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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b><a name="_Hlk490052374" data-outlook-id="3e4c5fb1-6bdf-4368-acc2-523ff5aebb2e" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Baseball Tangles with Texas State on Tuesday<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Bears host Bobcats to cap off season-opening homestand<br>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>For more information contact:</b> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR BEARS (3-0, 0-0 Big 12)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Location:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Waco, Texas <br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Big 12<br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Head Coach:
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><dfn style="border: 0px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2913" rel="smarttag" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2913" data-outlook-id="faa627cf-e47d-491f-a28a-652ea79baf7b" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Mitch
Thompson</a></u></span></div>
</dfn></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> (Fort Hays St., 1988)<br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster" data-outlook-id="3b043178-ec89-4f49-84b6-beea0a782c1f" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Roster</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> |
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-outlook-id="6e145332-bf37-4641-9908-e0ab6579b6fc" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Stats</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> |
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2026/2/16/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2026_4_TXST.pdf" data-uw-pdf-br="2" data-uw-pdf-doc="" data-outlook-id="36e2f219-271e-44b0-8fea-8c2f7d89acd6" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Game
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<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> (3-0, 0-0) vs.</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;"> TEXAS STATE
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">(3-0, 0-0)<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Feb. 17, 2026 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Waco, Texas • Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark (5,000)</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">LIVE STATS: </span>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">WATCH: </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">ESPN+<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">LISTEN</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">: Kicker Country 99.3 FM/1590 AM<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;"><i>Talent:</i></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> <i>Tom Barfield, Richard Cunningham</i><br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Baylor Social Media:
</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://twitter.com/BaylorBaseball" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://twitter.com/BaylorBaseball" data-uw-rm-ext-link="na" data-outlook-id="e444bd1b-ec16-4a1b-b7a0-dfc017b9c07a" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2012/10/19/twitter-icon.png" alt="auto twitter icon" id="img-89d5bb18-67d2-4b95-bf61-accffdbb055b" data-uw-rm-alt-original="auto twitter icon" data-uw-rm-alt="ALT" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/baylorbaseball/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.instagram.com/baylorbaseball/?hl=en" data-uw-rm-ext-link="na" data-outlook-id="d5b00136-da96-4d61-b184-89e5cdc61b61" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2018/10/25/Instagram.png" alt="instagram png" id="img-bf5a492e-fee8-4e47-b112-54e67632a3fe" data-uw-rm-alt-original="instagram png" data-uw-rm-alt="ALT" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BaylorBaseball/" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.facebook.com/BaylorBaseball/" data-uw-rm-ext-link="na" data-outlook-id="5e7e2cf0-c388-439e-9b50-1926f2c8d935" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2018/10/25/Facebook.png" alt="Facebook PNG" id="img-c234a803-f98b-40cc-ae62-3d32cd68d9fb" data-uw-rm-alt-original="Facebook PNG" data-uw-rm-alt="ALT" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (3-0, 0-0 Sun Belt)</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Location:</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> San Marcos, Texas<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Sun Belt<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: </span>
<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">Steven Trout (TCU, 2007)<br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://txst.com/sports/baseball/stats?path=baseball" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://txst.com/sports/baseball/stats?path=baseball" data-outlook-id="13fc6ba5-b4f7-44a8-a8f5-6bfe4363d587" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Stats</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> <br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>LEADING OFF</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor Baseball wraps up its season-opening four-game homestand by playing
host to in-state foe Texas State on Tuesday night at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU will next travel to Round Rock for the Round Rock Classic at Dell Diamond,
where the Bears will face a pair of top-25 opponents in No. 7 Oregon State and No. 18 Southern Miss, as well as Purdue.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The Bears are coming off an Opening Weekend sweep over New Mexico State, in
which BU outscored the Aggies 27-7 over the three-game series.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The sweep marked the second-straight season that Baylor has opened the year
with an Opening Weekend sweep.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• In Friday's Opening Day contest, redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong became
the second player in NCAA history to hit three grand slams in the same game, joining Louisville's Jim LaFountain who did so on March 24, 1976.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU returns 20 players from its 2025 roster, including three position player
starters (Johnson, Sanders, Riebock), and welcomes 17 newcomers.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor has 19 underclassmen (Fr., R-Fr., So., R-So.) on its 2026 squad.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• 30 players on the 37-man roster are in their first or second years with the
program.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE TYCE IS RIGHT</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong became just the second player in NCAA history
to hit three grand slams in the same game when he did so in Friday's season opener against New Mexico State.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Armstrong tied the BU single-game program record with three home runs and
his 12 RBIs topped Shea Langeliers' previous record of 11 (set on June 1, 2019, vs. Omaha).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Armstrong and Louisville's Jim LaFountain are the only players in college
baseball history to hit three grand slams in a single game. LaFountain did so on March 24, 1976, as part of a four-home run game that included two grand slams in the same inning.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• No player in Major League Baseball history has ever hit three grand slams
in one game; in fact, only once has it ever happened where a team has hit three grand slams in one game -- the 2011 New York Yankees on August 25 against the Oakland Athletics.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Armstrong's feat went viral on social media Friday night and he made an appearance
on MLB Network's "Hot Stove" with Robert Flores and Harold Reynolds on Monday morning.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Armstrong is the nation's leader in RBIs with 14 after the Opening Weekend.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Armstrong came to the plate with the bases loaded two more times against NMSU,
delivering a sacrifice fly on Saturday and getting hit by a pitch on Sunday to add to his RBI total.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>TEXAS STATE ON A TUESDAY</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor is 55-28 all-time against Texas State, including 1-1 against the Bobcats
under Thompson.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Last season, BU went 11-1 in midweek games; the Bears only loss was to Texas
State (6-2 on April 8 in Waco).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The Bears are 27-11 in midweek games during the Thompson Era.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Tues. Feb. 17 • 6:30 p.m. CT •
<b>RHP Zack Wallace (0-0, 0.00 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Sam Hall (0-1, 5.40 ERA)*</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor improved to 7-5 on Opening Weekend under fourth-year head coach Mitch
Thompson by collecting its second-consecutive season-opening sweep.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU improved to 67-37 all-time on Opening Day, with wins in seven of its last
11 season openers.</span></p>
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series.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• On Friday, the Bears scored 15 runs and won in run-rule fashion as Armstrong's
three grand slams led the way for the green and gold offensively. Lucas Davenport (4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 SO) turned in a solid outing in his first-career start.</span></p>
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in part to back-to-back blasts by John Youens and Brady Janusek, each of their first-career home runs.</span></p>
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five scoreless frames, including 2.2 perfect innings from Cayden Baker, RJ Ruais and Luke DeVasher, as the Bears pulled away late for a 7-3 win.<br>
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least three runs in six of those frames.</span></p>
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Saturday night against NMSU and followed that with a three-spot in the opening frame on Sunday against the Aggies.</span></p>
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with six runs already this season.</span></p>
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radio broadcast, featuring Tom Barfield and former Bear Richard Cunningham on the call.</span></p>
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