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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Baseball Hosts UT Arlington on $2 Tuesday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Bears look to remain undefeated in midweek ballgames in 2025<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (16-7, 2-4 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b><i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403"><span style="color:black">Mitch Thompson</span></a></i> (Fort Hays St., 1988)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> (16-7, 2-4) vs.<b> UT ARLINGTON </b>(7-13, 1-2)<br>
<b>March 25, 2025 • 6:30 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballpark (5,000)</b><br>
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<b>LIVE STATS: </b><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay"><span style="color:black">BaylorStats.com</span></a><br>
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<b><i>Talent:</i></b> <i>Derek Smith, Tom Barfield</i><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS (7-13, 1-2 WAC)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Arlington, Texas<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> WAC<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Mike Trapasso (Oklahoma State, 1987)<br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">STORYLINES</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">LEADING OFF</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor Baseball welcomes UT Arlington for a midweek matchup on Tuesday, featuring Texas Country Music Night at Baylor Ballpark and another installment of $2 Tuesday deals (tickets, hot dogs, sodas).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Though BU dropped its series to K-State over the weekend, the Bears are coming off a 19-4 victory in the series finale that salvaged the weekend in run-rule fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears have now won the series finale three times after trailing 0-2 on the weekend in the Thompson era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor racked up 19 runs, tying the most of the Thompson era, on a season-high-tying 16 hits, the 11th time this season the Bears have reached double digits in hits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU batted around in back-to-back innings on Sunday, marking the first time since March 6, 2021, vs. Memphis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor is 11-2 this season when allowing two walks or less.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor has won 10-straight midweek games, dating back to the 2024 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor returns 22 players from its 2024 roster, including six position player starters, and welcomes 18 newcomers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU has 16 seniors on its 2025 roster, including six fifth-year players and three sixth-year players.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor plays a combined 13 games against five NCAA Tournament teams in 2025 and will face 10 30-game winners, including two squads that won 40 or more games last season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• 46% of the schedule features opponents that finished 2024 with a top-75 RPI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">STRONG FIRST MONTH</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor completed its first Opening Weekend sweep since 2019, outscoring Youngstown State 38-11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears posted back-to-back shutouts against UTSA and Gonzaga, the team's first consecutive shutouts since April 1-2, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU's sweep over LMU signaled the fourth time since 2017 that the Bears have swept two opponents at home within the first four weekends of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Tuesday, March 11's game attendance (2,283) against Sam Houston was the largest crowd against a non-conference opponent, and the seventh-largest overall, of the Thompson era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor erased an early five-run deficit to come from behind and win 9-7 on Sunday at Kansas, the largest comeback of the Thompson Era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor's 3.35 walks per nine innings ranks 19th in the country and its 1.26 WHIP places 23rd nationally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU's bullpen has allowed 41 earned runs across 109.1 innings of relief, good for a 3.38 ERA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• For the sixth week in a row, Baylor is currently receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll. Baylor has not been ranked in a major poll since 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">SERIES HISTORY AGAINST UT ARLINGTON</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor leads the all-time series against UT Arlington, 91-35<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears are 2-0 against the Mavericks under third-year head coach <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403"><span style="color:black">Mitch Thompson</span></a></i> and
have won four straight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">TUESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor is 21-10 in midweek ballgames under third-year head coach <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403"><span style="color:black">Mitch Thompson</span></a></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU has won 10-straight midweek games, dating back to the 2024 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears are 5-0 in midweeks so far this year and 5-0 against fellow teams from the state of Texas in 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">PROBABLE STARTERS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Tues. March 25 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/stefan-stahl/14037"><span style="color:black">Stefan Stahl</span></a></i> (1-0, 4.05 ERA)</b> vs. TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">SOUTHPAW STARTERS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• 2025 is just the third season in the Statcrew Era (since 2003) that Baylor has started four different left-handed pitchers at any point in the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• 2025 is the only time in the Statcrew Era that the Bears have started four different southpaws consecutively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• A left-handed pitcher has started each of BU's last 12 games entering the midweek against UT Arlington.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BROADCAST INFORMATION</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Tuesday's game will be available on ESPN+, with Lincoln Rose and Baylor Athletics Hall of Famer Pat Combs calling the action. Fans can also tune in to ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM for the Baylor
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