Baylor SB Drops Midweek Contest against No. 11 Texas A&M

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 15, 2026

Baylor SB Drops Midweek Contest against No. 11 Texas A&M
BU’s Tanner provides six strong innings in relief
For more information, contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas – Baylor softball fell 10-3 to No. 11 Texas A&M on Tuesday night at Getterman Stadium in a game between old Big 12 rivals.

The Aggies used a six-run first inning to seize early control, forcing Baylor to play from behind throughout the night.

The Bears answered with a couple of big hits and some clutch innings from Peyton Tanner, who steadied the ship to give the Bears a chance, but A&M plated four more across the final three frames to seal the win.

RUNDOWN
Texas A&M wasted no time, erupting for six runs in the top of the first inning on four hits while capitalizing on a Baylor error and a passed ball to seize early control. A two-run home run from KK Dement highlighted the inning as the Aggies built a 6-0 advantage.

Baylor answered in the bottom half with a quick spark. Sa’Mya Jones smoked a double off the wall in center before Kaygen Marshall launched a two-run home run to left field, cutting the deficit to 6-2.

The Bears trimmed the margin further in the third inning when Brooklyn Carter singled and moved into scoring position before Marshall added a sacrifice fly to bring Baylor within 6-3.

Texas A&M added a solo home run in the fifth to extend its lead, and then broke the game open in the seventh with three more runs on three hits to push it to 10-3.

Baylor threatened in the middle innings, collecting nine hits on the night, but was unable to string together enough offense to close the gap against the Aggie pitching staff.

GAME NOTES

  *   24-19 (7-8) this season, Baylor is 13-8 at home this season.
  *   A&M leads the all-time series 55-20-1.
  *   BU is 500-202 all-time at Getterman Stadium.
  *   The Bears’ nine hits are their most against a top-11 team since notching 11 at No. 7 Texas A&M a season ago.
  *   Kaygen Marshall hit her ninth homerun of the season, tying her with Kelly Osburn for the fifth-most homeruns by a freshman in the Glenn Moore era.
  *   Marshall is one homerun away from becoming one of just five freshmen with double-digit homeruns in the Moore era.
  *   Marshall has now reached base in 10-straight games.
  *   Brooklyn Carter collected two more hits on Wednesday, establishing a new Baylor career-best nine-game hitting streak.
  *   Sa’Mya Jones picked up her career-first double and tied a career high with two hits.
  *   Peyton Tanner went six innings, striking out six hitters, making it the second time this season she has gone six-plus innings, while striking out at least six.
  *   Tanner now has four games with six or more strikeouts this season.
  *   Faith Piper tied a career high with three hits, her third three-hit game this season.

QUOTABLE
Baylor Head Coach Glenn Moore on the team’s performance — “I'm not disappointed in the way we played, with the exception of that six spot that we put up. You can't put up six against anybody and expect to win. We did some good things throughout the game, but that [six-run first inning] is probably the difference in the game, to be honest with you.”

Moore on Peyton Tanner’s steadying presence in the circle — “I thought she disrupted their timing. When you see a powerful offense like that, the way you beat it is by disrupting their timing. Her changeup was on, her off-speed was on, and she really had them out on their front foot. I thought she did an outstanding job there. Coach Newman called a great game with her, and she had thrown enough, so we got her out of there. No other reason. She had more gas in her tank, but we got bigger fish to fry for us this weekend.”

WHAT’S NEXT
Baylor opens a pivotal conference series with Utah, beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Getterman Stadium.

All games for the remainder of the season will be televised on ESPN+<https://www.espn.com/search/_/q/baylor/o/watch> and heard on air and online via 101.3 COOL FM.<https://listen.streamon.fm/kbhthd2>

Follow @BaylorSoftball on X, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.

—BaylorBears.com—



Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
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