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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">May 9, 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 Held in Check by Oklahoma State, 7-2
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Kemp tallies three hits despite Bears leaving nine runners on base<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 weekend series against Oklahoma State Friday night at Baylor Ballpark in Waco,
7-2.<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">Although the Bears were only out-hit 11-8, BU left nine men on base and couldn’t overcome OSU’s eight extra-base hits on
the night. Cowboys starter Harrison Bodendorf improved to 9-1 after fanning seven Bears over six innings and lowered his season ERA to 2.54, tied for second in the Big 12.<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">For Baylor, senior shortstop Tyriq Kemp continued his breakout season, logging three hits for the fifth time this year and
bringing his multi-hit game total to a team-leading 17, tying senior designated hitter Hunter Simmons. Redshirt senior outfielder Enzo Apodaca also recorded his 14<sup>th</sup> multi-hit performance of the year to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.<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">Sophomore southpaw Mason Green started things on the mound for the Bears and looked sharp early on, hurling three scoreless
frames and fanning three while allowing only two hits. BU had chances to open the scoring but couldn’t cash in, leaving two aboard in the first and a runner at third in the third.<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">OSU took the game’s first lead in the top of the fourth, plating three on an RBI single that was sandwiched between an RBI
groundout and a run-scoring double that hugged the third-base line.<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">Baylor responded in the home half, putting two runners into scoring position on a leadoff walk to senior outfielder Wesley
Jordan and a double off the bat of freshman infielder Pearson Riebock. Redshirt senior infielder Will Pendergrass drove in Jordan with a groundout to shortstop to get the Bears on the board at 3-1.<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">The Cowboys countered with a run of their own in the top of the fifth, launching a solo home run over the right-field wall
to swell the lead back to four. The Pokes added on again in the top of the seventh as a sacrifice fly followed up a triple to make it 5-1.<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">The Bears cut into the four-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh, as senior outfielder Ty Johnson led off the frame
with a double and later scored on a sacrifice fly from redshirt sophomore infielder Travis Sanders. However, OSU knocked in another in the top of the eighth thanks to back-to-back knocks down the right-field line to extend the lead to 6-2. The Cowboys added
some more insurance in the ninth, driving a solo home run over the wall in left-center.<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">• Baylor pitchers allowed just two walks or fewer for the 24<sup>th</sup> time this 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">• Redshirt senior OF Enzo Apodaca extended his hitting streak to 16 games and recorded his 14<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 on-base streak to a career-high 25 games and his hitting streak to eight 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">• Kemp logged his 17<sup>th</sup> multi-hit game of the year, tying for the club lead, and recorded his fifth three-hit
game of 2025.<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 Wesley Jordan extended his on-base 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">• Freshman INF Pearson Riebock extended his on-base streak to 11 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">• Senior OF Ty Johnson extended his on-base streak to seven 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">• Senior C Cortlan Castle notched his sixth extra-base hit of the season, a double in the third inning.<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">17 – Senior INF Tyriq Kemp logged his 17<sup>th</sup> multi-hit game of the year, tying for the team lead, and recorded
his fifth three-hit game of 2025.<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"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Head Coach Mitch Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">On tonight’s game…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">“Their hitters did a little more damage than our guys were able to do tonight, and their pitchers did a little bit better
job than our pitchers did. I just think that it’s a baseball game, and they beat us tonight. When you start to close the gap, you’ve got to throw up a zero, and then they scratch one across, and now you’re fighting back again from where you were. I give them
credit for that. They continued to add on and did a nice job that.” <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<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 (30-19, 10-15) and Oklahoma State (23-21, 11-11) return for game two of the weekend series on Saturday afternoon
at Baylor Ballpark in Waco. First pitch is set for 2 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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