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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 20, 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">No. 10 Seed Baylor Baseball Set for Big 12 Championship<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 back in conference tournament for first time since 2022<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
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 (33-21, 13-17 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">Game 3: #10 BAYLOR</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> (33-21, 13-17) vs.<b> #7 OKLAHOMA STATE </b>(27-22,
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<b>May 21, 2025 • 4:00 p.m. CT<br>
Game 7:</b> (with win on Wed.) vs. <b>#2 KANSAS (42-14, 20-10)<br>
May 22, 2025 • 4:00 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Arlington, Texas • Globe Life Field (40,300)</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>ESPNU/ESPN+<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b> <i>Clay Matvick, Mike Rooney</i><br>
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<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">2025 PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Arlington, Texas<br>
<b>Stadium:</b> Globe Life Field<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 enters the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship as the No. 10 seed and is making its first appearance at the conference tournament since 2022.<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 coming off a series win at UCF, having won a pair of come-from-behind 5-4 ballgames.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor finished its non-conference slate with a 20-4 record this season, including an 11-1 mark in midweek games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor had received votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll in 12 different weeks this season. 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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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor has won three games this year against ranked opponents (two at No. 12 Arizona; one at No. 23 TCU), marking the fifth, sixth and seventh ranked victories for the Bears under
Thompson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS</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">• BU landed two members on the All-Big 12 First Team for the first time since 2021 in sixth-year senior relief pitcher <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/gabe-craig/13509"><span style="color:black">Gabe
Craig</span></a></i> and senior infielder <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/tyriq-kemp/13517"><span style="color:black">Tyriq Kemp</span></a></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Freshman INF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/pearson-riebock/14034"><span style="color:black">Pearson Riebock</span></a></i> and redshirt sophomore INF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/travis-sanders/14035"><span style="color:black">Travis
Sanders</span></a></i> each earned honorable mention status.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Additionally, Riebock landed a spot on the 12-member All-Freshman Team, becoming BU's 14th such selection in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Baylor has had at least one All-Big 12 selection in each year since the league's inception (1997 season).<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 21-3 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 22-5 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 19-6 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's 3.25 walks per nine innings ranks 8th in the country and leads the Big 12. BU's 1.33 WHIP ranks 26th nationally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• BU lowered its season ERA by nearly two full runs from a year ago -- 6.51 in 2024 to 4.56 in 2025.<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 13-7 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">• BU has 15 comeback victories this season, including two walk-off wins (April 1 vs. HCU, May 11 vs. OSU). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• The Bears trailed in both of their wins at UCF last weekend -- BU scored three times in the top of the 9th in Thursday's series opener to win 5-4, then erased a 3-0 deficit in Friday's
contest to win 5-4 again.<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">BAYLOR AT THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP</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">• BU is making its first trip to the Big 12 Championship since 2022 and is looking for its first win since 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 are 37-43 all-time at the Big 12 Championship, including a 2-6 record against Oklahoma State.<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 MATCHUP</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">• Wed. May 21 • 4:00 p.m. CT • <b>LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ethan-calder/13507"><span style="color:black">Ethan Calder</span></a></i> (3-6, 5.43
ERA) </b>vs. RHP Sean Youngerman (3-1, 2.08 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 43 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">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 23 appearances so far this season, Craig has been outstanding with a 3-0 record, 0.59 ERA and 10 saves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• 21 of his outings have been scoreless, 13 have been hitless, and he has recorded multiple strikeouts in 15 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 47:3 strikeout-to-walk ratio and an impressive 0.54 WHIP, having allowed just 13 hits, and has held opponents to a .131 batting average.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Among relievers with at least 30 IP, Craig leads the country in WHIP (0.54), ERA (0.59) and K:BB (15.67); ranks 2nd in H/9 (3.86) and BB/9 (0.89) and places 8th nationally with
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• In Big 12 play, Craig has allowed just one run on seven hits in 18.1 innings with a 31:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Craig has not allowed a run over his last 11 outings -- a scoreless streak of 18.2 innings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Craig's 10 saves rank as the 2nd-most in the Big 12 and 16th in the country; his 19 games finished are the most in the Big 12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Craig's 10 saves are also the most by a Bear since all-time saves leader Troy Montemayor had 11 in 2018.<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 .364 through 54 games with 14 doubles, seven home runs and 39 RBIs,
all the while playing gold-glove caliber defense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• He has more than doubled his HR (2) and RBI (18) total from a year ago, while raising his batting average over 126 points from .238 in the 2024 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• In April, Kemp hit .381 (24-for-63) with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and drove in 14 runs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">• Kemp has reached base safely in 30 consecutive games entering the Big 12 Championship tournament.<br>
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