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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Baseball Begins Week of In-State Showdowns With UTSA <br>
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</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; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR BEARS (20-15, 8-7 Big 12)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Location:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Waco,
Texas <br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Big
12<br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; 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="8b363201-70a4-4a61-a09f-e94f37e4602e" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Mitch
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</dfn></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> (Fort Hays St., 1988)<br>
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<b>BAYLOR</b> (20-15, 8-7) vs<b> UTSA </b>(25-11, 8-4)<br>
<b>April 14, 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>WATCH: </b>ESPN+<br>
<b><i>Talent:</i></b> <i>John Morris, Matt Czimskey</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;">UTSA ROADRUNNERS (25-11, 8-4 AAC)</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);"> American Athletic<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: </span>
<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">Patrick Hallmark (Rice, 2002)<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 returns home for a week full of games against in-state rivals
at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark, starting with a Tuesday night tilt against UTSA ahead of a weekend series against TCU.</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 a series loss at Cincinnati, though the Bears were able to
salvage the weekend finale on Sunday in thrilling fashion.</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 erased a pair of one-run deficits (2-1 through four innings, 3-2 through
six innings) to stay neck-and-neck with the Bearcats, then exploded for a five-run top of the ninth inning to pull away on Sunday and win an 8-3 ballgame.</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);">• After the weekend at UC, Baylor sits in a three-way tie for fifth place in
the Big 12 standings at 8-7 alongside TCU and BYU.</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 7-2 in series openers so far in 2026 and has won six of its last
seven series openers.</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 the Cincinnati series, BU had won four-straight series openers in
Big 12 play, marking the first such streak for the program since 2021.</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 6-1 this year in games when redshirt junior RHP Lucas Davenport
starts.</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 29 double plays in 35 games, which ranks fourth in the Big
12 and 37th nationally.</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 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="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; 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="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>TUESDAY NIGHT'S TILT</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 37-11 all-time against UTSA, but just 1-3 against the Roadrunners
under fourth-year head coach Mitch 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);">• BU and UTSA met earlier this season at the BRUCE BOLT College Classic in Houston
at Daikin Park, where the Roadrunners won an 11-6 game.</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);">• UTSA jumped out to a 9-0 lead after the first five innings, but the Bears
were able to scratch their way back into the ballgame with some late runs in each the sixth, seventh and eighth 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);">• The Bears are 8-4 this season against in-state rivals.</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 5-3 in midweek ballgames so far in 2026 and 32-14 in such games during
the Thompson Era.</span></p>
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<b>RHP Luke McLeod (0-0, 1.84 ERA) </b>vs. TBD</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 35 games, the Bears have stolen 63 bases, the most by a BU team at
this point in a season since at least 2003.</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 stolen five or more bases five times in 2026, and have stolen multiple
bases in 16 games this 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);">• 2026 is the first season since 2013 that BU has had three or more players
reach double figures in stolen bases: Brady Janusek, 14; Travis Sanders, 10; Pearson Riebock, 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);">• Cade Dodson (8) and Ty Johnson (7) are within striking distance of also joining
the 10+ bags club.</span></p>
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set by Mike Robison in 1988 (24).</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);">• With Baylor's win over Cincinnati in last Sunday's series finale, it marked
the 16th-consecutive Big 12 series in which the Bears collected at least one win.</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 last time BU was swept in a conference series was May 10-11, 2024, at
Oklahoma.</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);">• This was Baylor's fifth-straight win in a weekend finale when down 0-2 in
a Big 12 series.</span></p>
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vs. Oklahoma State, making this the first time BU faced an 0-2 deficit on the weekend in six Big 12 series.</span></p>
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in Sunday's finale at UC.</span></p>
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and has allowed two walks or less 23 times. This was Calder's 16th-career start with just one walk allowed or less.</span></p>
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fewer earned runs allowed, and fifth such start of 2026.</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 35 games, 44% 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 33% 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 44% of the team's hits, including 34% 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);">• 48% of Baylor's hits have come from players who have previously redshirted
in their careers.</span></p>
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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="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>
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