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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 17, 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 Drops Series Opener to Utah
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Bears fall in 13-1 ballgame on Thursday night<br>
</span></i><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 Calderone,
254-265-1639, </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor baseball dropped the first of its three-game series against Utah Thursday night at Baylor Ballpark in Waco, 13-1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">BU was unable to keep up with Utah’s performance at the plate, as the Utes racked up 13 runs on 16 hits, including eight
for extra-bases. Sophomore right-hander Colter McAnelly fanned seven in seven innings of one-run work to hold the Bears’ bats at bay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Redshirt senior outfielder Enzo Apodaca and redshirt sophomore Travis Sanders tallied multi-hit performances, while sophomore
southpaw RJ Ruais collected his sixth scoreless appearance of relief in 1.2 hitless innings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Junior left-handed starter Ethan Calder was sharp early on, recording five strikeouts in his first four innings pitched.
The Bears trailed 2-1 until the Utes broke it open in the fifth with five runs and went on to score in each of the next three frames to pull away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">After trading scoreless innings, Utah struck first in the top of the third with back-to-back doubles that scored a pair
of runs. But, Baylor answered right back in the bottom half as Apodaca crossed the plate on a wild pitch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">In the fifth, the Utes added to their lead with a five-run frame that included an RBI single to the opposite field, a bases-clearing
double and a sacrifice fly. Two more came across for the visitors in the sixth on a two-run single and a solo home run extended the lead to 10-1 in the seventh. Back-to-back long balls capped off Utah’s scoring in the eighth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Ruais entered to collect the final two outs of the eighth inning and retired the side after a leadoff walk in the ninth
for his sixth scoreless outing of the year. Utah had faced the minimum over the final three innings to seal the series opener.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">• Redshirt senior OF Enzo Apodaca recorded his 11<sup>th</sup> multi-hit game of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">• Senior INF Tyriq Kemp extended his hitting streak to 13 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">• Redshirt sophomore INF Travis Sanders extended his hitting streak to eight games and recorded his 10<sup>th</sup> multi-hit
game of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">• Senior OF Ty Johnson extended his hitting streak to five games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">• Sophomore LHP RJ Ruais made his sixth scoreless relief appearance of the year, pitching a season-high 1.2 innings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">STAT OF THE DAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">11 – Redshirt sophomore infielder Travis Sanders has 11 hits in his last five games, and redshirt senior outfielder Enzo
Apodaca notched his 11<sup>th</sup> multi-hit game of the season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Head Coach Mitch Thompson</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">On the team leaning on each other after tonight’s loss…</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">“That’s all we have is each other, and we’re going to wrap our arms around each other. I think we have enough
to compete, and I think we can compete better than we did tonight. That game got away from us. We put some good swings on some balls, hit some on the money right at them. But you have to handle the game in the little circle in the middle of the field and you
have to compete every pitch at the plate. When you don’t, then all of a sudden things get away sometimes.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">WHAT’S NEXT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor (23-14, 6-10) looks to even the series with Utah (16-17, 5-11) on Friday night at Baylor Ballpark in Waco. First
pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts:
@BaylorBaseball. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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