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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">April 3, 2025<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor Baseball Welcomes Houston for Three-Game Set<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Bears and Coogs to meet in Waco for first time as Big 12 foes<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Max
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (20-8, 4-5 Big 12)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403"><span style="color:black">Mitch Thompson</span></a></span></dfn> (Fort
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> (20-8, 4-5) vs.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> HOUSTON </span></strong>(16-12,
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 4, 2025 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 5, 2025 • 2:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 6, 2025 • 1:00 p.m. CT</span></strong></b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballpark (5,000)</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",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:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH: </span></strong>ESPN+<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52"><span style="color:black">John Morris</span></a></span></dfn><i>,
Pat Combs</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>Derek Smith, Tom Barfield</i><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">HOUSTON COUGARS (16-12, 3-6 Big 12)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Houston, Texas<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Todd Whitting (Houston, 1995)<br>
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<p style="background:white"><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 continues its five-game homestand this weekend with a three-game set against Houston.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• A midweek contest next Tuesday, April 8, against Texas State rounds out the home stretch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU is coming off an exciting 3-2 victory Tuesday night over HCU, capped by a walk-off solo home run by <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/travis-sanders/14035"><span style="color:black">Travis
Sanders</span></a></span></dfn>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears remained undefeated (7-0) in midweek ballgames this season and have won 12-straight midweeks dating back to 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Tuesday's win marked the fastest BU has reached 20 wins since 2019, when the Bears started the year 20-6 and collected win No. 20 on March 30 at Kansas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Last weekend, Baylor took two of three at No. 12 Arizona, earning their fifth and sixth wins against a ranked team under third-year head coach <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403"><span style="color:black">Mitch
Thompson</span></a></span></dfn>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The series win marked BU's first road series victory over a ranked opponent since April 23-25, 2021, at No. 5 Texas Tech.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor is 13-2 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 3.33 walks per nine innings ranks 19th in the country and its 1.30 WHIP ranks 24th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU's bullpen has allowed 50 earned runs across 138.0 innings of relief, good for a 3.26 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 HOUSTON</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 over Houston, 90-72, despite being swept by the Cougars in H-Town last season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• This is the first meeting between BU and UH in Waco since 2017, when the Bears won two of three.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears are 7-0 this season against fellow teams from the state of Texas; this is BU's first weekend series against an in-state rival.<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">• Fri. April 4 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>LHP <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ethan-calder/13507"><span style="color:black">Ethan Calder</span></a></span></dfn> (3-3,
5.80 ERA)</b> vs. RHP Paul Schmitz (3-2, 4.81 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Sat. April 5 • 2:00 p.m. • <b>LHP <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/carson-bailey/14018"><span style="color:black">Carson
Bailey</span></a></span></dfn> (2-1, 6.66 ERA)</b> vs. RHP Richie Roman (0-4, 5.25 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Sun. April 6 • 1:00 p.m. • <b>TBD </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">• Baylor has started a left-handed pitcher in each of its last 17 games, dating back to March 2 (<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cole-stasio/13524"><span style="color:black">Cole
Stasio</span></a></span></dfn> 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">• All three games this weekend will be streamed on ESPN+, with the Voice of the Bears <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff-directory/john-morris/52"><span style="color:black">John
Morris</span></a></span></dfn> 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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