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BSB Completes Weekend Sweep at Houston
3/29/2026 7:11:00 PM | Baseball
Bears win 14-7 behind solid start from Calder and 13-hit output
HOUSTON – Baylor baseball completed a weekend sweep of Houston with a 14-7 victory on Sunday afternoon at Schroeder Park.
Behind seven strong innings of work on the mound from senior southpaw Ethan Calder and a 13-hit performance offensively, the Bears (16-11, 5-4 Big 12) fought their way to the first road sweep by any team in Big 12 conference play so far this season.
Calder matched his career high for the third time with seven frames and was dominant outside of a three-run inning, scattering seven hits and allowing four runs with two strikeouts and no walks. He recorded 12 outs on two pitches or less and got ahead with first-pitch strikes to 21 of the 29 batters he faced.
At the plate, all nine batters in the BU lineup hit safely for the first time this year and six different Bears drove in runs. Baylor also stole a season-high eight bases, its most in a single game since 2006, and benefitted from four UH (13-14, 1-8 Big 12) errors on the day.
THE RUNDOWN
Both sides went quietly in the first, but that proved to be a rarity as the Bears and Cougars combined to score runs in seven of the next eight frames. Baylor jumped out to the game's first lead in the top of the second, plating four runs on two hits and a UH error. A three-base throwing error on a sacrifice bunt allowed the first two runs to score, then an RBI groundout from fifth-year senior outfielder Ty Johnson and a wild pitch accounted for the remaining runs.
Calder continued to cruise the first time and a half through the lineup, and after an RBI double from sophomore infielder Cade Dodson in the top of the fourth and an RBI fielder's choice from redshirt freshman infielder Brytton Clements in the fifth, the Bears held a 6-0 lead midway through the ballgame.
In the bottom of the fifth, a two-out, two-run triple got the Coogs on the board and a BU fielding error allowing the batter-runner to score on the play, as the home side cut into the green and gold's lead at 6-3. A solo home run brought the Cougars within two in the bottom of the sixth, but that's as close as they would get as Baylor padded its lead over the final three frames.
Redshirt sophomore designated hitter John Youens doubled in a run in the top of the seventh, then came around to score on a Johnson RBI knock that doubled the lead back up to 8-4. Then in the eighth, the Bears opened it up with a four-spot as Dodson scored on an RBI fielder's choice, redshirt junior infielder Travis Sanders scored on a wild pitch, redshirt senior first baseman Tyce Armstrong doubled in a run and then scored on Clements' RBI single to make it 12-4.
Houston showed some fight in the bottom of the eighth with a bases-clearing double and forced BU to turn to fifth-year senior closer Caleb Bunch, but he escaped further damage and brought the Bears back up to the dish in the ninth with another opportunity to add on. Freshman outfielder Brady Janusek jumped all over a 2-2 offering for his sixth home run of the year, a two-run blast, to push the Baylor lead to a touchdown at 14-7. Bunch worked around a pair of baserunners in the bottom of the ninth and recorded the final out of the game on a strikeout to seal Baylor's second conference sweep of the Mitch Thompson era.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 94-74 all-time against Houston and 4-5 against the Cougars under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• This is BU's second sweep in Big 12 play during the Thompson Era, joining April 11-13, 2024's sweep at BYU.
• This is the first road sweep by any team during Big 12 play this season.
• This is Baylor's third sweep of the 2026 season. The last time BU had three or more sweeps in a single-season was 2021, and the last time the Bears swept three or more teams including a Big 12 opponent was 2019.
• The Bears exacted revenge from its 2024 series at Houston, when UH swept BU in a conference-opening series on March 8-10, 2024.
• Baylor's 17.1 innings pitched by its starters this weekend is a season high.
• This is the first time since the Youngstown State series on March 3-5, 2023, in which the Bears received 5+ innings from each of its three weekend starters.
• Baylor's eight stolen bases are its most in a single game since May 16, 2006 vs. Dallas Baptist (8).
• The Bears' 14 runs are tied for their third-most in a single game this season, and marked the sixth time the team has scored in double figures.
• BU hitters racked up 13 hits, marking its 11th double-digit hitting performance of the year.
• All nine Baylor starters recorded hit safely for the first time this season and first time since April 12, 2005 at Texas Tech.
• Redshirt junior INF Travis Sanders extended his on-base streak to 30 games, becoming the first Bear to reach in 30-straight since Tyriq Kemp did so from March 28 to May 21, 2025.
• Sanders' 30-game on-base streak sits tied for 11th place on Baylor's leaderboard for longest on-base streak of the StatCrew era (since 2003).
• Sanders also owns a five-game hitting streak.
• Sanders tallied his team-leading 13th multi-hit game of the 2026 season.
• Freshman OF Brady Janusek extended his hitting streak to eight games with his 11th multi-hit and fifth multi-RBI performance.
• Janusek launched his sixth home run of the season, which ranks second on the team.
• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong extended his hitting streak to seven games.
• Redshirt sophomore DH John Youens logged his first multi-hit game of the year.
• Redshirt freshman INF Brytton Clements extended his hitting streak to five games and delivered his fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
• Fifth-year senior OF Ty Johnson recorded his first multi-RBI game of 2026.
• Junior C JJ Kennett extended his on-base streak to six games and collected his third multi-hit effort of the season.
• Sophomore INF Cade Dodson extended his hitting streak to five games.
• Senior LHP Ethan Calder matched his career high for the third time with seven innings pitched and earned his second win of the season, first in Big 12 play.
• Calder threw 21 first-pitch strikes out of 29 batters faced.
• Calder recorded 12 outs with just two or fewer pitches, and 14 outs with three or less pitches.
• Fifth-year senior RHP Caleb Bunch notched his ninth scoreless appearance of the season, eighth in his last nine outings, and fourth in a row.
STAT OF THE DAY
17.1 – After Ethan Calder's seven-inning start, Baylor's starting pitchers threw 17.1 innings on the weekend, a season high. This is the first time since March 3-5, 2023, vs. Youngstown State that three Baylor starters each surpassed five innings in their respective starts.
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Mitch Thompson
On a hard-fought win to complete the sweep…
"Sweeps aren't easy man, it's a dogfight. Just proud of the continued effort from the guys, and we had enough to get it done. It's a big road sweep for us, it's awesome. It all starts on the mound. Really proud of Ethan [Calder], I thought he was fantastic. Gave us seven good innings. We got 17-plus innings out of our starting pitching, only had to come up with 10 out of the bullpen. That's going to make us better. They showed up this weekend. Winning a sweep on the road is a big deal."
Junior C JJ Kennett
On adding on with runs late in the ballgame…
"Thompy said it on Friday and we've kept on preaching it, it's never enough. We knew that UH was going to give us everything they had. So much fight. They came back from a 7-0 deficit against Texas on Tuesday. It's never enough, especially in a ballpark like this. So just sticking to our approach and doing what we do best, hammering the heater, staying on the barrel, it was the best thing we could've done and it was awesome. We're a competitive group, we're an athletic group and that's what we really showed this weekend is that we can do it at a super high level, we've just got to keep our nose to the grindstone and keep doing it every day. Every play matters, every pitch matters, our preparation matters, everything is game speed. Just keeping that competitiveness and toughness is what we need to pride ourselves on."
Senior LHP Ethan Calder
On his performance today and the pitching staff's entire weekend…
"Anytime you have a chance to sweep, you want to go out there and give your team everything. Offense put up a bunch of runs early and so my goal was just to go as deep as possible. Just tried to give as little innings as possible for the bullpen so we can rest up and get a win on Tuesday. I think all three of us have a fight within us. If we give up a couple runs, we're going to bounce back and try to give our offense any opportunity to win. Our offense was rolling this weekend, so I was just pitching behind them today."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (16-11, 5-4) hosts Tarleton State (19-8) on Tuesday, March 31, to start a week full of home games in Waco. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. from Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark.
To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
Behind seven strong innings of work on the mound from senior southpaw Ethan Calder and a 13-hit performance offensively, the Bears (16-11, 5-4 Big 12) fought their way to the first road sweep by any team in Big 12 conference play so far this season.
Calder matched his career high for the third time with seven frames and was dominant outside of a three-run inning, scattering seven hits and allowing four runs with two strikeouts and no walks. He recorded 12 outs on two pitches or less and got ahead with first-pitch strikes to 21 of the 29 batters he faced.
At the plate, all nine batters in the BU lineup hit safely for the first time this year and six different Bears drove in runs. Baylor also stole a season-high eight bases, its most in a single game since 2006, and benefitted from four UH (13-14, 1-8 Big 12) errors on the day.
THE RUNDOWN
Both sides went quietly in the first, but that proved to be a rarity as the Bears and Cougars combined to score runs in seven of the next eight frames. Baylor jumped out to the game's first lead in the top of the second, plating four runs on two hits and a UH error. A three-base throwing error on a sacrifice bunt allowed the first two runs to score, then an RBI groundout from fifth-year senior outfielder Ty Johnson and a wild pitch accounted for the remaining runs.
Calder continued to cruise the first time and a half through the lineup, and after an RBI double from sophomore infielder Cade Dodson in the top of the fourth and an RBI fielder's choice from redshirt freshman infielder Brytton Clements in the fifth, the Bears held a 6-0 lead midway through the ballgame.
In the bottom of the fifth, a two-out, two-run triple got the Coogs on the board and a BU fielding error allowing the batter-runner to score on the play, as the home side cut into the green and gold's lead at 6-3. A solo home run brought the Cougars within two in the bottom of the sixth, but that's as close as they would get as Baylor padded its lead over the final three frames.
Redshirt sophomore designated hitter John Youens doubled in a run in the top of the seventh, then came around to score on a Johnson RBI knock that doubled the lead back up to 8-4. Then in the eighth, the Bears opened it up with a four-spot as Dodson scored on an RBI fielder's choice, redshirt junior infielder Travis Sanders scored on a wild pitch, redshirt senior first baseman Tyce Armstrong doubled in a run and then scored on Clements' RBI single to make it 12-4.
Houston showed some fight in the bottom of the eighth with a bases-clearing double and forced BU to turn to fifth-year senior closer Caleb Bunch, but he escaped further damage and brought the Bears back up to the dish in the ninth with another opportunity to add on. Freshman outfielder Brady Janusek jumped all over a 2-2 offering for his sixth home run of the year, a two-run blast, to push the Baylor lead to a touchdown at 14-7. Bunch worked around a pair of baserunners in the bottom of the ninth and recorded the final out of the game on a strikeout to seal Baylor's second conference sweep of the Mitch Thompson era.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 94-74 all-time against Houston and 4-5 against the Cougars under fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
• This is BU's second sweep in Big 12 play during the Thompson Era, joining April 11-13, 2024's sweep at BYU.
• This is the first road sweep by any team during Big 12 play this season.
• This is Baylor's third sweep of the 2026 season. The last time BU had three or more sweeps in a single-season was 2021, and the last time the Bears swept three or more teams including a Big 12 opponent was 2019.
• The Bears exacted revenge from its 2024 series at Houston, when UH swept BU in a conference-opening series on March 8-10, 2024.
• Baylor's 17.1 innings pitched by its starters this weekend is a season high.
• This is the first time since the Youngstown State series on March 3-5, 2023, in which the Bears received 5+ innings from each of its three weekend starters.
• Baylor's eight stolen bases are its most in a single game since May 16, 2006 vs. Dallas Baptist (8).
• The Bears' 14 runs are tied for their third-most in a single game this season, and marked the sixth time the team has scored in double figures.
• BU hitters racked up 13 hits, marking its 11th double-digit hitting performance of the year.
• All nine Baylor starters recorded hit safely for the first time this season and first time since April 12, 2005 at Texas Tech.
• Redshirt junior INF Travis Sanders extended his on-base streak to 30 games, becoming the first Bear to reach in 30-straight since Tyriq Kemp did so from March 28 to May 21, 2025.
• Sanders' 30-game on-base streak sits tied for 11th place on Baylor's leaderboard for longest on-base streak of the StatCrew era (since 2003).
• Sanders also owns a five-game hitting streak.
• Sanders tallied his team-leading 13th multi-hit game of the 2026 season.
• Freshman OF Brady Janusek extended his hitting streak to eight games with his 11th multi-hit and fifth multi-RBI performance.
• Janusek launched his sixth home run of the season, which ranks second on the team.
• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong extended his hitting streak to seven games.
• Redshirt sophomore DH John Youens logged his first multi-hit game of the year.
• Redshirt freshman INF Brytton Clements extended his hitting streak to five games and delivered his fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
• Fifth-year senior OF Ty Johnson recorded his first multi-RBI game of 2026.
• Junior C JJ Kennett extended his on-base streak to six games and collected his third multi-hit effort of the season.
• Sophomore INF Cade Dodson extended his hitting streak to five games.
• Senior LHP Ethan Calder matched his career high for the third time with seven innings pitched and earned his second win of the season, first in Big 12 play.
• Calder threw 21 first-pitch strikes out of 29 batters faced.
• Calder recorded 12 outs with just two or fewer pitches, and 14 outs with three or less pitches.
• Fifth-year senior RHP Caleb Bunch notched his ninth scoreless appearance of the season, eighth in his last nine outings, and fourth in a row.
STAT OF THE DAY
17.1 – After Ethan Calder's seven-inning start, Baylor's starting pitchers threw 17.1 innings on the weekend, a season high. This is the first time since March 3-5, 2023, vs. Youngstown State that three Baylor starters each surpassed five innings in their respective starts.
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Mitch Thompson
On a hard-fought win to complete the sweep…
"Sweeps aren't easy man, it's a dogfight. Just proud of the continued effort from the guys, and we had enough to get it done. It's a big road sweep for us, it's awesome. It all starts on the mound. Really proud of Ethan [Calder], I thought he was fantastic. Gave us seven good innings. We got 17-plus innings out of our starting pitching, only had to come up with 10 out of the bullpen. That's going to make us better. They showed up this weekend. Winning a sweep on the road is a big deal."
Junior C JJ Kennett
On adding on with runs late in the ballgame…
"Thompy said it on Friday and we've kept on preaching it, it's never enough. We knew that UH was going to give us everything they had. So much fight. They came back from a 7-0 deficit against Texas on Tuesday. It's never enough, especially in a ballpark like this. So just sticking to our approach and doing what we do best, hammering the heater, staying on the barrel, it was the best thing we could've done and it was awesome. We're a competitive group, we're an athletic group and that's what we really showed this weekend is that we can do it at a super high level, we've just got to keep our nose to the grindstone and keep doing it every day. Every play matters, every pitch matters, our preparation matters, everything is game speed. Just keeping that competitiveness and toughness is what we need to pride ourselves on."
Senior LHP Ethan Calder
On his performance today and the pitching staff's entire weekend…
"Anytime you have a chance to sweep, you want to go out there and give your team everything. Offense put up a bunch of runs early and so my goal was just to go as deep as possible. Just tried to give as little innings as possible for the bullpen so we can rest up and get a win on Tuesday. I think all three of us have a fight within us. If we give up a couple runs, we're going to bounce back and try to give our offense any opportunity to win. Our offense was rolling this weekend, so I was just pitching behind them today."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (16-11, 5-4) hosts Tarleton State (19-8) on Tuesday, March 31, to start a week full of home games in Waco. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. from Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark.
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: Calder, Ethan (2-3)
L: Schmitz, Paul (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Kennett, JJ 1 ; Youens, John 1 ; Armstrong, Tyce 1 ; Dodson, Cade 1
HR: Janusek, Brady 1
RBI: Youens, John 1 ; Riebock, Pearson 1 ; Clements, Brytton 2 ; Armstrong, Tyce 1 ; Dodson, Cade 1 ; Janusek, Brady 2 ; Johnson, Ty 2
SH: Clements, Brytton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sanders, Travis 1 ; Kennett, JJ 2 ; Youens, John 2 ; Riebock, Pearson 2 ; Clements, Brytton 1 ; Armstrong, Tyce 2 ; Dodson, Cade 1 ; Janusek, Brady 3
SB: Sanders, Travis 1 ; Riebock, Pearson 3 ; Armstrong, Tyce 1 ; Dodson, Cade 1 ; Janusek, Brady 1 ; Johnson, Ty 1
HBP: Armstrong, Tyce 2
Batting:
2B: Jackson, Riley 1
3B: Cox, Tyler 1
HR: Perez, Xavier 1
RBI: Cox, Tyler 2 ; Jackson, Riley 3 ; Perez, Xavier 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cox, Tyler 1 ; Jackson, Riley 1 ; Perez, Xavier 2 ; Savattere, Antonelli 1 ; Fields, Blake 1 ; Winfield, Easton 1
SB: Broussard, Tre 1
HBP: Jackson, Riley 1
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