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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><a name="_Hlk490052374" data-outlook-id="487be544-b986-4bd5-98c3-07679fe1b8ed" 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 Takes On Texas Tech in Weekend Set<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Bears continue stretch of six of next seven games at Baylor Ballpark</i></span></p>
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<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 (23-21, 9-12 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="104215cd-633d-4dce-b166-4c7c0b218b79" 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="42448203-a3ff-4c8a-b83a-4cb2109abf50" 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/2026/4/30/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2026_45-47_Tech.pdf" data-uw-pdf-br="2" data-uw-pdf-doc="" data-outlook-id="dfdd1c7f-f3e8-4438-a552-2e8798ba76b5" 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);"> (23-21, 9-12) vs</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;"> TEXAS TECH
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);">(22-22, 6-15)<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40); font-weight: 700;">May 1, 2026 • 6:30 p.m. CT<br>
May 2, 2026 • 2:00 p.m. CT<br>
May 3, 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="fded117b-8707-4143-bc94-b2c378929a24" 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;">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="dd83bb0e-1a9e-4a08-904d-0a7793c89d61" 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-24dcb961-19ed-40f0-87fd-62793292393b" 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="0b4ccb01-e9d2-456c-8600-9effc7c0e034" 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-4dbbeeb7-1821-4d9c-9b18-fc9579b4974c" 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="a3b199d4-f96e-4276-bbad-7caa8aec00c8" 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-460d9b9b-41ce-4d80-ac04-1b9adb689ae8" 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;">TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (22-22, 6-15 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);"> Lubbock, 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);">Tim Tadlock (Texas Tech, 1992)<br>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://texastech.com/sports/baseball/roster/2026" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://texastech.com/sports/baseball/roster/2026" data-outlook-id="4b9b8fee-195c-4ca4-bb35-8fa969b2b59d" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><u>Roster</u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 40);"> |
</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><a href="https://texastech.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://texastech.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-outlook-id="d18ddd83-89ad-4c08-acaa-21845e675bd7" 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 remains home for an important weekend series against Texas
Tech in Waco. Six of the Bears' next seven games will be played along the banks of the Brazos 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 snapped its six-game losing streak on Tuesday night against UT Arlington
with a 6-2 win in a weather-shortened six-inning affair. Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong hit two home runs to lead the Bears offensively past his former team.</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 currently sits in a three-way tie for ninth place in the Big 12 standings
at 9-12, alongside Kansas State and Utah. The top 12 teams in the conference will qualify for the Big 12 Tournament; BU is two games ahead of 12th-place Arizona (7-14) and three games clear of 13th-place Texas Tech (6-15) 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);">• The Bears have 11 comeback victories in 2026 and have come from behind in
each of their last five wins.</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>TAKING ON TEXAS TECH</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 trails the all-time series, 90-98, against Texas Tech, but is 4-5 against
the Red Raiders 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 has won two of the last five series against Tech, including the most recent
meeting in Waco (2024), when the Bears won a weather-resumed game and the series finale on Sunday, March 17. </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 and Red Raiders have played a doubleheader in two of their last
three meetings. </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. May 1 • 6:30 p.m. CT •
<b>RHP Lucas Davenport (4-2, 4.57 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Kaysen Raineri (4-0, 6.75 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. May 2 • 2:00 p.m. CT •
<b>RHP Zack Wallace (3-4, 5.05 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Adam Hayes (2-3, 7.27 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. May 3 • 1:00 p.m. CT •
<b>LHP Ethan Calder (3-5, 4.77 ERA) </b>vs. RHP Donovan Becerra (0-0, 11.57 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>SWIPING RIGHT (ON THE BASES)</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 44 games, the Bears have stolen 77 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);">• 77 stolen bases is also the most in a single season since the Bears stole
96 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);">• Baylor has stolen five or more bases five times in 2026, and have stolen multiple
bases in 20 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 (Sanders, 18; Janusek, 16; 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);">• Baylor ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 77 stolen bases, but its 34 bags in
conference games ranks third, just three shy of the league lead.</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>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 is having one of the best slugging seasons
in Baylor history, as the Magnolia, Texas, native crushed his 17th and 18th home runs of the year on Tuesday against UT Arlington.</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 multi-HR effort was his fifth of the year, and second consecutive, joining
his three-home run day on Opening Day against New Mexico State (Feb. 13), a two-homer game at Houston (March 27), a two-homer effort against UTSA (April 14) which included a dramatic game-tying blast in the bottom of the 12th inning, and two blasts at Arizona
State (April 26) in the series finale.</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 fifth in the Big 12 with 18 home runs and ranks eighth in the
league with 50 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 18 blasts are tied for the fourth-most in Baylor single-season
history. He sits just three home runs shy of the all-time record, held by Charley Carter (21, 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's 18 home runs are the most by a Bear since Chris Durbin hit 18
in 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);">• Armstrong's 18 homers mark the 11th time since 2012 that a Bear has hit double-digit
homers in a single 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);">• Armstrong is the third player under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson
to hit double-digit bombs in a season, joining Wesley Jordan's 10 in 2025 and now Brady Janusek's 10 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);">• Armstrong and Janusek are the first set of BU teammates to each hit 10+ home
runs in a season since 2021 (Andy Thomas, 11; Jared McKenzie, 10) and their 28 combined homers are the most by two Bears since 2009, when Shaver Hansen (17) and Aaron Miller (12) combined to hit 29.</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>DIAPER DANDY</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);">• Freshman OF Brady Janusek is putting up one of the top seasons by any freshman
in the Big 12, leading the league with 10 home runs and tied for the conference lead with 16 stolen bases among first-year players.</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 just one home run shy of tying Baylor's freshman single-season
HR record (Max Muncy, 11, 2010).</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 eight stolen bases shy of the program's all-time freshman record,
set by Mike Robison in 1988 (24).</span></p>
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<b>DIALING UP THE STRIKES</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);">• Senior LHP Ethan Calder saw his 16-inning streak without allowing a walk snapped
in Sunday's finale at Cincinnati.</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 29 career starts, Calder has never walked more than three batters,
and has allowed two walks or less 25 times. Calder has made 17 career starts 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, in the finale against the Bearcats.</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);">• It was also his fourth start of the year with five or more strikeouts.</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 threw 4.2 innings without a walk in the series finale 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);">• Over his last five starts (28 innings), Calder has allowed just three walks.</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 44 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 35% 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 43% 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="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>
<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);">• 43% of Baylor's IP this season have been thrown by players who had 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="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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including 10 true or redshirt freshmen.</span></p>
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