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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor Baseball Concludes Homestand Against No. 17 Dallas Baptist<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bears set to play fifth game against ranked opponent in 2024<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (4-7, 0-0 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b><i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2258"><span style="color:black">Mitch Thompson</span></a></i> <br>
(Fort Hays St., 1988)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> (4-7, 0-0) vs<b> DALLAS BAPTIST </b>(10-1, 0-0)<br>
<b>March 5, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballpark (5,000)</b><br>
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<b>LIVE STATS: </b><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay"><span style="color:black">BaylorStats.com</span></a><br>
<b>WATCH: </b>Big 12 Now on ESPN+<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b> <i>Pete Sousa, Pat Combs</i><br>
<b>LISTEN: </b>ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b> <i>Derek Smith, Tom Barfield</i><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">DALLAS BAPTIST PATRIOTS (10-1, 0-0 C-USA)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Dallas, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> C-USA<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Dan Heefner (Olivet Nazarene, 2001)<br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">STORYLINES</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">LEADING OFF</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor Baseball concludes its season-long, nine-game homestand on Tuesday, hosting top-20 Dallas Baptist at Baylor Ballpark, before opening Big 12 play this week at Houston.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor plays 26 games against the RPI top-50 this season, the most in the Big 12.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears have already played four games against ranked opponents (Tennessee, Indiana), and a fifth against a team that was receiving votes (Oregon).</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• 53% of Baylor's offense (56 of 105 hits) has been produced by underclassmen or players in their first season at Baylor.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• True or redshirt freshmen have accounted for 45% of innings pitched on the mound this season (43.2 of 97.0).</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Eighteen Bears have made their Baylor debuts so far in 2024, including 13 players making their Division I debut and nine freshmen making their collegiate debuts.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears have eclipsed double digits in strikeouts in six of their 11 games so far in 2024, increasing the total to 26 games in the Thompson era in which BU has fanned at least 10 opponents.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">HOW SWEEP IT IS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor completed a weekend sweep over Oral Roberts on March 1-3, it's second sweep in the <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2258"><span style="color:black">Mitch
Thompson</span></a></i> era and third sweep since the start of the 2022 season.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU went 2-0 to begin a weekend series for just the fourth time in the last three seasons. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The Bears racked up 31 runs on 42 hits, their most in a three-game weekend series since May 7-9, 2021, when they scored 43 runs on 45 hits against Kansas State.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• All nine starters reached base safely in each of the three games on the weekend.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The bottom of the order (spots 6-9) produced 14 hits, scored 11 runs and drove in six throughout the series.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor benefitted from a seven-run sixth inning in Friday's series opener to pull away and win 11-2.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Sophomore LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ethan-calder/12994"><span style="color:black">Ethan Calder</span></a></i> collected a four-inning save on Saturday to help
clinch the series in a 9-3 win.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• BU came from down two runs three different times in Sunday's finale, ultimately riding a pair of late home runs by redshirt junior INF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/will-pendergrass/13005"><span style="color:black">Will
Pendergrass</span></a></i> and junior OF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/wesley-jordan/13033"><span style="color:black">Wesley Jordan</span></a></i> to an 11-7 victory.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">SERIES HISTORY AGAINST DBU</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor leads the all-time series over Dallas Baptist, 54-29.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Last season, BU and DBU played a pair of tightly-contested games, as the Bears walked off the Patriots, 8-7, in 12 innings in Waco on March 7, then dropped a 6-5 ballgame in Dallas on April 11.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• In the last meeting between the two sides, Baylor had loaded the bases in the top of the ninth, but <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-simmons/13008"><span style="color:black">Hunter
Simmons'</span></a></i> 100+mph line drive was caught by DBU's leaping centerfielder to end the ballgame</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">PROBABLE STARTERS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Tues., March 5 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>RHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/tanner-duke/12998"><span style="color:black">Tanner Duke</span></a></i> (0-0, 7.71)</b> vs. RHP Luke
Pettitte (0-0, 4.26)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BROADCAST INFORMATION</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Tuesday's game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, with Pete Sousa (play-by-play) and former Baylor left-handed pitcher Pat Combs (color analyst) on the call.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">PENDY'S HEATING UP</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Redshirt junior INF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/will-pendergrass/13005"><span style="color:black">Will Pendergrass</span></a></i> had a very productive weekend series
vs. ORU, batting .429 with four extra-base hits, including his first home run of 2024. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• He also drove in a team-leading three runs in the series out of the three-hole in the order.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">YOU GO, WE GO, 'ZO!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Of the 24 times that redshirt junior OF <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/enzo-apodaca/13013"><span style="color:black">Enzo Apodaca</span></a></i> has reached base, he has
either scored a run or driven in a run 15 times (63%).</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• In the 35 innings that Baylor has scored at least one run, Apodaca has reached base in 19 of them (54%).</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">SCORING EARLY, SCORING OFTEN</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• 35 of BU's 66 runs so far this season have been scored in the first four innings (53%).</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor has out-scored its opponents 16-13 in the first two innings.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Last weekend against ORU, Baylor scored in 14 of its 24 offensive innings (58%), including a season-high seven-run sixth inning in Friday's series opener.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BULLPEN TAKING SHAPE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Baylor received fantastic relief performances over the weekend from redshirt junior RHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/patrick-hail/13047"><span style="color:black">Patrick
Hail</span></a></i> (3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K) and sophomore LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ethan-calder/12994"><span style="color:black">Ethan Calder</span></a></i> (4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K) in the wins on Friday and
Saturday.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Hail and Calder are two of five Bears with sub-3.25 ERA's who have pitched more than once out of the bullpen, joining freshman LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/rj-ruais/13049"><span style="color:black">RJ
Ruais</span></a></i> (2.57), freshman RHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/stephen-sepulveda/13016"><span style="color:black">Stephen Sepulveda</span></a></i> (3.12) and redshirt junior RHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/drew-leach/13012"><span style="color:black">Drew
Leach</span></a></i> (3.24).</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Freshman LHP <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-green/13014"><span style="color:black">Mason Green</span></a></i> has also given the Bears good innings out of the 'pen,
including back-to-back three-strikeout appearances in his last two outings.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">TURNING TWO</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• After leading the nation in 2022 with 64 double plays and 1.19 twin killings per game, the Bears are off to another hot start turning two in 2024.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Through 11 games, Baylor has turned 13 double plays (1.18 per game) to lead the Big 12 and rank seventh nationally.<br>
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