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BSB Wraps Road Swing at UT Arlington
4/14/2025 3:55:00 PM | Baseball
Bears are 23-11 under Thompson in midweek ballgames
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BAYLOR BEARS (22-13, 6-9 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Mitch Thompson (Fort Hays St., 1988) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
BAYLOR (22-13, 6-9) at UT ARLINGTON (13-19, 5-4) April 15, 2025 • 6:00 p.m. CT Arlington, Texas • Clay Gould Ballpark (1,600) 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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UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS (13-19, 5-4 WAC) Location: Arlington, Texas Conference/Affiliation: WAC Head Coach: Mike Trapasso (Oklahoma State, 1987) Roster | Stats |
STORYLINES
LEADING OFF
• Baylor Baseball caps off its road swing on Tuesday night at UT Arlington ahead of a Thursday-Friday-Saturday home series with Utah this weekend at Baylor Ballpark in Waco.
• Prior to dropping five of its last seven ballgames, the Bears reached the 20-win mark for the 53rd-consecutive complete season and the fastest since 2019, when the Bears started the year 20-6 and collected win No. 20 on March 30 at Kansas.
• Baylor has won eight games this season in come-from-behind fashion, including a walk-off over HCU two weeks ago on Travis Sanders' solo home run in the bottom of the ninth.
• Over the last 10 games, Sanders (.421, 16-for-38) and Tyriq Kemp (.450, 18-for-40) are red hot at the plate, pacing the Bears with a combined 10 extra-base hits.
• Baylor is 14-2 this season when allowing two walks or less.
• BU is 15-2 when striking out nine or more batters.
• The Bears are 12-4 when racking up 10+ hits offensively.
• 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 HALF
• 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 erased a five-run deficit to win 9-7 on Sunday at Kansas, the largest comeback of the Thompson Era.
• Baylor's two wins at No. 12 Arizona marked its fifth and sixth victories against a ranked team under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• The series win marked BU's first road series victory over a ranked opponent since April 23-25, 2021, at No. 5 Texas Tech.
• Baylor's 3.49 walks per nine innings ranks 22nd in the country and its 1.32 WHIP ranks 28th nationally.
• BU's bullpen has allowed 70 earned runs across 173.0 innings of relief, good for a 3.64 ERA.
• For the ninth 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.
TUESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
• Baylor is 92-35 all-time against UT Arlington and 3-0 against the Mavericks in the Thompson era.
• BU is 23-11 in midweek games under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• The Bears had won 12-straight midweeks before last week's loss to Texas State.
• Baylor is 7-1 in midweek games this year and 9-5 against fellow teams from the state of Texas in 2025.
PROBABLE STARTERS
• Tues. April 15 • 6:00 p.m. • LHP Stefan Stahl (1-1, 4.91 ERA) vs. LHP Merek Sears (0-1, 15.43 ERA)
SOUTHPAW STARTERS
• Baylor has started a left-handed pitcher in each of its last 24 games, dating back to March 2 (Cole Stasio vs. Auburn).
• 2025 is the only season in the Statcrew Era (since 2003) that BU has started six different left-handed pitchers at any point in the year, and the third time in the same span with four different LHP starters.
• 2025 is the only time in the Statcrew Era that the Bears have started four different southpaws consecutively.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
• Tuesday night's game will be available on ESPN+.
• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor radio broadcast on 1660AM/92.3FM, featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield on the call.
