Baylor baseball head coach Mitch Thompson said the strength of his team is on the mound.
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One team always stuns the college baseball world, and the Bears are trying to be this year’s Cinderella story.
This year’s homecoming hits a little bit different for Baylor baseball head coach Mitch Thompson, as he returns in the green and gold following a deep history with the program.
Baylor baseball looks a lot different than it did six months ago, but the team is getting to know each other as fall practice begins.
After blowing up the MLB scene in his first couple starts, Oakland A’s catcher Shea Langeliers spoke about that moment and what he’s taken with him from Baylor.
Mitch Thompson said he had a feeling one day he’d return to the green and gold. The path to get there just took a different path than expected, but at least he doesn’t have to move very far.
No one expected the low-seeded Baylor baseball team to make a run, but the team felt capable of doing so. Unfortunately, after a run-rule loss to fourth-seeded Oklahoma State University, their season is likely over.
It was a lot to ask for, but No. 8-seed Baylor baseball nearly knocked off No.1-seed Texas Christian University in the opening contest of the 2022 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship.
Eighth-seeded Baylor baseball is taking an underdog mentality in hopes of an upset win in its first-round matchup with top-seeded Texas Christian University.
The Roadrunners blasted Baylor in the fifth inning with a whopping six runs. It was the only inning the Roadrunners scored. The Bears never recovered from the devastating fifth inning.
Baylor took a 8-6 victory over Lamar University at Baylor Ballpark on Tuesday.
The Bears came close to claiming their first away Big 12 conference series after winning game two against Oklahoma State, but the No. 17 Cowboys crushed the Bears 7-1 in the series rubber match to claim a 2-1 series victory on Monday.
Baylor baseball’s reputation on the road has not been great this season. Baylor has yet to win a conference game, much less a series away from Baylor Ballpark this year.
While most of the student body enjoyed the one-day vacation of Diadeloso, Baylor baseball had work to do. The Bears (14-22) outlasted Incarnate Word (11-24), 2-1 on Tuesday at Baylor Ballpark.
Baylor baseball, coming off a series sweep dealt by the Texas State Bobcats over the weekend and a midweek win over UT-Arlington, returns to Big 12 with a road series against No. 23 Texas Tech (19-14, 4-5) in Lubbock this weekend.
Baylor baseball was scorched by the red-hot No. 20 Houston Cougars 11-0 Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark. Houston crushed Baylor’s pitching staff behind seven runs scored in the final three innings.
Baylor baseball was scorched by the red-hot No. 20 Houston Cougars 11-0 Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark. Houston crushed Baylor’s pitching staff behind seven runs scored in the final three innings.
Baylor baseball found its second win in a row on Wednesday after handling the UT-Arlington Mavericks 6-2 at Clay Gould Ballpark in Arlington. The Bears used a powerful start from the offense and stout pitching throughout the game.
Following a weekend of three straight losses to Cal-State Fullerton, Baylor baseball hopes to bounce back over spring break. Baylor, Texas A&M, Louisiana State University, Hawaii, Nebraska and the University of Houston will participate in the annual Houston Baseball Classic at Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston.
No. 25 Baylor baseball extended its winning streak to three games after an 8-4 win at Baylor Ballpark Wednesday night against Northwestern State. Freshman pitcher Theron Kay started for the Bears, pitched five innings and allowed zero runs.
It was 39 degrees at No. 21 Baylor Baseball’s midweek tilt against Dallas Baptist University Tuesday night. The Patriots cooled down the Bears’ hot start to 2015 with a three-run ninth inning, making it a 9-6 final score in favor of Dallas Baptist.
The weather was perfect and the results followed suit as Baylor baseball opened their season with a three-game opening weekend sweep over No. 13 Cal Poly at Baylor Ballpark.
Baylor baseball earned its first series win of the 2015 season after another offense-heavy outing at Baylor Ballpark, where the Bears took its second-straight win over No. 13 Cal Poly 8-6 on Saturday.
Baylor baseball beat Lamar University Wednesday night 3-2, but hits and runs were not easy to come by for the Bears. In Baylor’s upcoming weekend series against the No. 4 Cal-State Fullerton Titans (7-3), the lack of offense of late may be a problem against Fullerton’s elite pitching staff.
In their first game back from a winless weekend in California, Baylor (6-6) edged out Lamar University (8-5) 3-2 on a chilly, cloudy Wednesday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.
Baylor baseball earned its first series sweep of the season against defending Ohio Valley Conference champ Austin Peay State University after winning 4-2 Friday, 15-1 Saturday and 12-1 Sunday. All three games exposed APSU’s weaknesses.
It has all been about the wins for head coach Steve Smith. He helped make Baylor baseball into a Big 12 powerhouse. Smith is in the middle of his 20th season with the Bears, but this season marks a special new experience for him— coaching his two sons at Baylor.
Junior right-handed pitcher Ryan Smith and freshman first baseman Case Smith are both members of Baylor’s baseball team and are coached by their father at the collegiate level.
The Baylor Bears have been on a hot streak recently, riding a five-game winning streak and coming out as the victors in 14 of their last 19 contests.
The Bears look to continue the winning trend this weekend when they travel to Lawrence for a three-game series against the Kansas Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks are sitting in fifth place in the Big 12 with a 9-9 conference record and are 27-18 overall.
At one point this season, the Baylor baseball team was struggling with an 11-15 overall record and a 1-3 record in the Big 12. The outlook for the remainder of the season certainly did not seem optimistic, but a Baylor team with a history of success showed resiliency and is now in the hunt to defend its Big 12 Championship.
It is baseball season at Baylor.
Baylor baseball has had a winning season every year since 2005, but they still have games to go in this one. They need our help.