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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 9, 2019</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">NO. 21 BEARS DROP PITCHERS’ DUEL TO NEBRASKA, 2-0
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bears break up the no-hit bid with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
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</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Rachel Caton, 254-652-2061, </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">THE RUNDOWN<br>
WACO, Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> – The No. 21 Bears dropped a pitchers’ duel 2-0 to visiting Nebraska, breaking up the Huskers’ combined no-hit bid in the bottom of the ninth at
Baylor Ballpark on Saturday evening.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears (9-4) were no-hit through 8.2 innings until Davis Wendzel laced a single to right to break it up. That brought the game-tying run to the plate in the bottom of the
ninth in the form of Davion Downey, but the Bears were unable to break through. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Husker starting pitcher Nate Fisher was in the groove today, throwing eight-complete innings of no-hit baseball. He was pulled after hitting the leadoff man Richard Cunningham
in the bottom of the ninth. Reliever Robbie Palkert entered and got a 6-4-3 double play to put the Huskers (6-6) within one out of a combined no-hitter, but the next batter he faced, Wendzel, singled to break up the no-hit bid. The Huskers then brought in
closer Colby Gomes who got Downey to fly out to right to end the game. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor starter Paul Dickens was impressive in his first weekend start, throwing a career-high five innings while striking out a career-high seven batters. The lone run the redshirt
junior gave up was on a sac fly in the fourth inning. He allowed five hits and walked just one batter on the day.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Designated hitter Ryan Bertelsman broke up Fisher’s perfect game in the bottom of the sixth inning as he drew a one-out walk. The Bears, down 1-0 at the time, had a chance to
put something together in the inning as the next batter, Josh Bissonette, reached on a fielding error by the Huskers’ shortstop. With two on and one out, the Bears were unable to break through.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Offensively, the Bears also had the go-ahead run at the plate in the seventh inning after Downey was hit by the pitch with one out. The Bowling Green, Ky., native, then stole
second to put the game-tying run at second, but a pop out and a ground out ended the inning.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reliever Daniel Caruso entered in the sixth inning and pitched two scoreless innings, including pitching out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh to keep it a one-run game. He
allowed just two hits while walking one and striking out three. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Caruso was followed by Ryan Leckich, who also threw two-complete innings, putting up a zero in the eighth before allowing one unearned run in the ninth, putting the score at
2-0, Huskers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The bottom of the ninth started off promising for the Bears, as Cunningham was hit by the pitch and the Huskers went to their bullpen. After a double play left the Bears down
to their last out, Wendzel came through with the first hit of the day and brought the game-tying run to the plate in Downey, but a flyout ended the game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Despite a strong outing, Dickens took the loss to fall to 1-1 on the season, while Husker starter Fisher improved to 2-1 on the year. Closer Gomes earned his second save of the
year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>NOTES</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">*Wendzel had the lone hit on the day for the Bears.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">*Wendzel has hit safely in 12 of 13 games.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Bertelsman drew the lone walk on the day for the Bears, breaking up the perfect game bid in the sixth.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Downey was hit by the pitch for the ninth time this season.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*In his first weekend start, Dickens went a career-high five complete innings.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Dickens tallied a career-high 7 strikeouts.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Leckich tied his season-high with 3 strikeouts.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Bears pitchers struck out 12 batters on the day and have now struck out 10 or more batters in 12 of 13 games on the year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Caruso tied his season and career high marks with 2.0 innings pitched in relief.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*The one hit on the day for the Bears is the least by a Baylor offense at Baylor Ballpark. Previously the Bears had mustered two hits twice, last time on Feb. 22, 2011 vs. TCU
and on Feb. 12, 2006 vs. Stephen F. Austin. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STAT OF THE DAY</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background:white">1 – Davis Wendzel broke up Nebraska’s combined no-hit bid in the bottom of the ninth inning with a single.
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">QUOTES OF THE DAY</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><br>
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On Nebraska starter Nate Fisher…</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
“Fisher did a heck of a job. It’s like I told our guys, I could care less about the hits aspect of it. I know you need hits and stuff like that, but I’ve been a part of games where our team didn’t get a hit and we still won. If we had gotten no-hit and won
this baseball game, that’s all that matters to me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On Baylor’s pitching performance…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I was thought Paul Dickens did a phenomenal job. Caruso and Leckich came in and did a really good job, especially when we got bases loaded. Caruso came in and finds a way to
get out of it. I’m really happy and I told them out there that I’m really pumped for the way they competed out there. We’re battling some things as a team in regard to health issues, and the way they went out there and competed I was really happy with.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>WHAT'S NEXT</b><br>
<span style="background:white">The Bears will look to salvage the series in the finale against Nebraska on Sunday, March 10 at 12:05 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">___________________________________</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132">Rachel Caton</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Sports Information Director</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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