Baylor
Texas State
BSB Travels to Texas State for Tuesday Tilt
3/17/2025 5:15:00 PM | Baseball
Bears and Bobcats meeting for first time in Thompson era; since 2022
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BAYLOR BEARS (14-5, 1-2 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Mitch Thompson (Fort Hays St., 1988) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
BAYLOR (14-5, 1-2) at TEXAS STATE (8-11, 0-3) March 18, 2025 • 6:00 p.m. CT San Marcos, Texas • Bobcat Ballpark (2,500) LIVE STATS: BaylorStats.com WATCH: ESPN+ LISTEN: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM Talent: Derek Smith, Tom Barfield Baylor Social Media:    |
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TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (8-11, 0-3 Sun Belt) Location: San Marcos, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Sun Belt Head Coach: Steven Trout (TCU, 2007) Roster | Stats |
STORYLINES
LEADING OFF
• Baylor Baseball returns to the Lone Star State and travels to Texas State to begin sixth week of the season.
• The Bears are coming off a 2-2 week that included a midweek win over Sam Houston at home and a series loss at Kansas in Lawrence.
• BU salvaged the series finale against the Jayhawks, marking just the second time under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson that the Bears have won after trailing 0-2 on the weekend.
• Baylor erased an early five-run deficit to come from behind and win 9-7 on Sunday, the largest comeback of the Thompson Era.
• All nine starters tallied at least one hit on Sunday, the first time the Bears have done so this season.
• Baylor hitters have logged double-digit hits three times in the last five games.
• Baylor returns 22 players from its 2024 roster, including six position player starters, and welcomes 18 newcomers.
• BU has 16 seniors on its 2025 roster, including six fifth-year players and three sixth-year players.
• Baylor plays a combined 13 games against five NCAA Tournament teams in 2025 and will face 10 30-game winners, including two squads that won 40 or more games last season.
• 46% of the schedule features opponents that finished 2024 with a top-75 RPI.
STRONG FIRST MONTH
• Baylor completed its first Opening Weekend sweep since 2019, outscoring Youngstown State 38-11.
• The Bears posted back-to-back shutouts against UTSA and Gonzaga, the team's first consecutive shutouts since April 1-2, 2021.
• BU's sweep over LMU signaled the fourth time since 2017 that the Bears have swept two opponents at home within the first four weekends of the year.
• Tuesday, March 11's game attendance (2,283) against Sam Houston was the largest crowd against a non-conference opponent, and the seventh-largest overall, of the Thompson era.
• Baylor's 3.23 walks per nine innings ranks 14th in the country and its 1.20 WHIP places 19th nationally.
• BU's bullpen has allowed just 29 earned runs across 90.1 innings of relief, good for a 2.89 ERA.
• For the fifth week in a row, Baylor is currently receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll. Baylor has not been ranked in a major poll since 2019.
SERIES HISTORY AGAINST TEXAS STATE
• Baylor leads the all-time series over Texas State, 54-27.
• This is BU's first meeting against TXST under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• The Bears are 5-4 over their last nine meetings against the Bobcats, which have all come in midweek contests or a weekend tournament. The last weekend meeting between the two sides came in 2015, in which one game was played in San Marcos and two were played in Waco.
• BU dropped the most recent meeting to the Bobcats, 11-4, on April 12, 2022 in San Marcos.
TUESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
• Baylor is 20-10 in midweek ballgames under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• BU has won nine-straight midweek games, dating back to the 2024 season.
• The Bears are 4-0 in midweek contests so far this year and 4-0 against fellow teams from the state of Texas.
PROBABLE STARTERS
• Tues. March 18 • 6:00 p.m. • LHP Caleb Jameson (0-0, 1.29 ERA) vs. RHP Jackson Teer (0-3, 7.11 ERA)
SOUTHPAW STARTERS
• 2025 is just the third season in the Statcrew Era (since 2003) that Baylor has started four different left-handed pitchers at any point in the year.
• 2025 is the only time in the Statcrew Era that the Bears have started four different southpaws consecutively.
• A left-handed pitcher has started each of BU's last eight games entering Tuesday night's game at TXST.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
• Tuesday's game will be available on ESPN+. Fans can also tune in to ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM for the Baylor radio broadcast, featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call.
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