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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b><a name="_Hlk490052374" data-outlook-id="b178d2d4-62ea-4314-ad81-464d1e2d1337" 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 Squares Off Against Sam Houston <br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Bears continue eight-game homestand with midweek matchup against Bearkats<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,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="24e9d2b2-0264-43fb-9200-e65c1484dcff" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b> </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR BEARS (9-6, 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:
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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="4cfd5e0a-477c-4177-8b01-cd90e21b0441" 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="3c8d306b-e91c-4369-9a13-150e0b94a82a" 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="32986adc-98bf-4fde-8b1d-89137695f4c9" 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/2026/3/9/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2026_16_SHSU.pdf" data-uw-pdf-br="2" data-uw-pdf-doc="" data-outlook-id="32a61d42-a98c-48a4-8dbc-6ab1a91c51b6" 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);"> (9-6, 0-0) vs.</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;"> SAM HOUSTON
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">(8-7, 0-0)<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">March 10, 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);">: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;"><i>Talent:</i></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> <i>Derek Smith, Tom Barfield</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="" data-outlook-id="35b32a99-0ac2-4c79-98dc-1f4c6cae2abd" 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-5aed5f76-aedb-45c0-af3d-727d0a65daf2" 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="" data-outlook-id="ec3102d2-39ae-4707-93c2-a58c18561be5" 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-6c280e30-6bc1-4138-b8d6-5ce91889d1e2" 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="" data-outlook-id="abdae23e-ddb5-4513-82a2-eaa41c09485e" 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-084a1c9b-3116-4fb7-b844-7b7568cd0c6e" 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;">SAM HOUSTON BEARKATS (8-7, 0-0 C-USA)</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);"> Huntsville, Texas<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> C-USA<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: </span>
<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">Jay Sirianni (Nebraska, 2001)<br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://gobearkats.com/sports/baseball/roster" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://gobearkats.com/sports/baseball/roster" data-outlook-id="5b17648c-5410-4723-9c4e-95cf0bdeb4ff" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Roster</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://gobearkats.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://gobearkats.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-outlook-id="5ca441e4-3291-422e-8721-d523bf379cb3" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Stats</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> <br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>STORYLINES</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);"><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 continues its eight-game homestand on Tuesday night with a
midweek clash against Sam Houston. The Bears begin Big 12 Conference play against No. 22 West Virginia this weekend in Waco, before a non-conference contest against Kansas State next Tuesday, March 17, rounds out the home swing.</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 is coming off its second series sweep of the season, taking all three over
Air Force last 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);">• The Bears are off to an 8-0 start at home this year and have won nine-straight
at Baylor Ballpark, dating back to the 2025 regular-season finale (May 11, vs. Oklahoma State, 5-4 in 10 innings).</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 sits at No. 34 in the RPI through four weeks of non-conference action
and has played the nation's 22nd-toughest schedule, featuring five games against ranked opponents. </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>SQUARING OFF AGAINST SAM HOUSTON</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 63-49 all-time against Sam Houston and has won five of six meetings
against the Bearkats under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson, including each of the last three matchups.</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 is 2-1 in midweek ballgames so far this season and has won 18 of its last
20 midweek contests.</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 29-12 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);">• Against fellow teams from the state of Texas, BU is 2-3 in 2026.</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. March 10 • 6:30 p.m. CT •
<b>RHP Cayden Baker (0-0, 9.00 ERA) </b>vs. LHP Jakob Holzer (0-1, 10.00 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>LAST TIME OUT</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 coming off a series sweep of Air Force, having shut out the Falcons
on Friday night, 7-0, before claiming both ends of a doubleheader (which included a resumed game from Saturday's rain suspension), 5-4 and 6-1.</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);">• Freshman OF Brady Janusek led the Bears in hitting on the week, going 7-for-14
with a big two-run home run in game two of the series against Air Force.</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);">• Senior LHP Ethan Calder picked up his first win of the year with five solid
innings of work on the mound, allowing just one run on six hits and one walk, while fanning four.</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>MAGNOLIA CONFINES</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);">• BU is off to an 8-0 start at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark this season,
marking its longest home winning streak to start a season since the 2021 Bears won their first 10 games of the year at home.</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 eight-game single-season home winning streak is the longest since March
30-April 10, 2021, when the 2021 Bears also won eight straight 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);">• Dating back to the 2025 regular-season finale, Baylor has won nine straight
games at home, marking the longest home winning streak since March 2-17, 2021 (10).</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>FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH</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);">• Through 12 games, 48% of Baylor's total plate appearances have been taken
by players with less than 55 career PA's entering the 2026 season. True or redshirt freshmen account for 36% of the team's total plate appearances.</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);">• That group also accounts for 48% of the team's hits, including 36% from true
or redshirt freshmen.</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);">• 56% of Baylor's hits have come from players who have previously redshirted
in their careers.</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);">• 42% of Baylor's innings pitched this season have been thrown by players who
have thrown less than five career innings at the Division I level.</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 nine true freshmen on its 2026 roster and an additional four redshirt
freshmen.</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);">• Through 15 games, 18 Bears have made their Baylor debuts (9 hitters, 9 pitchers),
including 10 true or redshirt freshmen.</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);"><b>SIZZLING SANDERS</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 junior INF and Preseason All-Big 12 shortstop Travis Sanders is off
to a blistering start at the plate, batting .431 (25-for-57) through the first 15 games.</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);">• Sanders became the fastest Bear to collect 20 hits in a season since Davis
Wendzel in 2019, as the duo both recorded their 20th knocks in their 43rd at-bats of the year.</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);">• Prior to Wendzel, only Nathan Orf (39 at-bats) was quicker to 20 hits in a
season in 2013.</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);">• Through 15 games, Baylor own's the nations No. 22 Strength of Schedule. </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 has faced five ranked opponents and five of the top-20 RPI teams at this
point in the year (No. 1 Southern Miss, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Ole Miss, No. 14 UTSA and No. 18 Oregon 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);">• Baylor will play a combined 22 games against 11 NCAA Tournament teams in 2026,
including three conference champions from a year ago.</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);">• 14 30-game winners headline the 2026 campaign, including six teams that won
40 or more games last season.</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);">• 52% of this year's schedule features opponents that finished 2025 with a top-75
RPI.</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 has won the free pass battle (BB + HBP) 114 to 59 over its opponents
through the first 15 games of 2026.</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 have stolen 25 bases through 15 games this year, their most at this
point in a season since 2011 (26).</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 turned 15 double plays in 15 games, which leads the conference
and ranks 14th nationally. </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);">• Tuesday night's game will be available to watch on ESPN+.</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);">• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor Sports Network radio broadcast featuring
Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call.</span></p>
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