Senior catcher Cortlan Castle put an exclamation mark on a nine-run third inning with his first career grand slam to help Baylor baseball win its 30th game for the first time since 2021, downing UT Rio Grande Valley 10-7 Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark.
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Making a push for the postseason, Baylor baseball handled Sam Houston with a 15-4 victory Tuesday night at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville. Tying a season-high 14 strikeouts on the mound and seeing four players tally multi-hit games, head coach Mitch Thompson’s Bears (28-16, 9-12 Big 12) moved to 9-1 in midweek contests.
When scouring the college baseball scene, finding a middle infield duo on a hotter three-game stretch than senior shortstop Tyriq Kemp and redshirt sophomore second baseman Travis Sanders would be nearly impossible.
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.
Building a 5-0 lead that vanished by the third inning, Baylor baseball failed to win their second Big 12 series of the season, dropping the rubber match against Texas Tech 9-8 Sunday afternoon at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock.
In March, the Bears beat Texas State in San Marcos. The Bobcats took to Baylor Ballpark Tuesday to return the favor.
Neither team scored after the second inning as the Cougars cleaned up a series win over the Bears.
Riding high behind head coach Mitch Thompson’s first series win over a ranked opponent and a walk-off home run on Tuesday, Baylor baseball is finding ways to win games in different ways.
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.
Rolling into Sunday afternoon with their first Big 12 series win under their belt, Baylor baseball stumbled, allowing 10 runs in the first inning and falling 11-6 in the series finale against No. 23 Arizona at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Ariz.
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.
Following two losses to Kansas State earlier in the weekend, Baylor baseball struck for 17 runs in the fifth and sixth innings to salvage the series finale 19-4 in seven innings Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.
The Bears went 1-2 at the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series this weekend, beating Ohio State and losing to No. 8 Oregon State and No. 25 Auburn.
On the first pitch of the top of the seventh inning, Baylor baseball freshman third baseman Pearson Riebock smashed a fly ball to right-center field. Primed to trot around the bases for the first time in his career, No. 8 Oregon State junior right fielder Easton Talt had other plans.
Baylor baseball fell just short of a series sweep Sunday afternoon, dropping a 10-inning battle to Gonzaga 8-7 at Baylor Ballpark. The game featured six lead changes, but four fielding errors proved too much for the Bears (6-1) to overcome.
Behind his three-hit day and 12 strikeouts from five pitchers, the Bears picked up their first shutout win since March 14, 2023, defeating UTSA 5-0. For just the third time since 2013, Baylor has opened the season 4-0.
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.
With a brand new season comes a brand new style of fall ball for Thompson’s Bears. The green and gold will have three free and open-to-the-public scrimmages each week during the fall to showcase the team’s talent as each athlete competes for a starting position.
Behind six different pitchers who combined to allow just one earned run on seven hits and forfeit zero walks, Baylor baseball won its ninth game in the last 10 games, as it took down UT Arlington 3-1 on Tuesday at Clay Gould Ballpark in Arlington.
With a year under his belt, head coach Mitch Thompson enters year two with a new motto: “To be the best, you have to beat the best.” And the Bears will get a chance to do just that as the first month of their season features the most difficult schedule in Division I, based on last year’s win percentage and RPI.