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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 Continues Homestand Against HCU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bears in search of fourth-consecutive win over Huskies<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (10-17, 5-7 Big 12)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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>
(Fort Hays St., 1988)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> (10-17, 5-7) vs<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> HCU </span></strong>(9-18,
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 2, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waco, Texas • Baylor Ballpark (5,000)</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIVE STATS: </span></strong><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay"><span style="color:black">BaylorStats.com</span></a><br>
<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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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">HCU HUSKIES (9-18, 2-4 Southland)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Houston, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference/Affiliation:</span></strong> Southland<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Lance Berkman (Rice, 1998)<br>
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<p style="background:white"><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 continues along its eight-game homestand with another four-game week at Baylor Ballpark, playing host to HCU on Tuesday before welcoming Incarnate Word over 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">• BU is coming off its second-straight Big 12 home series victory after taking two of three from Cincinnati.</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 played the nation's 46th-ranked strength of schedule in 2024, the seventh-best 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">• According to Pro Baseball Radar, BU faced the nation's toughest schedule through the first month of the season 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 2023 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">• 56% of Baylor's offense (131 of 232 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 43% of innings pitched on the mound this season (101.0 of 236.1).</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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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BACK-TO-BACK IN BIG 12 PLAY ON THE BANKS OF THE BRAZOS</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 won its second-consecutive home Big 12 series last weekend after taking two of three over Cincinnati.</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 opened up an 8-2 lead on Friday behind <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/13010"><span style="color:black">Hunter
Teplanszky's</span></a></span></dfn> three-run home run, and held on despite a grand slam for UC in the top of the eighth inning.</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">• <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kobe-andrade/12991"><span style="color:black">Kobe Andrade</span></a></span></dfn> collected
his first-career save in the Friday night victory after retiring all five batters he faced.</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">• On Saturday, BU received a dominant 10-strikeout start from redshirt freshman <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/collin-mckinney/13004"><span style="color:black">Collin
McKinney</span></a></span></dfn>, who worked a career-high 6.1 innings and allowed just one hit and one unearned run, in leading BU to a 9-2 victory.</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 pounded out a 13 hits, their most in a Big 12 game so far, and struck out 14 to tie their season high in the win.</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">STRAIGHT DEALIN'</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">• On Saturday, <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/collin-mckinney/13004"><span style="color:black">Collin McKinney's</span></a></span></dfn> 10
strikeouts matched a season high (<dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-marriott/13001"><span style="color:black">Mason Marriott</span></a></span></dfn> vs. Nebraska, Feb. 16) and
marked the first time since 2018 that Baylor has had multiple 10+ strikeout performances in the same 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">• After a leadoff walk in the top of the second, McKinney retired 14 in a row, including five consecutive strikeouts in the third and fourth 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">• The redshirt freshman out of Nassau Bay, Texas, became the first Bear since Logan Verrett on March 16, 2009 vs. Texas A&M to strike out five in a row.</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">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">• Junior outfielder <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/wesley-jordan/13033"><span style="color:black">Wesley Jordan</span></a></span></dfn> is
on an absolute tear, reaching in 19 straight games and hitting .417 (15-for-36) over his last 10 games.</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 powerful right-handed hitter has logged five doubles and a home run while driving in eight runs over the last 10 games.</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">• Junior infielder <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/hunter-teplanszky/13010"><span style="color:black">Hunter Teplanszky</span></a></span></dfn> and
senior infielder <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/daniel-altman/12990"><span style="color:black">Daniel Altman</span></a></span></dfn> have also been stout in the middle of the Bears'
order, combining to drive in 19 runs over the last 10 games and hitting a combined .353 (24-for-68) in that stretch.</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 10 games, senior LHP <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kobe-andrade/12991"><span style="color:black">Kobe Andrade</span></a></span></dfn> has
not allowed a run over 7.2 IP and has fanned five with just one walk.</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">• Five Baylor relievers hold sub-3.52 ERA's in sophomore lefty <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/ethan-calder/12994"><span style="color:black">Ethan
Calder</span></a></span></dfn> (2.49), freshman southpaw <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/rj-ruais/13049"><span style="color:black">RJ Ruais</span></a></span></dfn> (2.87), redshirt
junior righty <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/drew-leach/13012"><span style="color:black">Drew Leach</span></a></span></dfn> (3.30) redshirt junior right-hander <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/patrick-hail/13047"><span style="color:black">Patrick
Hail</span></a></span></dfn> (3.38) and senior lefty <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/kobe-andrade/12991"><span style="color:black">Kobe Andrade</span></a></span></dfn> (3.52).</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 quintet has struck out a combined 91 batters and walked just 33.</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 group has also inherited 44 runners and allowed just 12 to score on the season.</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">BY THE NUMBERS VS. HCU</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, 7-2, over HCU and has won each of the last three meetings.</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">• Each of BU's five midweek wins over the Huskies have come by at least four runs (11-4, 2023; 6-2, 2022; 9-3, 2014; 15-4, 2009; 12-4, 2008).</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 are 2-4 in midweek games so far in 2024 and 11-10 under second-year head coach <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>.</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 is 5-10 against teams from the state of Texas in 2024 and 15-22 in the Thompson era.<br>
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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. April 2 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>LHP <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/rj-ruais/13049"><span style="color:black">RJ Ruais</span></a></span></dfn> (1-0,
2.87)</b> vs. TBD</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 Voice of the Bears John Morris (play-by-play) and former Baylor 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 with Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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