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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>No. 8 Seed Baylor Baseball Readies for Big 12 Tournament<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Bears in search of first conference tournament win since 2019</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>For more information contact:</b> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR BEARS (28-26, 14-16 Big 12)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Location:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Waco,
Texas <br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Big
12<br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: </span><span style="font-size: 12.25px; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><dfn style="border: 0px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2913" rel="smarttag" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2913" data-outlook-id="6aeb3f97-acce-4afb-9940-216837be231d" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>Mitch
Thompson</u></a></span></div>
</dfn></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> (Fort Hays St., 1988)<br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-outlook-id="1ed47993-7e35-4db9-a304-a5027f6a6d39" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>Stats</u></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> |
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2026/5/19/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2026_Big12Tournament.pdf" data-uw-pdf-br="2" data-uw-pdf-doc="" data-outlook-id="dd949eda-6876-48de-978f-f59a9030f1f8" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>Game
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<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> (28-26, 14-16) vs.</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;"> BYU
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">(27-27, 14-16) or </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">TEXAS TECH</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> (27-27, 10-20)<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">May 20, 2026 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Surprise, Ariz. • Surprise Stadium (10,714)</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">LIVE STATS: </span>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">WATCH: </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">ESPN+<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">LISTEN: </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;"><i>Talent:</i></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> <i>Derek Smith, Tom Barfield</i><br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Baylor Social Media: </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://twitter.com/BaylorBaseball" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://twitter.com/BaylorBaseball" data-uw-rm-ext-link="" data-outlook-id="6d9a0af6-b439-4633-aca3-69af7cbbc80b" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2012/10/19/twitter-icon.png" alt="auto twitter icon" id="img-b4fdcbba-59a8-4439-bb8e-9187bcefe99d" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/baylorbaseball/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.instagram.com/baylorbaseball/?hl=en" data-uw-rm-ext-link="" data-outlook-id="7ea93c84-3cc3-48a5-ad64-5ab571ff1e3a" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2018/10/25/Instagram.png" alt="instagram png" id="img-d5c989bb-c322-407f-adac-c8b191eddbbd" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BaylorBaseball/" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.facebook.com/BaylorBaseball/" data-uw-rm-ext-link="" data-outlook-id="a9ef2b37-139a-4396-bbce-1484ce4c9fac" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2018/10/25/Facebook.png" alt="Facebook PNG" id="img-30cfc3e8-4191-437d-a406-7cc935a674e2" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></u></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">2026 Big 12 Tournament presented by Allstate</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>STORYLINES</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>LEADING OFF</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor Baseball received the No. 8 seed to the 2026 Big 12 Tournament presented
by Allstate and earned a first-round bye, awaiting the winner of No. 9-seed BYU and No. 12-seed Texas Tech for when the Bears open up play on Wednesday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. CT.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• If the Bears win on Wednesday, they would face top-seeded Kansas on Thursday
at 2:30 p.m. CT in the tournament's quarterfinals. Two wins would advance BU to the semifinals where it would take on either No. 4-seed UCF or No. 5-seed Oklahoma State at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The tournament's championship game is set for Saturday, May 23,
at 6:30 p.m. CT.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor hit 11 home runs in its weekend series at Utah and has hit 15 home
runs in its last four games..</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Dating back to at least 2004 (modern Statcrew era), BU had never homered more
than nine times in a series.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong now holds the school's single-season home
run record with 24 home runs.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Freshman OF Brady Janusek broke the school's single-season record for home
runs by a freshman with his now 13 blasts.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor erased a six-run deficit to beat Utah on Saturday, its largest come-from-behind
victory of the Mitch Thompson Era, having trailed by as much as 7-1 before Armstrong's three-run home run in the top of the ninth put the Bears ahead, 11-10.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU has won 13 games in comeback fashion this season.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor is 37-44 all-time at the Big 12 Tournament and is in search of its
first win at the event since 2019.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>ALL-BIG 12 BEARS</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Five different Bears picked up a total of six All-Big 12 honors on Tuesday,
including Tyce Armstrong (Newcomer of the Year, First Team INF), Travis Sanders (Second Team INF), Caleb Bunch (Second Team RP), Brady Janusek (All-Freshman Team) and Lucas Davenport (Honorable Mention SP).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Armstrong is BU's third Newcomer of the Year in program history and first
since Montana Parsons in 2017.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor's starting shortstop has now earned All-Big 12 praise in eight of the
last nine seasons, excluding the shortened 2020 season in which All-Big 12 awards were not presented.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Sanders (6 errors, .972 fielding percentage) is tracking for the best defensive
season by a BU shortstop since at least 2003, as no primary SS (min. 45 games) has posted a fielding percentage above .966 or made less than eight errors at the position for Baylor in the modern Statcrew era.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE NEW HOME RUN KING OF WACO</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong broke Baylor's single-season home run record
with his 22nd blast of the year in the home finale against UCF on Sunday, May 10, a record that was previously held by Charley Carter (1998).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Since then, Armstrong hit two against Utah on May 16, his sixth multi-HR game
of the year, to move his total to 24 HR on the season.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Armstrong has hit 10 home runs in his last 12 games and had homered in five-consecutive
games, becoming the first Bear in the program's recorded history to do so.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Armstrong ranks fourth in the Big 12 and eighth nationally with 24 home runs
as one of just 16 players in the country with 21 or more homers this year.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>SWIPING RIGHT (ON THE BASES)</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Through 54 games, the Bears have stolen 93 bases, the most by a BU team at
this point in a season since at least 2003.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• 93 stolen bases is also the most in a single season since the Bears stole
96 in 2012.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor has stolen five or more bases six times in 2026, and have stolen multiple
bases in 24 games this year.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• 2026 is the first season since 2013 that BU has had three or more players
reach double figures in stolen bases (Sanders, 24; Janusek, 17; Riebock, 12).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Travis Sanders' 24 bags are the most by a Bear since Brooks Pinckard swiped
36 in 2011.</span></p>
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113 on the year. The Bears finished just one behind West Virginia for the league lead in conference play with 49 bags.</span></p>
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walks allowed per nine innings: Calder (6th, 2.01); Davenport (7th, 2.07); Wallace (8th, 2.11).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• As a team, the Bears rank third in the league with 3.83 BB/9.</span></p>
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