Friday, May 15
Salt Lake City, Utah
7 PM
Baylor
27-26, 13-16
10
at
3
Utah
26-23, 12-17
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
BSB's Offense Erupts in 10-3 Win at Utah
5/15/2026 11:46:00 PM | Baseball
Bears hit three home runs and get quality start from Wallace in series-evening win
SALT LAKE CITY – Baylor baseball evened its weekend series with Utah behind a complete 10-3 performance that saw the Bears hit three home runs and receive a quality start from sophomore right-hander Zack Wallace on Friday night at Charlie Monfort Field at America First Ballpark in Salt Lake City.
The Bears (27-26, 13-16 Big 12) racked up 14 hits, including eight for extra bases, while Wallace worked a career-high 6.1 innings on the mound and held the Utes (26-23, 12-17 Big 12) to just one run on seven hits with five strikeouts.
Redshirt junior infielder Travis Sanders homered for the third-straight game, sophomore infielder Pearson Riebock left the yard for the second-consecutive contest and fifth-year senior outfielder Ty Johnson went deep for the first time this season to lead BU's offensive onslaught. Five Bears logged multi-hit performances, including Riebock who had a career-high four knocks.
THE RUNDOWN
Right from the jump, Baylor had its bats going as Sanders stayed hot with his third home run in as many games to lead things off, crushing the second pitch of the night 464 feet over right-center wall. In the second, back-to-back two-out doubles by redshirt sophomore catcher Brayden Buchanan and Riebock made it 2-0, and BU threatened for more in the third following freshman outfielder Brady Janusek's two-out triple, but he'd be left there.
Wallace got the start for the Bears and was sharp in the early innings, fanning three and putting up three zeros to begin his outing. Utah got on the board in the fourth as Baylor traded a run for two outs with a 6-4-3 double play after the Utes put runners on the corners with nobody out to start the frame.
BU got that run back, plus another, in the top of the fifth as Riebock launched his third home run of the season, a solo shot, and an RBI groundout by Janusek made it 4-1 in favor of the green and gold. Wallace worked out of a UU threat in the home half to leave a pair of baserunners on after a redshirt senior first baseman Tyce Armstrong snared a sharp line drive that looked headed for extra bases to end the inning.
Baylor's offense kept rolling in the sixth as Johnson left the yard for his first of the year. After a Buchanan single and Riebock's third extra-base hit of the night, a sacrifice fly from freshman infielder Cole Lanclos pushed the lead to 6-1.
In the home half, Utah saw its first two batters reach on a single and a walk. But after a mound visit, Wallace got back-to-back flyouts to left field where freshman outfielder Dylan Perez did well to shield the sun and make tough grabs. Then, Wallace finished off the frame with his fourth strikeout of the night to strand more Utes, their third and fourth left on of the night.
Wallace stayed out there to start the bottom of the seventh and recorded his fifth strikeout of the evening after a leadoff double, then exited following a career-high 6.1 innings of work and handed the ball off to senior southpaw Stefan Stahl. Stahl fanned the first batter he faced in his first appearance on the mound in over a month, then brought BU back to the plate where the Bears pushed across three more in the eighth with RBIs from Janusek, Perez and Clements.
A two-run single from Utah in the bottom of the eighth didn't do much to dent the scoreline, then neither side scored in the ninth as Baylor finished off the series-evening victory.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 3-3 all-time against Utah and 3-2 against the Utes under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• Every player in the BU lineup either scored a run or drove in a run in tonight's win.
• Baylor hit three home runs on the night, its sixth game of the year with 3+ homers, and third-consecutive game with three or more round-trippers.
• BU has hit 11 home runs in its last three games, its first three-game stretch with 11 or more home runs since May 22-26, 2010.
• BU's 55 home runs on the year are its most during the Thompson Era.
• This is the first time since the 2018-19 seasons that BU has hit 50+ homers in consecutive years.
• With one stolen base on the night, Baylor's 93 stolen bases on the season are its most since swiping 96 in 2012.
• The Bears racked up 14 hits for their 21st game of the season with double-digit knocks.
• Redshirt junior INF Travis Sanders tied his career high with his eighth home run of the season.
• Sanders' homer was the third leadoff blast by a Bear this season and second by Sanders.
• This is Sanders' third-consecutive game with a home run, becoming the second Bear this season to do so this season (Armstrong, five games, April 26-May 3).
• Sanders extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games and on-base streak to 19 games.
• Sanders' 77 hits on the year are the most by a Bear since Jared McKenzie had 82 in 2021.
• Sanders also notched his team-leading 23rd multi-hit game of the season.
• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong extended his career-best on-base streak to 25 games and hitting streak to 11 games.
• Freshman OF Brady Janusek had two hits and drove in two runs for his 16th multi-hit and 10th multi-RBI efforts of the year.
• Redshirt freshman DH Brytton Clements logged his 12th multi-hit game of 2026.
• Fifth-year senior OF Ty Johnson extended his on-base streak to nine games with his first home run of the season.
• Redshirt sophomore C Brayden Buchanan tallied his third multi-hit game of the season.
• Sophomore INF Pearson Riebock recorded his eighth multi-hit game and fourth multi-RBI game of the year with a career-high four hits.
• Riebock hit his third home run of the season and second of the series.
• Freshman INF Cole Lanclos reached safely for the fifth-straight game.
• The two BU starters who didn't have hits (Perez and Lanclos) each drove in runs.
• Sophomore RHP Zack Wallace worked a career-high 6.1 innings of work and logged his second quality start of 2026.
• Senior LHP Stefan Stahl made his first appearance since April 3, striking out one of the two batters he faced. It marked Stahl's third scoreless appearance of the season and second in relief.
• Senior RHP Grayson Murry recorded his 12th scoreless outing of the year.
STAT OF THE DAY
11 – Baylor has hit 11 home runs in its last three games, its first such power surge since May 22-26, 2010.
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Mitch Thompson
On the offensive performance tonight…
"It's been great to see Pearson [Riebock] swinging the bat. Ty Johnson with a big home run. Travis Sanders led off the game with a home run, that was huge for us. Second pitch of the game and Bears are ahead 1-0. We never trailed, so it was a great way to start the day. Up and down the lineup our guys swung the bats well, seven of our nine guys drove in runs and everybody scored. Everybody contributed."
Sophomore RHP Zack Wallace
On his career-high 6.1 innings on the mound…
"Definitely not easy [bouncing back from last week's rough start], we're playing great teams every week. It was just trying to flush that outing, stick to my routine and stick to my stuff for this week. And that's what I did, came out and gave it all I had."
Sophomore INF Pearson Riebock
On his career-high four-hit performance…
"It felt really good. DT [Darin Thomas] gave me a little word of advice yesterday before BP and first swing with it, I hit a home run. So I told him I'm going to stick with it and I had a good night, so all credit to DT. Every day I'm working really hard, I'm trying my hardest to be great out there. Sometimes it just doesn't go that way, so just gotta stick with it, keep my head down and keep working hard."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (27-26, 13-16 Big 12) rounds out the regular season with a rubber match at Utah (26-23, 12-17 Big 12) on Saturday, May 16, with a 1 p.m. CT first pitch from Charlie Monfort Field at America First Ballpark in Salt Lake City.
To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
The Bears (27-26, 13-16 Big 12) racked up 14 hits, including eight for extra bases, while Wallace worked a career-high 6.1 innings on the mound and held the Utes (26-23, 12-17 Big 12) to just one run on seven hits with five strikeouts.
Redshirt junior infielder Travis Sanders homered for the third-straight game, sophomore infielder Pearson Riebock left the yard for the second-consecutive contest and fifth-year senior outfielder Ty Johnson went deep for the first time this season to lead BU's offensive onslaught. Five Bears logged multi-hit performances, including Riebock who had a career-high four knocks.
THE RUNDOWN
Right from the jump, Baylor had its bats going as Sanders stayed hot with his third home run in as many games to lead things off, crushing the second pitch of the night 464 feet over right-center wall. In the second, back-to-back two-out doubles by redshirt sophomore catcher Brayden Buchanan and Riebock made it 2-0, and BU threatened for more in the third following freshman outfielder Brady Janusek's two-out triple, but he'd be left there.
Wallace got the start for the Bears and was sharp in the early innings, fanning three and putting up three zeros to begin his outing. Utah got on the board in the fourth as Baylor traded a run for two outs with a 6-4-3 double play after the Utes put runners on the corners with nobody out to start the frame.
BU got that run back, plus another, in the top of the fifth as Riebock launched his third home run of the season, a solo shot, and an RBI groundout by Janusek made it 4-1 in favor of the green and gold. Wallace worked out of a UU threat in the home half to leave a pair of baserunners on after a redshirt senior first baseman Tyce Armstrong snared a sharp line drive that looked headed for extra bases to end the inning.
Baylor's offense kept rolling in the sixth as Johnson left the yard for his first of the year. After a Buchanan single and Riebock's third extra-base hit of the night, a sacrifice fly from freshman infielder Cole Lanclos pushed the lead to 6-1.
In the home half, Utah saw its first two batters reach on a single and a walk. But after a mound visit, Wallace got back-to-back flyouts to left field where freshman outfielder Dylan Perez did well to shield the sun and make tough grabs. Then, Wallace finished off the frame with his fourth strikeout of the night to strand more Utes, their third and fourth left on of the night.
Wallace stayed out there to start the bottom of the seventh and recorded his fifth strikeout of the evening after a leadoff double, then exited following a career-high 6.1 innings of work and handed the ball off to senior southpaw Stefan Stahl. Stahl fanned the first batter he faced in his first appearance on the mound in over a month, then brought BU back to the plate where the Bears pushed across three more in the eighth with RBIs from Janusek, Perez and Clements.
A two-run single from Utah in the bottom of the eighth didn't do much to dent the scoreline, then neither side scored in the ninth as Baylor finished off the series-evening victory.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 3-3 all-time against Utah and 3-2 against the Utes under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• Every player in the BU lineup either scored a run or drove in a run in tonight's win.
• Baylor hit three home runs on the night, its sixth game of the year with 3+ homers, and third-consecutive game with three or more round-trippers.
• BU has hit 11 home runs in its last three games, its first three-game stretch with 11 or more home runs since May 22-26, 2010.
• BU's 55 home runs on the year are its most during the Thompson Era.
• This is the first time since the 2018-19 seasons that BU has hit 50+ homers in consecutive years.
• With one stolen base on the night, Baylor's 93 stolen bases on the season are its most since swiping 96 in 2012.
• The Bears racked up 14 hits for their 21st game of the season with double-digit knocks.
• Redshirt junior INF Travis Sanders tied his career high with his eighth home run of the season.
• Sanders' homer was the third leadoff blast by a Bear this season and second by Sanders.
• This is Sanders' third-consecutive game with a home run, becoming the second Bear this season to do so this season (Armstrong, five games, April 26-May 3).
• Sanders extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games and on-base streak to 19 games.
• Sanders' 77 hits on the year are the most by a Bear since Jared McKenzie had 82 in 2021.
• Sanders also notched his team-leading 23rd multi-hit game of the season.
• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong extended his career-best on-base streak to 25 games and hitting streak to 11 games.
• Freshman OF Brady Janusek had two hits and drove in two runs for his 16th multi-hit and 10th multi-RBI efforts of the year.
• Redshirt freshman DH Brytton Clements logged his 12th multi-hit game of 2026.
• Fifth-year senior OF Ty Johnson extended his on-base streak to nine games with his first home run of the season.
• Redshirt sophomore C Brayden Buchanan tallied his third multi-hit game of the season.
• Sophomore INF Pearson Riebock recorded his eighth multi-hit game and fourth multi-RBI game of the year with a career-high four hits.
• Riebock hit his third home run of the season and second of the series.
• Freshman INF Cole Lanclos reached safely for the fifth-straight game.
• The two BU starters who didn't have hits (Perez and Lanclos) each drove in runs.
• Sophomore RHP Zack Wallace worked a career-high 6.1 innings of work and logged his second quality start of 2026.
• Senior LHP Stefan Stahl made his first appearance since April 3, striking out one of the two batters he faced. It marked Stahl's third scoreless appearance of the season and second in relief.
• Senior RHP Grayson Murry recorded his 12th scoreless outing of the year.
STAT OF THE DAY
11 – Baylor has hit 11 home runs in its last three games, its first such power surge since May 22-26, 2010.
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Mitch Thompson
On the offensive performance tonight…
"It's been great to see Pearson [Riebock] swinging the bat. Ty Johnson with a big home run. Travis Sanders led off the game with a home run, that was huge for us. Second pitch of the game and Bears are ahead 1-0. We never trailed, so it was a great way to start the day. Up and down the lineup our guys swung the bats well, seven of our nine guys drove in runs and everybody scored. Everybody contributed."
Sophomore RHP Zack Wallace
On his career-high 6.1 innings on the mound…
"Definitely not easy [bouncing back from last week's rough start], we're playing great teams every week. It was just trying to flush that outing, stick to my routine and stick to my stuff for this week. And that's what I did, came out and gave it all I had."
Sophomore INF Pearson Riebock
On his career-high four-hit performance…
"It felt really good. DT [Darin Thomas] gave me a little word of advice yesterday before BP and first swing with it, I hit a home run. So I told him I'm going to stick with it and I had a good night, so all credit to DT. Every day I'm working really hard, I'm trying my hardest to be great out there. Sometimes it just doesn't go that way, so just gotta stick with it, keep my head down and keep working hard."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (27-26, 13-16 Big 12) rounds out the regular season with a rubber match at Utah (26-23, 12-17 Big 12) on Saturday, May 16, with a 1 p.m. CT first pitch from Charlie Monfort Field at America First Ballpark in Salt Lake City.
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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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wallace, Zack (5-5)
L: Riske, Payton (4-4)
Batting:
2B: Clements, Brytton 1 ; Riebock, Pearson 2 ; Buchanan, Brayden 1
3B: Janusek, Brady 1
HR: Riebock, Pearson 1 ; Sanders, Travis 1 ; Johnson, Ty 1
RBI: Perez, Dylan 1 ; Clements, Brytton 1 ; Riebock, Pearson 2 ; Sanders, Travis 1 ; Lanclos, Cole 1 ; Janusek, Brady 2 ; Johnson, Ty 1
SH: Lanclos, Cole 1
SF: Lanclos, Cole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Clements, Brytton 1 ; Riebock, Pearson 1 ; Sanders, Travis 2 ; Lanclos, Cole 1 ; Janusek, Brady 1 ; Armstrong, Tyce 1 ; Buchanan, Brayden 2 ; Johnson, Ty 1
SB: Armstrong, Tyce 1
HBP: Perez, Dylan 1
PO: Janusek, Brady 1
Batting:
2B: Flaharty, Matt 1
RBI: Flaharty, Matt 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Long, Jake 1 ; Gurney, Cameron 1 ; Miller, Cal 1
HBP: Jacobs, Luke 1
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