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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Baseball Returns Home for Midweek With UIW <br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Bears make pit stop to face Cardinals at Baylor Ballpark before another weekend road trip<br>
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<b>BAYLOR BEARS (12-11, 2-4 Big 12)</b><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference/Affiliation:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>Mitch Thompson (Fort Hays St., 1988)<br>
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<b>BAYLOR</b> (12-11, 2-4) vs.<b> INCARNATE WORD </b>(13-11, 5-7)<br>
<b>March 24, 2026 • 6:30 p.m. CT</b><br>
<b>Waco, Texas • Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark (5,000)</b><br>
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<b><i>Talent:</i></b> <i>John Morris, Matt Menard</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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<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS (13-11, 5-7 Southland)</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 Antonio, Texas<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Southland<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: </span>
<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">Nick Zaleski (Sam Houston, 2009)<br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://uiwcardinals.com/sports/baseball/roster" data-outlook-id="0d18cb5e-83c9-4075-a2c7-f83eda7e37b4" 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://uiwcardinals.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-outlook-id="d9946794-8514-4068-aecb-ebb0c594f13e" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Stats</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> </span></div>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>LEADING OFF</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor Baseball returns home for a midweek matchup against Incarnate Word that is
sandwiched between a pair of Big 12 road series.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The Bears are coming off a series loss at Oklahoma State, where BU won the Friday
night opener, 6-4.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU opened the year on a 10-game winning streak at home, its longest home winning streak
to start a season since 2021.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The home winning streak extended to 11 games when counting the 2025 home finale, making
it Baylor's longest home winning streak since 2012, when the Bears won 22 in a row in Waco.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor has played nine games against ranked opponents so far in 2026, its most at
this point in a season since 2014 (9).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The Bears have stolen 31 bases through 23 games this year, their most at this point
in a season since 2015 (32).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor has turned 22 double plays in 23 games, which ranks third in the Big 12 and
20th nationally. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>SERIES HISTORY AGAINST UIW</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor is 7-1 all-time against Incarnate Word, including a 2-1 record against the
Cardinals under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The last time the two sides met was in 2024, when UIW came to Waco for a three-game
series. The Bears took the first two games, 13-7 and 15-3, but dropped the finale 14-1.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• This will be the first midweek meeting between the Bears and the Cardinals during
the Thompson Era, as the last midweek matchup came on April 26, 2022 .</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU is 3-2 in midweek ballgames so far in 2026.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• During the Thompson Era, the Bears are 30-13 in midweek contests and have won 19 of
their last 22 midweek games.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Tues. March 24 • 6:30 p.m. CT •
<b>RHP Cayden Baker (1-1, 8.44 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Emir Encalada (0-0, 13.19 ERA)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor won the opening game of its weekend series at Oklahoma State, a 6-4 decision
on Friday night in Stillwater, but the Bears dropped the series with a narrow 5-3 loss and 13-6 defeat on Saturday and Sunday.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The Bears racked up a season-high 15 strikeouts on the mound in Friday's victory and
improved to 10-2 this season when scoring first.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WHO's HOT</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Redshirt junior INF Travis Sanders carries a 27-game on-base streak into Tuesday night's
game against Incarnate Word, dating back to the 2025 season. Sanders leads the Bears in hitting (34 hits, .386 AVG).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong has hit seven home runs and driven in 29 runs, both
team highs.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Redshirt junior RHP Lucas Davenport was stretched out to throw a season-high 80 total
pitches across four innings, while sophomore RHP Zack Wallace turned in 4.2 frames in his first conference start.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Fifth-year senior RHP Caleb Bunch fanned a Baylor-career-high six batters in three
scoreless innings on Friday at Oklahoma State in earning his third save of the season.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Through 23 games, 47% 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 35% of the team's total plate appearances.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• That group also accounts for 46% of the team's hits, including 35% from true or redshirt
freshmen.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• 52% 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="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• 44% of Baylor's IP this season have been thrown by players who have thrown less than
five career innings at the Div. I level.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Through 23 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="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Tuesday's game will be streamed on ESPN+, with Voice of the Bears John Morris (play-by-play)
and former Bear Matt Menard (color analyst) on the broadcast. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor Sports Media Network radio call featuring Derek
Smith and Tom Barfield on the call on ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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 .386 (34-for-88) through his first 22 games.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Sanders is batting an impressive .596 on balls in play this season.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• He currently ranks 10th in the Big 12 with 34 hits, just seven shy of the league lead,
and ninth in the conference in AVG.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Through 23 games, Baylor own's the nations No. 6 Strength of Schedule (WarrenNolan.com)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU has faced seven ranked opponents for a total of nine games, and six of the top-40
RPI teams at this point in the year (No. 1 Texas, No. 3 Southern Miss, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 29 Oregon State, No. 31 West Virginia and No. 34 Kansas State).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor currently sits at No. 40 in the RPI entering Tuesday's game against Incarnate
Word.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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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