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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 Set for Clash with Kansas at Baylor Ballpark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bears welcome Jayhawks as winners of nine of their last 10 games<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (17-18, 8-7 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>
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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"> (17-18, 8-7) vs.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> KANSAS </span></strong>(19-14,
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 19, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 20, 2024 • 2:00 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 21, 2024 • 1:00 p.m. CT</span></strong></b><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">WATCH: </span></strong>Big 12 Now on ESPN+<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Talent:</span></i></strong> <i>Lincoln Rose (Fri.), Pete Sousa (Sat., Sun.), 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> <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Derek Smith, </span></em><i>Tom Barfield</i><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">KANSAS JAYHAWKS (19-14, 7-8 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> Lawrence, Kan.<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>Dan Fitzgerald (Minnesota, 2000)<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 welcomes Kansas to Waco as winners of nine of its last 10 games, including each of its last four, five of its last seven weekend series and four-straight home 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">• BU is coming off a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night at UT Arlington in which it received five scoreless outings on the mound.</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 scored eight or more runs in eight of its last 10 games, has tallied nine or more hits in 10 of its last 12 games, and has struck out 10 or more batters in eight of its last 11 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">• Since moving redshirt junior OF <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/enzo-apodaca/13013"><span style="color:black">Enzo Apodaca</span></a></span></dfn> back
into the leadoff spot on March 29, the Bears are hitting .341 as a team across those 10 games and have scored 97 runs on 124 hits, including 21 doubles, two triples and 13 home runs.</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">• 60% of Baylor's offense (202 of 334 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 41% of innings pitched on the mound this season (126.2 of 308.1).</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">OH 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">• Last weekend, Baylor swept BYU in Provo, marking its first sweep in a road series or in Big 12 play since April 26-28, 2019, when BU took all three at TCU in Fort Worth.</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 used a potent offensive attack to down the Cougars, racking up 35 runs on 47 hits 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">• On Thursday, Baylor rode a pair of three-run innings and another solid start by <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> (5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO) to a series-opening 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">• On Friday, the Bears erased a 4-1 deficit and scored a run in the seventh and two in the ninth to force extra innings, ultimately taking the contest 8-5 in extras behind a four-run 10th.</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 Saturday's finale, BU got out to an 18-5 lead behind a 21-hit outburst, and held on as BYU scored 12 unanswered to finish off the sweep.</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">LEADING FROM THE TOP</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 OF <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/enzo-apodaca/13013"><span style="color:black">Enzo Apodaca</span></a></span></dfn> was
named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday after leading the league with a .600 batting average in three games at BYU.</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">• Apodaca reached base in 12 of his 18 plate appearances against the Cougars, totaling nine hits, a home run and five RBIs.</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 product of Scottsdale, Ariz., drove in runs in each of the three games, including a trio of RBIs in the Saturday finale in which he crushed his career-high fourth homer of the 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">• As BU's leadoff batter, Apodaca has slashed .419/.528/.581 since his return to the top spot in the lineup on March 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">• Apodaca is riding a team-best 14-game hitting streak, owns 12 multi-hit performances and leads the club with seven multi-RBI games 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">• His weekly award marked BU's third of the season and the fourth of the Thompson era. Additionally, this is the third time since 2015 that BU has had a Player, Pitcher and Newcomer of the Week honoree
in the same 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. KANSAS</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, 61-26, against Kansas though the Bears were swept in Lawrence last 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 has won six of its last eight series against KU, but haven't swept the Jayhawks since 2012.</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">• Heading into the weekend, the Bears (5th, 8-7) and the Jayhawks (8th, 7-8) are separated by just one game in the Big 12 standings.</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">• Fri. April 19 • 6:30 p.m. • <b>RHP <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> (2-3, 4.47)</b> vs. RHP Reese Dutton (7-1, 2.50)</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">• Sat. April 20 • 2:00 p.m. • <b>RHP <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> (3-3, 5.50)</b> vs. RHP Dominic Voegele (4-2, 2.52)</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">• Sun. April 21 • 1:00 p.m. • <b>LHP <dfn><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/mason-green/13014"><span style="color:black">Mason Green</span></a></span></dfn> (1-4,
5.68)</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">• All three of this weekend's games will be available on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, with Lincoln Rose (Fri.) and Pete Sousa (Sat. & Sun.) joining former Bear Pat Combs 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 ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM to hear the home radio broadcast featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield calling the action.<br>
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