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BSB Readies for Round Rock Classic
2/19/2026 4:30:00 PM | Baseball
Bears to face pair of top-25 opponents and another P4 program
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BAYLOR BEARS (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Mitch Thompson (Fort Hays St., 1988) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
BAYLOR (4-0, 0-0) vs. OREGON STATE (3-1, 0-0) Feb. 20, 2026 • 6:00 p.m. CT BAYLOR (4-0, 0-0) vs. PURDUE (2-2, 0-0) Feb. 21, 2026 • 1:00 p.m. CT BAYLOR (4-0, 0-0) vs. SOUTHERN MISS (3-1, 0-0) Feb. 22, 2026 • 3:00 p.m. CT Round Rock, Texas • Dell Diamond (11,631) LIVE STATS: BaylorBears.com/Stats WATCH: Watch.D1Baseball.com LISTEN: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM (Fri/Sun) LISTEN: Kicker Country 99.3 FM/1590 AM (Sat) Talent: Derek Smith, Tom Barfield, Cole Posey Baylor Social Media:    |
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ROUND ROCK CLASSIC |
STORYLINES
LEADING OFF
• Baylor Baseball heads down to Round Rock for the 2026 Round Rock Classic at Dell Diamond to face a pair of top-25 opponents in No. 7 Oregon State and No. 18 Southern Miss, as well as Power 4 program Purdue.
• The Bears are coming off an undefeated first week after sweeping New Mexico State and handling Texas State last time out, 14-4, on Tuesday night.
• Baylor racked up a season-high 17 hits and made us of 12 walks by TXST pitchers in the offensive onslaught, while the bullpen put up six-straight zeros to finish the ballgame.
• The weekend sweep over the Aggies marked the second-straight season that BU has opened the year with a series sweep. The Bears outscored NMSU 27-7 across the three-game set.
• In Friday's Opening Day contest, redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong became the second player in NCAA history to hit three grand slams in the same game, joining Louisville's Jim LaFountain who did so on March 24, 1976.
• BU returns 20 players from its 2025 roster, including three position player starters (Johnson, Sanders, Riebock), and welcomes 17 newcomers. Baylor has 19 underclassmen (Fr., R-Fr., So., R-So.) on its 2026 squad.
• 30 players on the 37-man roster are in their first or second years with the program.
THE TYCE IS RIGHT
• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong became just the second player in NCAA history to hit three grand slams in the same game when he did so in Friday's season opener against New Mexico State.
• Armstrong tied the BU single-game program record with three home runs and his 12 RBIs topped Shea Langeliers' previous record of 11 (set on June 1, 2019, vs. Omaha).
• Armstrong and Louisville's Jim LaFountain are the only players in college baseball history to hit three grand slams in a single game. LaFountain did so on March 24, 1976, as part of a four-home run game that included two grand slams in the same inning.
• No player in Major League Baseball history has ever hit three grand slams in one game; in fact, only once has it ever happened where a team has hit three grand slams in one game -- the 2011 New York Yankees on August 25 against the Oakland Athletics.
• Armstrong's feat went viral on social media Friday night and he made an appearance on MLB Network's "Hot Stove" with Robert Flores and Harold Reynolds on Monday morning.
• Armstrong is tied for the nation's lead in RBIs with 15 after the first four games of 2026.
• Armstrong came to the plate with the bases loaded two more times against NMSU, delivering a sacrifice fly on Saturday and getting hit by a pitch on Sunday to add to his RBI total.
• This week, Armstrong was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, Perfect Game National Player of the Week, NCBWA Co-National Hitter of the Week and the 1B on Baseball America's National Team of the Week.
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
• Fri. Feb. 20 • 6:00 p.m. CT • LHP Stefan Stahl (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Dax Whitney (0-0, 1.80 ERA)
• Sat. Feb. 21 • 1:00 p.m. CT • LHP Ethan Calder (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Zach Erdman (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
• Sun. Feb. 22 • 3:00 p.m. CT • RHP Cade Hansen (0-0, 6.75 ERA) vs. RHP McCarty English (0-0, 3.00 ERA)
OPENING WEEK IN REVIEW
• Baylor has started its season 4-0 for just the third time since 2019 (2019, 2025, 2026).
• Baylor improved to 7-5 on Opening Weekend under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson by collecting its second-consecutive season-opening sweep.
• BU improved to 67-37 all-time on Opening Day, with wins in seven of its last 11 season openers.
• Since 2016, the Bears have now won six of their last 11 Opening Weekend series.
• Baylor dominated New Mexico State, outscoring the Aggies 27-7 over the three-game series.
• On Friday, the Bears scored 15 runs and won in run-rule fashion as Armstrong's three grand slams led the way for the green and gold offensively. Lucas Davenport (4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 SO) turned in a solid outing in his first-career start.
• In Saturday's 5-2 victory, BU put up five runs in the first inning thanks in part to back-to-back blasts by John Youens and Brady Janusek, each of their first-career home runs.
• In Sunday's series finale, the Baylor bullpen was excellent, combining for five scoreless frames, including 2.2 perfect innings from Cayden Baker, RJ Ruais and Luke DeVasher, as the Bears pulled away late for a 7-3 win.
• On Tuesday night, the Bears racked up 17 hits and took advantage of 12 walks by Texas State pitchers to handle the Bobcats, 14-4. Freshman OF Bo Caraway had three hits and two RBIs in his first-career start out of the nine spot, while the top of the order (Sanders, Riebock, Armstrong) combined for 8 hits and 7 runs.
BY THE NUMBERS
• Baylor has won the free pass battle (BB + HBP) 45 to 8 over its opponents through the first four games of 2026.
• BU has committed just two errors defensively.
• The Bears are hitting .331 as a team with 15 extra-base hits and boast a 1.079 OPS through four games.
BIG INNINGS IN THE BEGINNING
• Of the 13 innings that Baylor has scored runs in, 8 have been crooked numbers (3+ runs).
• The Bears have scored in the first inning in each of their last three games (5 vs. NMSU, 3 vs. NMSU, 2 vs. TXST).
BROADCAST INFO
• All three games for the Round Rock Classic are available to stream at Watch.D1Baseball.com with Chris Mycoskie and Mike Rooney on the call.
• Fans can also tune in to the Baylor radio broadcast featuring Derek Smith, Tom Barfield and Cole Posey, on various stations throughout the weekend. Listen live links are available on BaylorBears.com.
To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
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