Morris, Pat Combs</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM & 92.3 FM<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>Derek Smith, Ryan Boyd, Nolan Bay</i><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CSU BAKERSFIELD ROADRUNNERS (18-28, 9-18 Big West)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Bakersfield, Calif.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big West<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach:</span></strong> Jeremy Beard (Oregon State, 1997)<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">LEADING OFF</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Baylor Baseball finishes out its 2023 campaign with three games this weekend against CSU Bakersfield, the first meeting between the two programs. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• The Bears won their final road game of the year on Tuesday night at Tarleton, 4-2, behind </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/jared-matheson/12088"><span style="color:black">Jared
Matheson's</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> career-best start of seven scoreless frames with five strikeouts.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Junior RHP </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hambleton-oliver/11502"><span style="color:black">Hambleton
Oliver</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> collected his fourth save of the season with two scoreless innings, allowing just one run with two strikeouts.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Redshirt freshman OF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/gavin-brzozowski/12076"><span style="color:black">Gavin
Brzozowski</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> delivered the big blow offensively in the form of a three-run home run in the top of the first inning. He collected three hits for the second game in a row to tie his season high.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Baylor pitchers have posted a 4.10 ERA since the start of May, including six players with sub-2.50 ERA's in </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ethan-calder/12093"><span style="color:black">Ethan
Calder</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (3 APP, 0.00 ERA), </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/grant-golomb/11487"><span style="color:black">Grant
Golomb</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (3 APP, 0.00 ERA), </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hambleton-oliver/11502"><span style="color:black">Hambleton
Oliver</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (5 APP, 0.00 ERA), </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-tremain/12084"><span style="color:black">Cole
Tremain</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (1 APP, 0.00 ERA), </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/jared-matheson/12088"><span style="color:black">Jared
Matheson</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (3 APP, 1.10 ERA), and </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/brett-garcia/11486"><span style="color:black">Brett
Garcia</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (3 APP, 2.25 ERA).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Baylor is 15-7 this season when scoring six or more runs and 6-0 when scoring 10 or more runs.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• BU is also 12-2 this year when leading the ballgame after six innings and 12-4 when out-hitting its opponent.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Junior RHP </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/grant-golomb/11487"><span style="color:black">Grant Golomb</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> owns
a 0.93 ERA over his last four appearances. He has struck out 11 batters in 9.2 innings of work over that stretch.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Freshman INF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",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:10.5pt;color:black"> continues
to lead the club in virtually every offensive category. He sits just two doubles shy of tying the program's doubles record by a freshman (18, Matt Williams, 1998).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">FINISHING STRONG</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Baylor is looking for its first series win in its regular-season finale since 2018, when the Bears rolled along a stretch of 22 wins in 25 games before the postseason which included a Big 12 Tournament title.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• BU will recognize </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/blake-helton/11490"><span style="color:black">Blake
Helton</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> on Saturday's Senior Day to celebrate his five-year career with the Bears.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Baylor will also recognize its three Spring 2023 graduates on Friday, in </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/brett-garcia/11486"><span style="color:black">Brett
Garcia</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">, </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/adam-muirhead/11498"><span style="color:black">Adam
Muirhead</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> and </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/will-rigney/11505"><span style="color:black">Will
Rigney</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">ADD IT TO THE K-COUNTER</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• The Bears have eclipsed double-digit strikeouts on the mound in 20 games so far this season.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• BU has punched out at least 13 opposing hitters in 10 games this year.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;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:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Baylor ranks third in the Big 12 with 471 strikeouts, though BU's 9.22 strikeouts per nine innings ranks second in the league.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">DUO RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• On Tuesday, fourth-year junior INF/OF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-posey/12079"><span style="color:black">Cole
Posey</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> and fifth-year junior </span><dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/anderson-needham/11499"><span style="color:black">Anderson
Needham</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Both graduate students, Posey holds a 3.91 GPA in Sports Management, while Needham boasts a 3.62 GPA in Information Systems.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">FORMER BEAR MAKES HIS MLB DEBUT</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• On Monday night, former Baylor standout and 2018 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year Cody Bradford made his Major League debut with the Texas Rangers, starting against the Atlanta Braves.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Bradford became the 46th Bear all-time to reach the big leagues and is the fourth active Bear in the bigs, joining Daniel Castano (Miami Marlins), Shea Langeliers (Oakland Athletics) and Max Muncy (Los Angeles Dodgers).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">PROBABLE STARTERS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Thursday, May 18 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>RHP </b></span><dfn><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-marriott/11495"><span style="color:black">Mason
Marriott</span></a></span></b></dfn><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (1-7, 7.57 ERA)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> vs. RHP Ryan Verdugo (4-6, 6.02 ERA)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Friday, May 19 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>RHP </b></span><dfn><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/will-rigney/11505"><span style="color:black">Will
Rigney</span></a></span></b></dfn><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> (3-3, 4.45 ERA) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">vs. LHP Matt Comnos (3-4, 2.95 ERA)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Saturday, May 20 • 2:00 p.m. • <b>TBD</b> vs. TBD</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">BROADCAST INFORMATION</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• This weekend's series against the Roadrunners will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with John Morris handling play-by-play duties and former Baylor pitcher Pat Combs joining him to do color commentary.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor radio broadcast, featuring Derek Smith, Ryan Boyd and Nolan Bay on the call on ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM.<br>
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