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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">Feb. 27, 2024<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Baseball Hosts Abilene Christian For Midweek Clash<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears lead all-time series over Wildcats, 14-4<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (1-6, 0-0 Big 12)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2258"><span style="color:black">Mitch Thompson</span></a></span></dfn> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> (1-6, 0-0) vs<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> ABILENE CHRISTIAN </span></strong>(6-3,
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Feb. 28, 2024 • 4:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WATCH: </span></strong>Big 12 Now on ESPN+<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>John Morris, Pat Combs</i><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LISTEN: </span></strong>ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>Derek Smith, Tom Barfield</i><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Abilene, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> WAC<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Rick McCarty (Murray St., 2003)<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">LEADING OFF</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Baylor Baseball continues its season-long, nine-game homestand this week with four more home games at Baylor Ballpark, including a midweek matchup against Abilene Christian and a weekend series against Oral Roberts.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• BU is facing the nation's toughest schedule statistically through March 14, according to Pro Baseball Radar, based on 2023's RPI and win percentage.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Baylor plays 26 games against the RPI top-50 this season, the most in the Big 12.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Three of BU's first five opponents in 2024 have been ranked or received votes in any of the five major polls (Oregon, Tennessee, Indiana).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• 55% of Baylor's offense (30 of 55 hits) has been produced by underclassmen or players in their first season at Baylor.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• True or redshirt freshmen have accounted for 44% of innings pitched on the mound this season.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Seventeen Bears have made their Baylor debuts so far in 2024, including 12 players making their Division I debut and eight freshmen making their collegiate debuts.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• The Bears have eclipsed double digits in strikeouts in four of their seven games so far in 2024, increasing the total to 24 games in the Thompson era in which BU has fanned at least 10 opponents.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Baylor's top three trio of </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/enzo-apodaca/13013"><span style="color:black">Enzo
Apodaca</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ty-johnson/13020"><span style="color:black">Ty
Johnson</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> and </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/13010"><span style="color:black">Hunter
Teplanszky</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> have combined for 28 hits, 13 runs, two home runs and 13 RBIs through BU's first seven games.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">WEEK TWO IN REVIEW</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Baylor is coming off a 1-3 week in which the Bears collected their first win of 2024 over Lamar on Tuesday, but were swept by No. 22 Indiana over the weekend.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Redshirt junior OF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/enzo-apodaca/13013"><span style="color:black">Enzo
Apodaca</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> led the Bears at the plate, hitting .471 (8-for-17) on the week with a double, a home run and six RBIs.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Apodaca match his career high with four hits and drove in three, including hitting a two-run home run, on Tuesday against the Cardinals.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Apodaca moved from the leadoff spot to the three-hole for Sunday's series finale against IU and went 1-for-3 with an RBI.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• On Tuesday, Apodaca and junior INF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/13010"><span style="color:black">Hunter
Teplanszky</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> hit back-to-back homers, Baylor's first since April 6, 2023.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Baylor scored three or more runs in each of the first three innings on Tuesday, marking the first time since Feb. 21, 2021, vs. UTRGV that the Bears had scored 3+ in three-straight frames.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Freshman RHP </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/stephen-sepulveda/13016"><span style="color:black">Stephen
Sepulveda</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> pitched twice on the week and totaled four hitless innings across his two outings.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Redshirt junior RHP </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/drew-leach/13012"><span style="color:black">Drew
Leach</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> earned his first-career win on Tuesday; redshirt junior OF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kade-fletcher/13048"><span style="color:black">Kade
Fletcher</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> picked up his first-career hit and RBI on Sunday; redshirt freshman RHP </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/tanner-duke/12998"><span style="color:black">Tanner
Duke</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> and freshman LHP </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/jackson-wilkerson/13037"><span style="color:black">Jackson
Wilkerson</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> each made their collegiate debuts on the week.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">BY THE NUMBERS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Baylor leads the all-time series over Abilene Christian, 14-4.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• The Wildcats took both of 2023's two meetings with a 5-2 win in Waco in 11 innings and a 9-8 win in Abilene.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Baylor is 18-22 at home under second-year head coach </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2258"><span style="color:black">Mitch
Thompson</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, including a 1-3 mark in 2024.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• The Bears are 10-13 in the Thompson era against in-state opponents, including a 1-0 mark in 2024.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• BU is 9-7 in midweek games under Coach Thompson, including a 1-0 mark in 2024.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PROBABLE STARTERS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Wed., Feb. 28 • 4:00 p.m. • <b>LHP </b></span><dfn><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/rj-ruais/13049"><span style="color:black">RJ
Ruais</span></a></span></b></dfn><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> (0-0, 2.08)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> vs. TBD</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">BROADCAST INFORMATION</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Wednesday's game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, with the Voice of the Bears John Morris and former Baylor left-handed pitcher Pat Combs on the call.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor radio broadcast on ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM, featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield calling the action.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">YOU GO, WE GO, 'ZO!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Of the 14 times that redshirt junior OF </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/enzo-apodaca/13013"><span style="color:black">Enzo
Apodaca</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> has reached base, he has either scored a run or driven in a run eight times (57%).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• In the 18 innings that Baylor has scored at least one run, Apodaca has reached base in 11 of them (61%).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">SCORING EARLY IN '24</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• 26 of BU's 31 runs so far this season have been scored in the first four innings.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• Baylor has out-scored its opponents 13-8 in the first two innings and 20-19 in the first three frames.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">• The Bears have been led by their top four spots in the batting order -- </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/enzo-apodaca/13013"><span style="color:black">Enzo
Apodaca</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ty-johnson/13020"><span style="color:black">Ty
Johnson</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/13010"><span style="color:black">Hunter
Teplanszky</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> and </span><dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-simmons/13008"><span style="color:black">Hunter
Simmons</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> -- who have combined to rack up 34 of Baylor's 55 hits so far this season and driven in 19 of the 30 runs.<br>
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