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<h1 align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ATHLETIC
COMMUNICATIONS – February 22, 2020</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BEARS EVEN SERIES WITH 7-4 VICTORY Over Oral Roberts</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The rubber match is set for 1 p.m. CT on Sunday at Baylor Ballpark.
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rachel Caton, (254) 652-2061,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WACO, Texas </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">– The Bears evened the series with
Oral Roberts up at one game apiece after taking game two, 7-4, on Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">The Bears (4-2), collected seven runs on 11 hits and were flawless on defense, bouncing back from an uncharacteristic night in the field on Friday. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Senior catcher<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9211"><span style="color:#092017">Andy Thomas</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">launched
his second home run of the year and was tied for the team lead on the day with two RBI.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Junior infielder<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9208"><span style="color:#092017">Nick Loftin</span></a></span></dfn><span style="background:white">,
sophomore infielder<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9222"><span style="color:#092017">Ricky Martinez</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">and
senior outfielder<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9223"><span style="color:#092017">Mack Mueller</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">each
also had two RBI apiece. </span><br>
<span style="background:white">The Bears jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning off Thomas' two-run shot and never looked back. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">They added four more runs on four hits in the bottom of the third to extend the lead to 6-0. Martinez brought home two on a double and Mueller followed with a two-RBI single. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Through the first three frames, Baylor starter<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9950"><span style="color:#092017">Evan
Godwin</span></a></span></dfn><span style="background:white">, making his first collegiate start, faced just one batter over the minimum, not surrendering a hit until there were two outs in the third inning. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">In the fourth, a solo home run by Jordan Wiley put Oral Roberts on the board, 6-1 Bears. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">The Bears added one more run in the sixth inning, taking advantage of an Oral Roberts fielding error to make it a 7-1 ballgame. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">The Golden Eagles plated three in the seventh inning, with back-to-back solo home runs from Blake Hall and a second long ball of the day for Wiley. Reliever<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9218"><span style="color:#092017">Logan
Freeman</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">entered the game with two on and one out and a walk loaded the bases and a wild pitch brought home the third run
of the inning. Freeman locked in and minimized damage, however, getting a strikeout and a line out to end the inning. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Baylor relievers<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9212"><span style="color:#092017">Tyler Thomas</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9196"><span style="color:#092017">Luke
Boyd</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">took care of things down the stretch, both facing the minimum in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Godwin earned the win to improve to 1-0 on the year, while ORU starter Tanner Rogen fell to 0-2 on the year after allowing six runs on eight hits through 4.0 innings of work. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Boyd earned his first save of the year. </span><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOTES</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears are now 25-21 all-time against ORU<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CF<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9945"><span style="color:#092017">Jared McKenzie</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>extended
his hitting streak to six games (he has reached safely in all six games on the year). <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Five of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9945"><span style="color:#092017">Jared McKenzie's</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>six
games have been multi-hit performances. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">C<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9211"><span style="color:#092017">Andy Thomas</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>extended
his reached based streak to nine games, stemming back to the 2019 season. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OF<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9223"><span style="color:#092017">Mack Mueller</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>extended
his on-base streak to seven games, going back to 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">INF<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9222"><span style="color:#092017">Ricky Martinez</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>extended
his hitting streak to four games and his on-base streak to eight games, good for second-best on the team. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">C<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9211"><span style="color:#092017">Andy Thomas</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>connected
on his second long ball of the season. He is already two home runs shy of tying his career high for home runs in a season (4, set in 2019).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">True freshman starter<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9950"><span style="color:#092017">Evan
Godwin</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>earned the win in his first collegiate start, tossing 6.1 innings, allowing just four runs on five hits with a season-high four strikeouts to just one walk. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RHP<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9196"><span style="color:#092017">Luke Boyd</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>collected
his first save of the year in his second appearance of the season. Tossed a clean 1-2-3 top of the ninth including his first strikeout of the year. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RHP<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9218"><span style="color:#092017">Logan Freeman</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>made
his third appearance of the season. Tossed 0.2 innings as he entered in the seventh to get the Bears out of trouble. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LHP<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9212"><span style="color:#092017">Tyler Thomas</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>made
his third appearance of the year, facing the minimum in the eighth inning with two strikeouts. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Seven of nine starters had at least one hit on the day, with five having multi-hit performances. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;word-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Infielders<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9954"><span style="color:#092017">Esteban
Cardoza-Oquendo</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>had his second multi-hit performance on Saturday, going 2-for-4 with one run scored. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">QUOTE OF THE DAY</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9950"><span style="color:#092017">Evan Godwin's</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">first
career start…</span></em><br>
<span style="background:white">"I'll tell you what. Really excited for what<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9950"><span style="color:#092017">Evan
Godwin</span></a></span></dfn><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background:white"> </span></span><span style="background:white">did out there. He threw a couple innings in a tight game against Nebraska last week. Really happy and proud of what
he did that day. We wanted to make sure we gave him an opportunity today. He absolutely did exactly what we wanted him to do. Ran through it and did really well. He did hit a couple barrels. The great thing is, he didn't walk many which was a blessing for
us. He forced them to swing the bat. Like I said, they ran into a couple barrels with the wind blowing out. They got some balls up in the wind. They went out, but overall I am really happy with him." – </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head
Coach</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1412"><span style="color:#092017">Steve Rodriguez</span></a></span></dfn><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHAT'S NEXT</span></strong><br>
<span style="background:white">The Bears and Oral Roberts will return to Baylor Ballpark for the rubber match on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1p.m. CT. The game will be streamed live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. Fans with tickets from Saturday's men's basketball game vs.
Kansas or the women's basketball game vs. Oklahoma will get into the baseball game free when showing their ticket stub at the gate. </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734">Rachel Caton</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Sports Information Director</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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