Armstrong’s Two-Homer Night Powers BSB Past UT Arlington

Tuesday, April 28

Waco, Texas

6:30 PM

Baylor

23-21

UT Arlington

16-26

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UT Arlington	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	0
Baylor	0	2	3	0	0	1	6	11	1

Armstrong’s Two-Homer Night Powers BSB Past UT Arlington

4/28/2026 10:29:00 PM | Baseball

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Bears ride Armstrong’s 17th and 18th homers to 6-2 win over the Mavericks

WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball rode a pair of Tyce Armstrong home runs and an 11-hit performance to secure a weather-shortened 6-2 win over UT Arlington Tuesday night at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark.

After UTA (16-26, 5-7 WAC) struck first in the opening frame, the Bears (23-21, 9-12 Big 12) with runs in each of the second and third innings to pull away on the heels of Armstrong's fifth multi-home run game of the season.

Junior catcher JJ Kennett added a season-high three hits and an RBI, while sophomore infielder Pearson Riebock tacked on an RBI groundout to join Armstrong's multi-RBI night. Freshman outfielder Dylan Perez also drove in two runs to help BU to the victory.

Junior right-handed pitcher Charlie Atkinson picked up the win as one of four Bears to throw a scoreless inning out of the bullpen.

THE RUNDOWN
UTA got on the board first in the top of the opening frame, pushing across a run on an RBI groundout to take the game's first lead. Baylor starter freshman righty Caldwell McFaddin worked a scoreless second to keep the Mavericks off the board, then BU answered in the home half by loading the bases and plating two on Perez's two-run single.

In the third, UTA knotted the scoreline at 2-2 with an RBI fielder's choice. Then, the Bears charged in front in the bottom of the third as Armstrong launched a solo homer to spark a three-run inning. Kennett added an RBI single and Riebock drove in another to put BU back in front at 5-2.

Both sides stayed quiet over the middle innings, with UTA unable to cash in with a runner in scoring position in the top of the sixth. Armstrong added another in the bottom half, a solo shot that cleared the batter's eye for his 18^th of the season, extending Baylor's lead to 6-2.

Play was then halted due to lightning in the area and later called with the threat of further inclement weather. The win snaps Baylor's six-game losing streak and marked its 2,500^th win in program history.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 95-35 all-time against UT Arlington, including a 6-0 record against the Mavericks under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• BU has now won eight in a row over UTA, dating back to April 6, 2021, when current Baylor Director of Operations Darin Thomas was the head coach of the Mavs.
• Baylor is now 7-4 in midweek ballgames this season and 34-15 in such games during the Thompson Era.
• The Bears are now 11-7 against fellow teams from the state of Texas this year.
• BU improved to 5-1 this season in home games following a road trip, with four of those wins coming in midweek contests.
• The Bears now have 11 comeback victories in 2026 and have come from behind in each of their last five wins.
• Tonight's win marked the 2,500^th win in Baylor Baseball program history.
• With two stolen bases on the night, BU moved its total to 77 for the season, its most in a single season since swiping 96 in 2012.
• Redshirt junior INF Travis Sanders reached base safely for the 10^th consecutive game.
• Sanders stole his 18^th base of the season, the most by a Bear since Logan Brown stole 21 in 2015.
• Freshman OF Dylan Perez recorded his second multi-RBI game of the season after a two-run single with the bases loaded.
• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong extended his season-high on-base streak to 16 games.
• Armstrong hit two home runs for his 13^th multi-hit, 11^th multi-RBI, and fifth multi-home run game of the season.
• Armstrong has now homered in back-to-back games for the second time this season.
• Armstrong's 18 home runs for the year place him in a tie for 4^th all-time on BU's single-season home run leaderboard.
• Junior C JJ Kennett extended his hitting streak to a career-high six games with his eighth multi-hit performance of the year.
• Junior RHP Charlie Atkinson tossed his 11^th scoreless outing of the season.
• Senior RHP Cade Hansen threw his second scoreless appearance of 2026.
• Redshirt freshman RHP Brayden Bergman made his 13^th scoreless appearance and struck out multiple batters for the fourth time in 2026.
• Freshman RHP Luke McLeod tossed his sixth scoreless outing and made his third multi-strikeout appearance of the year.
• McLeod also earned his first-career save.

STAT OF THE DAY
18 – Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong launched his 17^th and 18^th home runs of the season, moving him into a tie for fourth place on Baylor's single-season home run leaderboard.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Mitch Thompson
On Tyce Armstrong's multi-home run game…
"I'm sure that's fun for him. I'm glad to see him squaring balls up and driving balls out of the ballpark. He hit a couple on Sunday at ASU and so now, love for him to be getting hot here at the end of the year and just keep on rolling."

Redshirt Senior 1B Tyce Armstrong
On playing against his former team in Waco…
"I love playing those guys. I loved playing with those guys and the coaches have all my respect. Playing them in this ballpark after everything we've been through together, it was just surreal to be able to do that for me."

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (23-21, 9-12 Big 12) welcomes Texas Tech (22-22, 6-15 Big 12) to the banks of the Brazos for a three-game series, beginning Friday, May 1, with a 6:30 p.m. first pitch from Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark.

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