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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 24, 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 Travels to No. 23 TCU for Rivalry Road Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<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
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"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR BEARS (26-14, 8-10 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><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;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> (26-14, 8-10) at<b> TCU </b>(29-12, 12-6)<br>
<b>April 25, 2025 • 6:00 p.m. CT<br>
April 26, 2025 • 2:00 p.m. CT<br>
April 27, 2025 • 1:00 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Fort Worth, Texas • Lupton Stadium (4,500)</b><br>
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<b>WATCH: </b>ESPN+<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;mso-ligatures:none">TCU HORNED FROGS (29-12, 12-6 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Fort Worth, Texas<br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Kirk Saarloos (Cal State Fullerton)<br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">STORYLINES</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">LEADING OFF</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor Baseball travels to rival TCU this weekend for a three-game series in Fort Worth before heading to face Sam Houston in Huntsville next Tuesday, April 29, for its final road
midweek contest of 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• BU is currently in a tie for seventh place in the Big 12 standings at 8-10 in the league, alongside Cincinnati and Texas Tech. The top 12 teams in the conference standings this
season will qualify for the Big 12 Championship Tournament in Arlington, Texas at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• For the 10th 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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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• 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;mso-ligatures:none">• 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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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">2025 NOTABLES</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• 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;mso-ligatures:none">• 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;mso-ligatures:none">• BU recorded its third shutout of the year on April 19 vs. Utah, its most in a single season since 2022 (3).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• 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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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BEARS BY THE NUMBERS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor is 18-2 when striking out nine or more batters this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• BU is 17-3 when allowing two walks or less in 2025. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears are 15-4 this year 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;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor owns a +87 overall run differential this season (292 runs scored, 205 runs allowed), which ranks 5th in the Big 12. Only West Virginia (+164), Kansas (+150), UCF (+121) and
TCU (+101) are ahead of the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor's 3.27 walks per nine innings ranks 11th in the country and its 1.29 WHIP ranks 22nd nationally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">IT'S ABOUT THE RESPONSE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor is 10-4 this season in games following a loss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor has nine come-from-behind wins this season, including one walk-off victory (April 1 vs. HCU). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• BU's most recent comeback victory came on Tuesday, April 15, at UTA (trailed 7-4, won 9-8).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor erased a five-run deficit to win 9-7 on Sunday, March 16 at Kansas, the largest comeback of the Thompson Era.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">HISTORY AGAINST THE HORNED FROGS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor leads the all-time series against TCU, 151-136, but is looking for its first series win over the Frogs since 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• TCU has won seven-straight and 13 of the last 14 meetings, dating back to BU's sweep of the Frogs in Fort Worth in 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears swept TCU in 2018 and 2019, as part of a seven-game win streak against the Frogs which included a win in the 2018 Big 12 Tournament Championship title game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Fri. April 25 • 6:00 p.m. • <b>LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-green/13512"><span style="color:black">Mason Green</span></a></i> (0-0, 3.60
ERA)</b> vs. RHP Tommy LaPour (6-2, 2.15 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Sat. April 26 • 2:00 p.m. • <b>LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/carson-bailey/14018"><span style="color:black">Carson Bailey</span></a></i> (3-1, 4.95
ERA)</b> vs. RHP Caedmon Parker (2-1, 4.01 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Sun. April 27 • 1:00 p.m. • <b>TBD</b> vs. RHP Trever Baumler (2-3, 6.12 ERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">SOUTHPAW STARTERS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor has started a left-handed pitcher in each of its last 29 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;mso-ligatures:none">• 2025 is the only season in the Statcrew Era (since 2003) that BU has started six 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;mso-ligatures:none">• 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;mso-ligatures:none">HEALTH CAMP</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• After suffering eight season-ending injuries in 2024 and having 17 players miss at least one game due to injury, the Bears are healthy entering the 2025 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Redshirt senior <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-simmons/13523"><span style="color:black">Hunter Simmons</span></a></i> returns after suffering
a gruesome lower leg injury in 2024 and playing just five games last season. The former outfielder figures to see time as BU's designated hitter in 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• After playing in just one game lat season, redshirt junior 1B/OF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/gavin-brzozowski/13505"><span style="color:black">Gavin
Brzozowski</span></a></i> is back for the Bears, along with redshirt senior INF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/will-pendergrass/13520"><span style="color:black">Will Pendergrass</span></a></i>, who played in 19 games last year before
suffering the second season-ending injury of his career.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears also return redshirt sophomore INF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/jack-little/13519"><span style="color:black">Jack Little</span></a></i>,
who suffered a preseason injury in 2024 and did not see action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">TYRIQ KEMP! FROM THE NETHERLANDS!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Senior shortstop <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/tyriq-kemp/13517"><span style="color:black">Tyriq Kemp</span></a></i> was named to the Brooks Wallace
Award Watch List in mid-April, an award that honors the nation's top shortstop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• The 5-foot-7 sparkplug from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has been one of Baylor's best players in 2025, hitting .361 through 40 games with a team-leading 13 doubles and five home
runs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• In his last 10 games, Kemp is batting .444 (16-for-36) with seven extra-base hits, including three home runs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Kemp owns a 16-game hitting streak, the longest of his career, and has played phenomenal defense up the middle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">TRAV ON A TEAR</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Redshirt sophomore second baseman <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/travis-sanders/14035"><span style="color:black">Travis Sanders</span></a></i> has out-done
Kemp at the plate over the last 10 games, hitting .474 (18-for-38) and slugging .868 (4 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Since taking over as a full-time starter (March 15 at Kansas), Sanders has led the team with a .386 average (32-for-83) and slugged a team-leading .687 (eight doubles, one triple,
five home runs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Sanders has hit three home runs in his last two games, including his first-career multi-HR game against Utah on Saturday, April 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">CLOSING TIME</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• On the mound, 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> earned a
spot on two midseason watch lists: College Baseball Foundation's National Pitcher of the Year and the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• In 17 appearances so far this season, Craig has been outstanding with a 2-0 record, 0.95 ERA and six saves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• 15 of his outings have been scoreless, 11 have been hitless, and he has recorded multiple strikeouts in 11 outings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Craig boasts a 30:2 (15:1) strikeout-to-walk ratio and an impressive 0.53 WHIP, having allowed just eight hits, and has held opponents to a .129 batting average.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Craig's six saves rank as the second-most in the Big 12 and 32nd in the country; his 13 games finished are the most in the league.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">"HE WHO HAS THE BULLPEN WINS"</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• A signature <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2403"><span style="color:black">Mitch Thompson</span></a></i> tagline, BU has leaned
heavily on its experienced right-handed arms out of the 'pen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Outside of closer <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/gabe-craig/13509"><span style="color:black">Gabe Craig</span></a></i>, Thompson has called upon each
of the following frequently:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Senior RHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/will-glatch/13511"><span style="color:black">Will Glatch</span></a></i> (23:6 K:BB) has been solid in leverage
situations with a 1.17 ERA and 3-2 record across 23.0 IP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Senior RHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/caleb-bunch/14023"><span style="color:black">Caleb Bunch's</span></a></i> 15 appearances rank 3rd on the team;
he sports a 2.33 ERA across 27.0 IP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Junior RHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/grayson-murry/14033"><span style="color:black">Grayson Murry</span></a></i> (1.93 ERA) has made 10 scoreless
appearances and is 3-0 on the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Redshirt sophomore RHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/lucas-davenport/14026"><span style="color:black">Lucas Davenport</span></a></i> (29.0 IP, 4th on
team) has eaten up innings as a long reliever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• BU's bullpen has allowed 82 earned runs across 201.0 innings of relief, good for a 3.67 ERA, and has allowed just one earned run over its last 17 innings pitched (since <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/rj-ruais/13522"><span style="color:black">RJ
Ruais'</span></a></i> 1.2 innings on Thursday vs. Utah).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">CONTROLLING THE RUNNING GAME</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Opponents have attempted to run just 28 times against Baylor, and have been caught stealing eight times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Senior catcher <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cortlan-castle/13508"><span style="color:black">Cortlan Castle</span></a></i> has nabbed six of 15 attempted
basestealers so far this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor's 48 bags through 40 games as a team offensively are its most in a single-season since 2015 (64). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• All three games this weekend will be available to watch on ESPN+.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor radio broadcast on 1660AM/92.3FM, featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call.<br>
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