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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><a name="_Hlk490052374" data-outlook-id="02fa6f63-fafa-4888-ac42-5e27ebc40ba8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Baseball Welcomes Rival TCU for Marquee Weekend Series <br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Bears looking for first series win over Horned Frogs since 2019 <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; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR BEARS (21-15, 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>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: </span><span style="font-size: 12.25px; 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; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><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="93b6ab6c-0c00-40e6-9f2c-fec99c71516c" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>Mitch
Thompson</u></a></span></div>
</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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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><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="9ba523c2-94d7-435c-9687-68e38a03a1b7" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>Stats</u></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> |
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2026/4/16/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2026_37-39_TCU.pdf" data-uw-pdf-br="2" data-uw-pdf-doc="" data-outlook-id="f1e58b50-a7ad-42cb-a893-ab666164b6c9" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>Game
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<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> (21-15, 8-7) vs</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;"> TCU
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">(22-14, 8-7)<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">April 17, 2026 • 6:30 p.m. CT<br>
April 18, 2026 • 2:00 p.m. CT<br>
April 19, 2026 • 1:00 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</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>
<span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" data-outlook-id="595e328b-219c-44dc-9cd5-ca622bc8e45e" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>BaylorBears.com/Stats</u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"><br>
</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;"><i>Talent:</i></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> <i>Kyle Youmans (Fri. & Sun.),</i> <i>Mike Leslie (Sat.), Pat Combs</i><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;"><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="1842a11e-3098-4458-bc71-864d8c4eeec8" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u><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-4f1b5cf6-d2cb-4ad3-889a-49e5bda13854" 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;"></u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><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="606b17c8-86f7-415e-a8fb-eeb22dcba43d" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u><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-b3260ff9-2d7c-4998-8a24-93f3d7e3f66e" 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;"></u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><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="edffc41f-e21e-46e6-9c78-75fa35016844" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u><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-b7d3d203-8094-4e97-b3ed-b924bf66b58b" 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;"></u></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">TCU HORNED FROGS (22-14, 8-7 Big 12)</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);"> Fort Worth, Texas<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> Big 12<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: </span>
<span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">Kirk Saarloos (Cal St. Fullerton)<br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://gofrogs.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://gofrogs.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-outlook-id="c66eb849-b2cf-4fd6-997c-7fce1c8f80f4" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>Stats</u></a></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 is back at home to continue its week-long slate of games against
in-state rivals at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark, welcoming rival TCU to Waco for a weekend 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);">• Baylor and TCU are two of three teams tied for fifth place in the Big 12 standings
at 8-7 entering the 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);">• BU is coming off a thrilling 10-9 victory in 12 innings over UTSA on Tuesday
night, erasing a two-run deficit in the final frame on the heels of Tyce Armstrong's game-tying home run and Dylan Perez's walk-off RBI single.</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 win was Baylor's ninth come-from-behind win of the season and third-consecutive
comeback 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);">• BU's largest deficit erased in a win this season was a three-run hole against
West Virginia (March 13), and the Bears' latest deficit faced was the two-run hole against UTSA in the 12th inning (April 14).</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 31 double plays in 36 games, which ranks fourth in the Big
12 and 29th 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>HOSTING THE HORNED FROGS</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 holds a 152-138 advantage in the all-time series against TCU, though
BU is just 1-8 against the Horned Frogs 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 is looking for its first series win over TCU since sweeping the Frogs on
the road in 2019.</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 year, Baylor salvaged the weekend series with a 6-3 win at TCU in Fort
Worth.</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 9-4 this season against fellow teams from the state of Texas.</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>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);">• Fri. April 17 • 6:30 p.m. CT •
<b>RHP Lucas Davenport (3-1, 3.56 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Trever Baumler (1-2, 7.09 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);">• Sat. April 18 • 2:00 p.m. CT •
<b>RHP Zack Wallace (3-3, 5.66 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Lance Davis (3-3, 5.36 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);">• Sun. April 19 • 1:00 p.m. CT •
<b>LHP Ethan Calder (3-3, 4.17 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Zack James (4-0, 2.87 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);">• Through 36 games, the Bears have stolen 65 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 17 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, 11; 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>
<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);">• Janusek sits 10 stolen bases shy of the program's all-time freshman record,
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>
<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 had not been down 0-2 in a conference series since May 9-11, 2025,
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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<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 saw his 16-inning streak without allowing a walk snapped
in Sunday's finale at UC.</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);">• Of his 27 career starts, Calder has never walked more than three batters,
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>
<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);">• Calder worked his 13th career start of at least five innings with three or
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);">• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong is tied for fifth in the Big 12 with 14
home runs and ranks 8th in the league with 43 RBIs.</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 14 home runs mark the 11th time since 2012 that a Bear has hit
double-digit homers in a single season and are the most since Josh Ludy hit 16 in 2012.</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 is the second time under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson that a
Bear has hit 10+ home runs (Jordan, 10 in 2025).</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 sits just seven homers shy of BU's school record for home runs in
a season (Charley Carter, 21 in 1998).</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 sits two blasts shy of cracking the top-10 on BU's single-season
leaderboard.</span></p>
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2021, when Andy Thomas (11) and Jared McKenzie (10) each did so.</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 36 games, 45% 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 34% 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 46% of the team's hits, including 37% 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>
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freshmen.</span></p>
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