Baylor Baseball Upsets No. 12 Texas, 10-9

Sat Apr 15 19:51:15 CDT 2023

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 15, 2023

Baylor Baseball Upsets No. 12 Texas, 10-9
Bears score five in the first, five in the ninth to walk-off the Longhorns
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas – In a wild second game of the series, Baylor baseball (13-22, 5-9) upset No. 12 Texas (25-12, 7-4) with a five-run comeback in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday at Baylor Ballpark in Waco.

Sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky delivered the walk-off, two-run single that was overturned after review as part of a five-run inning on just two BU hits. Freshman C Zach Mazoch scored the game-tying run, then freshman OF Caleb Bergman slid in safely just before the tag to seal the win.

Freshman LHP/OF Ethan Calder gave the Bears 4.1 frames of great relief work, striking out a career-high five in bridging the game to the late innings. Junior RHP Cole Stasio got the win after recording the final five outs without allowing a baserunner.

THE RUNDOWN
Texas put up a four-spot in the top of the first inning, but Baylor responded emphatically with five runs in the bottom half, chasing the UT starter after just two-thirds of an inning. The first three batters all reached in junior INF/OF Cole Posey, Teplanszky and freshman INF Kolby Branch, then a wild pitch plated the Bears’ first run.

After back-to-back strikeouts, two consecutive walks scored another run, then junior C Harrison Caley tied things with a two-run single. Bergman’s RBI knock gave BU a lead after what amounted to be a 43-minute first inning.

Things were mostly quiet through the fifth, though UT picked up the tying run in the third. In the sixth, the Longhorns added a pair to go ahead 7-5, then plated another two in the top of the eighth to extend their lead to 9-5.

In the bottom of the ninth, BU’s rally began with one out as junior RHP/OF Cole Tremain singled, then advanced on a wild pitch. Two more walks loaded the bases, then back-to-back hit-by-pitches chased in two runs, cutting the UT lead to 9-7.

After Bergman reached on a run-scoring fielder’s choice, Posey walked to load the bases and Teplanszky came through on the first pitch he saw to single in the game-winning runs.

HIGHLIGHTS
• This is Baylor’s third walk-off win of the season.
• This is the third time BU has erased a four-run deficit to come from behind and win this season.
• This is the 13th game Baylor has played in 2023 that has been decided by two runs or less.
• In eight of BU’s 13 wins, the game has been tied in the 7th inning or later.
• Every Baylor starter either scored or drove in a run.
• Sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky extended his on-base streak to 23 games and his hitting streak to 11 games with his 11th multi-hit and fifth multi-RBI game of the year.
• Freshman C Walker Polk extended his on-base streak to six games.
• Junior RHP/OF Cole Tremain recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the year.
• Freshman OF Caleb Bergman tallied his second multi-RBI effort of the 2023 campaign.
• Junior C Harrison Caley collected his first multi-RBI game of the season.
• Freshman LHP/OF Ethan Calder worked a personal-best 4.1 innings and struck out a career-high five.
• Junior RHP Cole Stasio worked his 10th scoreless outing of the season and third in a row.
• Stasio earned his team-leading third win of the season.

STAT OF THE GAME
5 – Baylor scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to come from behind and upset No. 12 Texas.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Mitch Thompson
On today’s victory…
“This game is a game that you’ve got to get 27 outs, it’s never over until it’s over. You can’t run out the clock, you can’t take a knee. And that’s what makes it beautiful. So, big, big-time from a bunch of guys. We took walks, we took hit-by-pitches. We had two hits in that inning and scored five. They helped us, but we let them help us. And that’s a big deal.”

Sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky
On his walk-off hit…
“That’s every kid’s dream. You sit in the backyard and dream of bottom of the ninth, two outs, you gotta win a baseball game. That’s the way I kind of looked at it. The moment you dream of. There was really no pressure. I just took the same approach as I did all game, that I’m going to go get my pitch and execute it.”

Freshman LHP/OF Ethan Calder
On pitching in long relief…
“I liked going out there. Every time you go out there you just say, I need to give my offense a chance here. The offense had been getting better so my only goal going in there was to keep it as close as I could and get [our offense] back up to swing.”

WHAT’S NEXT
Baylor (13-22, 5-9) and No. 12 Texas (25-12, 7-4) return for a rubber game on Sunday, April 16, with a 1 p.m. first pitch at Baylor Ballpark.

To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.

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Max Calderone | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-265-1639

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