When redshirt freshman John Youens and sophomore catcher Brayden Buchanan brought a taxidermy bobcat to the field Friday, they knew it was going to be a staple at the ballpark. The magic happened again Saturday afternoon as Baylor Baseball shut out Utah 9-0 at Baylor Ballpark.
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When redshirt sophomore second baseman Travis Sanders dug into the batter’s box to lead off the ninth inning, he wasn’t going to be beaten. In a 1-2 count, Sanders drilled the first Baylor baseball walk-off home run since May 19, 2022, pulling the Bears past Houston Christian University, 3-2, Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark.
After dropping the Friday and Saturday affairs of the first two Big 12 series against Kansas and Kansas State, Baylor salvaged both, scoring a combined 28 runs on Sunday’s series finale. In comparison, the Bears have been outscored 45-14 in the first two games of conference series’.
When junior outfielder Caleb Bergman stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning as a pinch hitter, the last thing on his mind was leaving the yard. But as fate would have it, on a full count pitch Bergman put a charge into a 376-foot solo home run — his first longball in a real game in four years.
Staring down two ranked teams and another power conference squad, Baylor baseball looks to turn some heads, bringing the Big 12’s best .342 batting average and 2.15 ERA into the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington.
For the first time since 2019, Baylor baseball completed an Opening Weekend sweep, taking down Youngstown State twice, 16-4 and 12-4, as part of a day-night doubleheader Saturday at Baylor Ballpark.
Very few things top Opening Day for Baylor baseball head coach Mitch Thompson. With a fresh slate, Thompson and the Bears are hungry for the opportunity to see nine months of hard work and long nights pay off.