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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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 5, 2019</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">No. 22 BAYLOR EDGES NO. 8 TEXAS WITH WALK-OFF WIN
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Davion Downey drove home three runs on the day, including the game-winning run on an RBI single. . <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
</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, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 22 Baseball Edges No. 8 Texas With Walk-Off 6-5 Win</span></b><o:p></o:p></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 took down in-state rival and No. 8-ranked Texas Friday night with a 6-5 walk-off win at Baylor Ballpark, their fourth walk-off win
and 14<sup>th</sup> come-from-behind win of the season.</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;background:white">Davion Downey provided the heroics, slashing a line drive past a five-man Longhorns infield to drive home Richard Cunningham for the game’s winning
run.</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;background:white">Baylor (22-8, 6-1) had eight starters tally at least one hit and six different players score a run.</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;background:white">Texas (20-13, 3-4) opened the scoring with a four-run second inning, but the Bears answered back in the bottom of the third with a four-spot to tie
the score. Davis Wendzel drove in the Bears’ first run with a single, Downey was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score the second, and Cole Haring knocked in a pair to cap off the rally.</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;background:white">In the fifth, the Bears made use of three consecutive hits from Andy Thomas, Shea Langeliers and Downey to score a run and go ahead 5-4.</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;background:white">Jimmy Winston gave the Bears 5.2 innings of work, allowing four runs on six hits before turning the ball over to Ryan Leckich, who recorded a huge
strikeout with the bases loaded to escape a jam in the sixth.</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;background:white">The Longhorns got one back off Leckich in the seventh, but Josh Bissonette and Nick Loftin teamed up to turn a smooth double play and keep the score
even at 5-5.</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;background:white">Texas had the bases loaded again in the eighth, but Baylor turned a 5-2-3 double play on the first pitch that reliever Luke Boyd threw to get out
of the inning.</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;background:white">In the ninth, Cunningham bunted to beat the shift and give the Bears a leadoff baserunner. Wendzel and Thomas followed with back-to-back walks before
Langeliers popped out to right field. With one away, Downey came through with the game-winning knock, a scorching line drive past the Texas first baseman.</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;background:white">Boyd (3-0) earned the win to keep his perfect record intact, while Longhorn reliever Matt Whelan (2-1) was tagged with the loss.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>NOTES</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">*This was Baylor’s fourth walk-off win of the season and 14<sup>th</sup> come-from-behind victory of the year.</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;background:white">*The game against No. 8 Texas was Baylor’s first game against a ranked opponent this season.</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;background:white">*The win is Baylor’s first win against a ranked opponent since May 13, 2018 against Oklahoma State and highest-ranked win since defeating No. 8 Texas
Tech on March 17, 2018.</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;background:white">*The win snaps Baylor’s four-game losing streak against UT that dates back to 2017.</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;background:white">*Baylor is 6-1<b>
</b>to start to Big 12 conference play, its best mark under since 2012 when the team won its first 18 conference games. 6-1 is the Bears’ best start to conference play under fourth-year head coach Steve Rodriguez.</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;background:white">*The Bears are now 5-6 vs. Texas in the Rodriguez era.</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;background:white">*Since inserting </span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=49"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F">Nick
Loftin</span></i></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> in the leadoff spot on March 10, the Bears have scored 117 runs on 180 hits in their last 16 games. Loftin is 28-for-67 with 5 HR, 18 RBI and 19
runs scored during the stretch. The Bears are 13-3 in such games.</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;background:white">*3 of the Bears’ 6 runs were scored with two outs, moving their season total to 109 of 216 that have scored with two outs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*The Bears are 6-2 in weekend series-openers.</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;background:white">*Cole Haring picked up his seventh multi-RBI game of the season, tying him for the team lead. He now has 26 RBI for the year, also tying him for
the team’s best.</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;background:white">*Davion Downey collected his sixth multi-RBI game of the season with three.</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;background:white">*Nick Loftin extended his season-long on-base streak to 16 games and his team-leading hitting streak to 11 games.</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;background:white">*Davis Wendzel extended his on-base streak to 10 games with his 13<sup>th</sup> multi-hit game of the season.</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;background:white">*Chase Wehsener has a seven-game hitting streak.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">*Ryan Leckich made his team-leading 16<sup>th</sup> appearance of the season.</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;background:white">*Luke Boyd pitched a hitless 1.2 innings and earned his third win of the season.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>STAT OF THE DAY</b><br>
<span style="background:white">3 – Davion Downey drove in three runs, including the game-winner.</span><br>
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<b>QUOTE OF THE DAY</b><br>
<b><i>On tonight’s game and atmosphere…</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"It was a great college, Friday night baseball game and that is what I really liked about it. We made some mistakes and they made some mistakes, but the big thing
was that our guys persevered. This is what Big 12 baseball is all about because sometimes it is going to come down to the last inning and last out and I am really happy our guys were able to come out on top." </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<b>WHAT'S NEXT</b><br>
<span style="background:white">Game two between the Bears and the Longhorns is scheduled for Saturday at 3:05 p.m. For weather updates, visit baylorbears.com/weather.
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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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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