Baylor
UT Arlington
BSB Hosts UT Arlington on $2 Tuesday
3/24/2025 6:15:00โฏPM | Baseball
Bears look to remain undefeated in midweek ballgames in 2025
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BAYLOR BEARS (16-7, 2-4 Big 12) Location:ย Waco, Texasย Conference/Affiliation:ย Big 12 Head Coach: Mitch Thompsonย (Fort Hays St., 1988) Rosterย |ย Statsย |ย Game Notesย (PDF) |
BAYLORย (16-7, 2-4) vs.ย UT ARLINGTONย (7-13, 1-2) March 25, 2025 โข 6:30 p.m. CT Waco, Texas โข Baylor Ballparkย (5,000) LIVE STATS: BaylorStats.com WATCH: ESPN+ LISTEN: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM Talent:ย Derek Smith, Tom Barfield Baylor Social Media:ย  ย  ย  |
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UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS (7-13, 1-2 WAC) Location:ย Arlington, Texas Conference/Affiliation:ย WAC Head Coach: Mike Trapasso (Oklahoma State, 1987) Rosterย |ย Statsย ย |
STORYLINES
LEADING OFF
โข Baylor Baseball welcomes UT Arlington for a midweek matchup on Tuesday, featuring Texas Country Music Night at Baylor Ballpark and another installment of $2 Tuesday deals (tickets, hot dogs, sodas).
โข Though BU dropped its series to K-State over the weekend, the Bears are coming off a 19-4 victory in the series finale that salvaged the weekend in run-rule fashion.
โข The Bears have now won the series finale three times after trailing 0-2 on the weekend in the Thompson era.
โข Baylor racked up 19 runs, tying the most of the Thompson era, on a season-high-tying 16 hits, the 11th time this season the Bears have reached double digits in hits.
โข BU batted around in back-to-back innings on Sunday, marking the first time since March 6, 2021, vs. Memphis.
โข Baylor is 11-2 this season when allowing two walks or less.
โข Baylor has won 10-straight midweek games, dating back to the 2024 season.
โข Baylor returns 22 players from its 2024 roster, including six position player starters, and welcomes 18 newcomers.
โข BU has 16 seniors on its 2025 roster, including six fifth-year players and three sixth-year players.
โข 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.
โข 46% of the schedule features opponents that finished 2024 with a top-75 RPI.
STRONG FIRST MONTH
โข Baylor completed its first Opening Weekend sweep since 2019, outscoring Youngstown State 38-11.
โข The Bears posted back-to-back shutouts against UTSA and Gonzaga, the team's first consecutive shutouts since April 1-2, 2021.
โข 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.
โข 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.
โข Baylor erased an early five-run deficit to come from behind and win 9-7 on Sunday at Kansas, the largest comeback of the Thompson Era.
โข Baylor's 3.35 walks per nine innings ranks 19th in the country and its 1.26 WHIP places 23rd nationally.
โข BU's bullpen has allowedย 41 earned runs across 109.1 innings of relief, good for a 3.38 ERA.
โข For the sixth 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 UT ARLINGTON
โข Baylor leads the all-time series against UT Arlington, 91-35
โข The Bears are 2-0 against the Mavericks under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson and have won four straight.
TUESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
โข Baylor is 21-10 in midweek ballgames under third-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
โข BU has won 10-straight midweek games, dating back to the 2024 season.
โข The Bears are 5-0 in midweeks so far this year and 5-0 against fellow teams from the state of Texas in 2025.
PROBABLE STARTERS
โข Tues. March 25 โข 6:30 p.m. โข LHP Stefan Stahl (1-0, 4.05 ERA) vs. TBD
SOUTHPAW STARTERS
โข 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.
โข 2025 is the only time in the Statcrew Era that the Bears have started four different southpaws consecutively.
โข A left-handed pitcher has started each of BU's last 12 games entering the midweek against UT Arlington.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
โข Tuesday's game will be available on ESPN+, with Lincoln Rose and Baylor Athletics Hall of Famer Pat Combs calling the action. 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.
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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