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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 16, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Matheson’s Gem Lifts Baylor Baseball Past Tarleton, 4-2<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Junior RHP throws seven scoreless; Brzozowski hits three-run homer in the win<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">STEPHENVILLE, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Behind a masterful start by junior RHP Jared Matheson, Baylor baseball (17-35) claimed a 4-2 victory over Tarleton (24-25) Tuesday night at the TSU Baseball Complex in Stephenville.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Matheson pitched a career-high seven scoreless innings and struck out five, marking his third-straight start with five or more punchouts and one earned run or less. Redshirt
freshman OF Gavin Brzozowski provided the big blow offensively with a three-run home run in the top of the first that capped off a four-run frame for the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Junior RHP Hambleton Oliver shut the door after entering with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth. The reliable righty minimized damage, then worked a 1-2-3 ninth
to earn his fourth save of the season.<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">BU got the scoring started right from the jump in the top of the first, as back-to-back walks to sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky and freshman INF Kolby Branch followed junior
INF/OF Cole Posey’s leadoff single to load the bases. After junior OF Hunter Simmons delivered a sacrifice fly, Brzozowski crushed one that hooked around the right-field foul pole for his fourth long ball of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Matheson took the mound for the first time with a four-run lead and retired nine of the first 10 he faced before allowing a hit to start the bottom of the fourth. After sitting
down the next nine batters, including a double play, he was able to dance around danger in the seventh to strand a pair of Texans in what was TSU’s biggest threat to that point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">After going to the bullpen in the bottom of the eighth, two-straight singles and a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases full of Texans before Baylor turned to its third pitcher of
the night in Oliver. An RBI blooper and run-scoring double play ball accounted for Tarleton’s two runs, but Oliver buckled down to strikeout TSU’s three-hole hitter who served as the tying run.<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 ninth, Oliver retired the side in order to finish off the win, Matheson’s first of the year.
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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 snapped its five-game losing streak and took a 2-1 advantage in the all-time series with Tarleton.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• BU earned its third road victory of the season and its first all-time in Stephenville.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior RHP Jared Matheson went a career-long seven scoreless innings and struck out five.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Matheson also earned his first-career win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior RHP Hambleton Oliver collected his team-leading fourth save of the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Oliver also worked his 10<sup>th</sup> scoreless appearance of the year, and third in a row.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Redshirt freshman OF Gavin Brzozowski notched his ninth multi-hit performance and once again tied his season best with three hits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Brzozowski also launched his fourth home run of the season, moving into second place on the team in 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• The three-run home run marked Brzozowski’s third multi-RBI game of the year, and first 3-RBI game.<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 recorded his 15<sup>th</sup> multi-hit game 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">7 – Baylor starter Jared Matheson went seven scoreless en route to his first win of the season.<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 win…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">“The three-run bomb was huge. When you load the bases with nobody out, you’re thinking ‘OK, let’s go, let’s bust this thing open early.’ Had a good at-bat by Scoob [Hunter
Simmons] hitting a deep fly ball to drive in the first run and then [Gavin] Brzozowski followed it up with the three-run bomb. We were up 4-0 in the first, so I’m disappointed we didn’t add to it. Had a couple opportunities throughout the game, and then towards
the end of the game it got a little tighter and we had to hold on to it. Great job by Jared [Matheson] and then phenomenal job by Hambleton [Oliver] again. Putting him in the fire and he didn’t flinch.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On Jared Matheson’s performance…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">“Jared was really good. He filled up the strike zone, threw a good fastball and located his stuff well. It was fun to see a great outing for him. He gave us exactly what we needed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Junior RHP Jared Matheson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">On what’s been the difference for him lately…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">“Really just confidence. Getting my confidence back, believing in my stuff and my teammates behind me. Letting them put the ball in play and not thinking too much. I think that’s
really helped.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Redshirt freshman OF Gavin Brzozowski<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">On his approach at the plate recently…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">“A lot of pitchers lately have been trying to go in, trying to make me hit into the shift. I’m starting to get more comfortable handling those inside pitches and trying to handle
the outside ones whenever they show up. I’ve just been relaxing, trying not to make baseball my full identity. There is life outside of baseball, so it’s been mainly a mental change and it’s been doing me really good on and off the field. I feel like I’m playing
more to my ability.”<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 (17-35) hosts Cal State Bakersfield (18-28) in its final series of the 2023 season. The three-game set kicks off on Thursday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. at Baylor Ballpark
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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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