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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">March 31, 2025<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Baseball Hosts HCU to Start Five-Game Homestand<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 hold unblemished 6-0 record in midweek games so far this season<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 (19-8, 4-5 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"> (19-8, 4-5) vs.<b> HCU </b>(17-8, 10-2)<br>
<b>April 1, 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>
<b>WATCH: </b>ESPN+<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b> <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52"><span style="color:black">John Morris</span></a>, Pat Combs</i><br>
<b>LISTEN: </b>ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM<br>
<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">HCU HUSKIES (17-8, 10-2 Southland)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Houston, Texas<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Southland<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Clayton VanderLaan (Graceland, 2014)<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 returns home to begin a five-game homestretch against HCU on Tuesday night ahead of a weekend series against Houston. A midweek next Tuesday against Texas State rounds out the homestand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU is coming off a series victory at No. 12 Arizona, claiming the Friday opener, 8-5, and the Saturday contest, 6-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears collected their fifth and sixth wins against a ranked team 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">• The wins marked BU's first road series victory over a ranked opponent since taking two of three at No. 5 Texas Tech on April 23-25, 2021, in Lubbock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor's bullpen was excellent in both victories, combining for just one earned run in 11.1 innings on Friday and Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Sixth-year senior closer <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/gabe-craig/13509"><span style="color:black">Gabe Craig</span></a></i> was electric, picking up two saves over the
weekend with three strikeouts in two innings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor has scored at least eight runs in eight of its last 10 wins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor is 12-2 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">• BU is 14-1 when striking out nine or more batters and 11-3 when racking up 10+ hits offensively.<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 HALF</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 a five-run deficit to 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 3.38 walks per nine innings ranks 21st in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU's bullpen has allowed 49 earned runs across 132.0 innings of relief, good for a 3.34 ERA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• For the seventh 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 HCU</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 8-2 all-time against HCU, including a 2-0 mark in the Thompson era, and has won each of the last four meetings.<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 22-10 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 11-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 6-0 in midweeks so far this season and 6-0 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. April 1 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/bryson-bales/14021"><span style="color:black">Bryson Bales</span></a></i> (2-2, 7.77 ERA)</b> vs. RHP
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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">• Baylor has started a left-handed pitcher in each of its last 16 games, dating back to March 2 (<i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-stasio/13524"><span style="color:black">Cole
Stasio</span></a></i> vs. Auburn).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• 2025 is the only season in the Statcrew Era (since 2003) that BU has started five different left-handed pitchers at any point in the year, and the third time in the same span with four different LHP
starters.<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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<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 streamed on ESPN+, with the Voice of the Bears <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52"><span style="color:black">John Morris</span></a></i> and Baylor
Athletics Hall of Famer Pat Combs calling the action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Fans can also tune in to ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM for the Baylor radio broadcast, featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call.<br>
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