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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 13, 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">BEARS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, DEFEAT ACU, 6-3
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bears were led by Nick Loftin who collected two home runs on the day.
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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:black">Rachel Caton, 254-652-2061, <u><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="color:black">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a></u></span><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 Bears jumped out to a lead in the first inning with a leadoff home run from Nick Loftin, his first of two homers on the day, and never looked
back, defeating visiting Abilene Christian, 6-3 on Wednesday evening at Baylor Ballpark.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears (11-4) blasted three home runs on the day, two off the bat of Loftin, his first two of the season, and a third off the bat of Josh Bissonette, as they scored
six runs on eight hits to earn the win. Both Loftin and Bissonette led the team with two RBIs apiece, while Andy Thomas and Chase Wehsener each drove in one apiece.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On the mound, the Bears were looked sharp in a predetermined staff day. Junior righty Luke Boyd got his first start since February 2017 and took advantage, facing
the minimum in two innings of work and tying his career-high with four strikeouts. He was followed by Blake Helton, who put up a zero in a career-high three innings of work. From there, Jacob Ashkinos, Ryan Leckich, Daniel Caruso and Kyle Hill each threw one
inning of work. Hill earned his second save of the year in the victory. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Loftin led off the game by taking a 1-0 offering from ACU (9-7) starter Drew Hanson over the left field wall to give the Bears the early 1-0 lead. From there they
did not look back and never trailed en route to victory. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Loftin made it a 2-0 game all by himself with his second home run of the game, another solo shot, this time to lead off the third inning. It is his first-career multi-home
run 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;color:black">The Wildcats got one back in the sixth inning with a solo shot by Dalton Dunn off reliever Ashkinos, making it a 2-1 game.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears answered right back, however, scoring four runs on five hits as the Bears mounted a two-out rally, plating all four runs with two outs. Thomas first came
through with an RBI single and then Bissonette blasted his second homer of the year, a two-run shot to plate the second and third runs of the inning. Wehsener brought home the fourth run of the inning on an RBI double, making it 6-1 Bears.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Wildcats added two more runs in the eighth inning as Koby Claborn hit a two-run home run, but that was all the Bears would allow, as Daniel Caruso got out of
the inning and Hill entered in the ninth to collect the save. <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;color:black">*Boyd earned his first win of the season to improve to 1-0 on the year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Today’s start for Boyd was his first since Feb. 20, 2017, which also was the last win that he earned. Overall, he is 2-0 for his career.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Boyd’s four strikeouts tied his career-high mark.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Helton threw a career-long 3.0 innings of work.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Hill earned his second save of the season, third of his career.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Hill had one strikeout on the night, now has 113 career strikeouts and is now tied for seventh-most all-time program history. He is one away from sole possession
of seventh place. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Loftin was the only Bear to have a multi-hit performance, with two home runs on the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Loftin’s home runs were his first and second of the season.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Bissonette blasted his second home run of the year, a two-run shot in the sixth inning.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Loftin and Bissonette each had a team-high 2 RBI on the day.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Leckich made his eighth appearance of the season, tying with Jimmy Winston for the most on the team.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Hill made his seventh appearance of the season, Caruso made his sixth appearance of the year, while Ashkinos made his fourth and Helton made his third.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Langeliers extended his on-base streak to 18 games, going back to the 2018 season.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Davis Wendzel extended his current team-high hitting streak to five games.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Wendzel has now hit safely in 14 of 15 games on the year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*A. Thomas and Wehsener each had one RBI on the day.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*The Bears have had at least one extra base hit in 14 of 15 games this year.
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">STAT OF THE DAY</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">2 – Nick Loftin, who coincidentally wears jersey No. 2, blasted two home runs on the day for the first time in his career. Both were solo shots, coming in the first and third innings.
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">QUOTES OF THE DAY</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b><i>On the win…</i></b><br>
“</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">It was really great to see so many of our arms go out there and have success tonight. I was really happy with the way the bullpen performed. At the plate, I thought we had some
good at bats and I like the way we swung the bat. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><br>
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<b>WHAT'S NEXT</b><br>
<span style="background:white">The Bears continue with their seven-game homestand as they open up a three-game series with Cal Poly on Friday, March 15 at 6:35 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark. The game will be streamed live on facebook.com/baylorbaseball.
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<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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