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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">March 7, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Baseball Wins Extra-Inning Thriller Over DBU, 8-7
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Branch delivers the walk-off knock in 12<sup>th</sup> inning of back-and-forth affair<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> Baylor baseball (5-8) won an extra-inning thriller over DBU (7-5) Tuesday night
at Baylor Ballpark by a final of 8-7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">In a back-and-forth affair, it was finally BU freshman INF Kolby Branch who came through with the walk-off knock, his third hit of the night, in the bottom of the 12<sup>th</sup>
to send the Bears home winners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Branch and fellow freshman Zach Mazoch each had three hits, while sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky joined Branch as the only Bears with two RBIs on the night. Junior RHP’s Grant
Golomb, Cole Stasio and Hambleton Oliver combined for nine strikeouts in 7.2 innings out of the bullpen without allowing an earned run.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The win was Baylor’s second walk-off victory of the season, and longest game played since going 13 innings at UT Arlington on April 9, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">DBU struck first in the top of the second with three runs off Baylor starter Jared Matheson, who struck out three for the third time in four appearances this year. But, a Branch
RBI single in the third and a Teplanszky sacrifice fly in the fourth pulled BU within a run, 3-2, through the first four frames.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Golomb put up three zeros and faced just 10 hitters over the middle innings, making quick work of his three innings out of the pen. He struck out four without allowing a hit
and surrendered just one walk to the first batter he faced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">In the bottom of the sixth, Baylor put up a three-spot as Teplanszky delivered another sac fly, then junior OF Hunter Simmons scored on a wild pitch, and junior INF Will Pendergrass
made it 5-3 with an RBI double.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">However, the Patriots would go back in front with three runs in the top of the seventh, re-taking a 6-5 lead that they would hold until the bottom of the ninth inning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">After Stasio held DBU off in the eighth and ninth, it was the top of the BU order that nearly hit back-to-back jacks to end it. Branch led off with a blast to the warning track
in left field that was caught just a couple feet shy of clearing the wall, but then redshirt freshman OF Gavin Brzozowski crushed a no-doubter over the right field wall to even the score at 6-6.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">With the bases loaded in the top of the 10<sup>th</sup>, Stasio buckled down for a huge strikeout that prevented DBU from going back in front. But, BU was unable to score the
winning run in the bottom of the frame, as Teplanszky was stranded just 90 feet away on third.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The top of the 11<sup>th</sup> came to an emphatic end as Harrison Caley caught his third runner stealing on the night, but once again the Bears were unable to win it in the
bottom half with nothing coming of a Brzozowski one-out walk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">In the 12<sup>th</sup>, a two-out error sparked a DBU rally that ultimately resulted in a run-scoring wild pitch and a 7-6 lead. But, the Bears wouldn’t go down quietly as
Mazoch led off the bottom of the inning with a single, and his pinch-runner Daniel Altman advanced to third on Teplanszky’s second knock of the night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">With Pendergrass at the dish, Altman crossed the plate on a wild pitch to knot the tally at 7-7. Then, after an error and a walk loaded the bases, Branch blooped in a single
down the right field line to score Teplanszky and stamp the victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Baylor improved to 54-28 all-time against DBU and snapped a two-game losing streak against the Patriots.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• BU is now 2-1 in midweek games in 2023, all against fellow teams from the state of Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Baylor is now 2-1 in extra-inning contests this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• 12 innings marked the longest Baylor game since playing 13 at UT Arlington on April 9, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• The Bears are now 4-0 when they out-hit their opponents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• BU pitchers struck out a season-high 15 batters against DBU.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• 15 punchouts are the most by a Baylor team since doing so against Texas A&M on Feb. 26, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• The Bears have eclipsed double-digit strikeouts in 10 of 13 games this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• BU has punched out at least 13 opposing hitters in six of 13 games this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Freshman INF Kolby Branch extended his on-base streak to 13 games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Branch recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the year with three. All four of his multi-hit games have come with at least three hits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Branch also tallied his fourth multi-RBI game of the year, with two.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Redshirt freshman OF Gavin Brzozowski crushed his second home run of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior LHP/OF Kobe Andrade notched his sixth double of the season. 10 of Andrade’s 13 hits on the year have gone for extra bases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior OF Hunter Simmons recorded his third multi-hit game of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Freshman C Zach Mazoch collected a career-high three hits, his second multi-hit game of 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Sophomore INF Hunter Teplanszky notched his fourth multi-hit and first multi-RBI performance of the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior RHP Grant Golomb recorded a season-high four strikeouts and worked a season-long three innings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior RHP Cole Stasio worked a career-long 2.2 innings. This is his third scoreless appearance in five outings this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Fourth-year junior RHP Hambleton Oliver tied his season high with three strikeouts and earned his second win of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">STAT OF THE GAME<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">13 – Freshman INF Kolby Branch, who also wears number 13, extended his on-base streak to 13 games with a three-hit performance, which included the game-winning knock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Head Coach Mitch Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On today’s win…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">"This was a big win for us. That’s a good club. They’re talented, and their arms are talented, and their hitters are talented. To keep fighting back and fighting back and scoring
and winning is huge. We tried to put the guys in the best situations we could. They competed through stuff. Winning these games does more. It does more for building the team and bringing guys together. That’s what we did tonight. We’re not going to be afraid
to use our roster. Tonight was a great result.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Fourth-year junior RHP Hambleton Oliver<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On his teammates having his back…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">"It was unbelievable for them to have our backs. We knew they had our backs on the field and at the plate. If mistakes happened on the field, we knew they’d take care of it at
the plate. There was really no worries, we had all the confidence in them and I hope they had the same confidence in us.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Redshirt freshman OF Gavin Brzozowski<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">On the team’s energy during the win…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">“That’s definitely the loudest we’ve been and it was fun competing. I think that’s what we needed. A good extra-inning game against a really good ballclub, and it was fun. Really
fun. I feel like that’s how baseball should be and that’s how we’re gonna turn it around. We’re gonna keep trying to have fun and keep competing every chance we get. I feel like that was a real eye-opener that we can compete with really good arms and a really
good hitting team. I think a lot of us just gained a lot of confidence in each and every one of us.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor (5-8) welcomes Mercer (9-4) for a three-game series this weekend at Baylor Ballpark in Waco. Friday night’s first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. between the Bears
and the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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