Sunday, April 12
Cincinnati, Ohio
10 AM
Baylor
20-15, 8-7
8
at
3
Cincinnati
24-14, 6-9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
BSB Claims Series Finale at Cincinnati
4/12/2026 2:23:00 PM | Baseball
Bears bat around, score five in the top of the ninth to salvage weekend series at UC
CINCINNATI – Baylor baseball won an 8-3 thriller over Cincinnati on Sunday at UC Baseball Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, scoring five runs in the top of the ninth to come from behind and salvage the weekend series against the Bearcats.
The Bears (20-15, 8-7 Big 12) batted around and had each of the first five reach safely to start the final frame en route to putting a crooked number up. BU erased two previous deficits and never trailed by more than a run to claim the weekend finale over UC (24-14, 6-9 Big 12).
Freshman outfielder Brady Janusek had three hits, including a big two-run double in the top of the ninth, and was one of six Bears with multiple knocks on the day as Baylor racked up 15 total hits. Fifth-year senior right-hander Caleb Bunch (4-1, 1.08 ERA) got the win, throwing three scoreless on the heels of a gutsy start from senior southpaw Ethan Calder. Calder went 5.2 innings scattering nine hits and allowing just three runs with one walk and six strikeouts, battling his way through a 100-pitch afternoon.
THE RUNDOWN
Sophomore infielder Pearson Riebock sparked things early with a one-out double in the top of the first and stood 90 feet away from the pay station after a Janusek single. After an errant throw on a pickoff move, Riebock crossed the plate to put the Bears on the scoreboard first.
Cincinnati mustered just two hits off Calder its first time through the lineup, but an RBI triple and run-scoring single in the bottom of the third put the Bearcats in front, 2-1. BU couldn't cash in on Janusek's leadoff double in the top of the fourth, but Calder bounced back nicely in the bottom half of the inning with two more strikeouts in a 1-2-3 frame of his own.
Baylor knotted the ballgame in the top of the fifth as fifth-year senior outfielder Ty Johnson started the inning with a double, his first extra-base hit since March 21. Kennett singled one batter later, and though a double play ball erased him, it also allowed Johnson to score and tie things up at 2-2.
Three-straight hits put UC back in front in the bottom of the sixth, 3-2, though Calder battled to record two more outs before exiting. He turned it over to fellow southpaw junior RJ Ruais who got a big flyout to minimize the damage and bring the Bears back up to the plate down by just a run.
In the top of the seventh, BU got its leadoff man aboard for the fourth-consecutive inning as redshirt freshman infielder Brytton Clements singled. Following Johnson's sacrifice bunt and Kennett's second knock of the day, Baylor had runners on the corners with one away for freshman outfielder Bo Caraway, who laid down a perfect RBI squeeze bunt to even the scoreline at 3-3. Back-to-back strikeouts went on to end the inning and keep things tied at the stretch.
Bunch came on with one on and nobody out in the seventh, but finished off a strikeout after entering mid-at-bat and induced two flyouts to put up a zero.
The top of the eighth featured a strange sequence, as two walks put Bears on first and second base with one out in the inning. A sharp liner to the shortstop off the bat of Clements was dropped and a force out was made at second base, and after the umpires conferred with both head coaches, BU had runners on first and second with two outs. Then, an infield single loaded the bases, but a screaming line drive by Kennett was snagged at short to end the inning without any runs crossing the plate.
Bunch sent it to the ninth still in a deadlock after his second scoreless inning of relief. That's when the Bears batted around and saw the first five reach safely in the top of the ninth to plate five runs and go in front, 8-3. Caraway started the rally with a leadoff triple, then scored on redshirt junior infielder Travis Sanders' RBI single. Riebock doubled for the second time and then two runs scored on Janusek's shift-beating grounder through the right side that also went for extra bases. Clements added some insurance with an RBI single, then Kennett put the cherry on top with his third hit of the day to score another.
The Bearcats went quickly and quietly in the bottom of the ninth, as Bunch retired the side in order on just eight pitches to finish off the Baylor victory.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 3-3 all-time against Cincinnati and earned its first road win over UC in program history.
• BU was able to salvage its series finale for the fifth-consecutive time when down 0-2 in a Big 12 series.
• The Bears have not been swept over their last 16 Big 12 series, dating back to May 10-11, 2024, at Oklahoma.
• Baylor hitters racked up double-digit hits for the 13th time this season, with 15.
• Baylor pitchers walked just one batter, marking the eighth time this year that BU has allowed just one base on balls or fewer.
• With two stolen bases on the day, Baylor increased its total to 63 on the season, its most through 35 games in a single season since at least 2003.
• 63 stolen bases is also the most by the Bears in a single season since 2015 (64).
• Today's game marked the 16th time in 2026 that Baylor has stolen two or more bases in a single game.
• This is the first season since 2013 that BU has had three or more players reach double figures in stolen bases (Janusek, 13; Sanders, 10; Riebock, 10).
• Sophomore INF Pearson Riebock has reached base safely in each of his last four games.
• Riebock remained perfect with his 10th stolen base in as many tries and became the third Bear this season with double-digit bags.
• Riebock also recorded his seventh multi-hit game of the season.
• Freshman OF Brady Janusek stole his team-leading 14th base of the season, the most by a Bear in a single season since 2015 (Logan Brown, 21).
• Janusek also tallied his 13th multi-hit game of the season and moved into the team lead with 47 hits for the year.
• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong extended his on-base streak to seven games.
• Redshirt freshman INF Brytton Clements collected his eighth multi-hit game of the year.
• Fifth-year senior OF Ty Johnson notched his sixth multi-hit effort of 2026.
• Junior C JJ Kennett logged his sixth multi-hit game of the season.
• Freshman OF Bo Caraway produced his second multi-hit game of the year.
• Freshman OF Dylan Perez reached safely for his fifth-straight game.
• Senior LHP Ethan Calder worked his 13th career start of at least five innings with three or fewer earned runs allowed, and fifth such start of 2026.
• Calder also logged his fourth start of the season with five or more strikeouts, fanning six.
• Calder's stretch of 16 innings without allowing a walk was snapped, spanning his last four starts.
• This was Calder's 16th career start with just one walk or less allowed.
• Junior LHP RJ Ruais worked his 14th scoreless appearance of the season and eighth in a row.
• Fifth-year senior RHP Caleb Bunch tossed his 12th scoreless outing of the year, including his seventh in a row and 11th in his last 12 outings, to earn his team-leading fourth win of the season.
STAT OF THE DAY
5 – Baylor batted around in the top of the ninth and had each of the first five Bears reached safely as part of a five-run frame to pull away from UC.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (20-15, 8-7 Big 12) hosts UTSA (25-11, 8-4 AAC) on Tuesday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark in Waco to start a week full of home games against in-state rivals.
To stay up to date on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
The Bears (20-15, 8-7 Big 12) batted around and had each of the first five reach safely to start the final frame en route to putting a crooked number up. BU erased two previous deficits and never trailed by more than a run to claim the weekend finale over UC (24-14, 6-9 Big 12).
Freshman outfielder Brady Janusek had three hits, including a big two-run double in the top of the ninth, and was one of six Bears with multiple knocks on the day as Baylor racked up 15 total hits. Fifth-year senior right-hander Caleb Bunch (4-1, 1.08 ERA) got the win, throwing three scoreless on the heels of a gutsy start from senior southpaw Ethan Calder. Calder went 5.2 innings scattering nine hits and allowing just three runs with one walk and six strikeouts, battling his way through a 100-pitch afternoon.
THE RUNDOWN
Sophomore infielder Pearson Riebock sparked things early with a one-out double in the top of the first and stood 90 feet away from the pay station after a Janusek single. After an errant throw on a pickoff move, Riebock crossed the plate to put the Bears on the scoreboard first.
Cincinnati mustered just two hits off Calder its first time through the lineup, but an RBI triple and run-scoring single in the bottom of the third put the Bearcats in front, 2-1. BU couldn't cash in on Janusek's leadoff double in the top of the fourth, but Calder bounced back nicely in the bottom half of the inning with two more strikeouts in a 1-2-3 frame of his own.
Baylor knotted the ballgame in the top of the fifth as fifth-year senior outfielder Ty Johnson started the inning with a double, his first extra-base hit since March 21. Kennett singled one batter later, and though a double play ball erased him, it also allowed Johnson to score and tie things up at 2-2.
Three-straight hits put UC back in front in the bottom of the sixth, 3-2, though Calder battled to record two more outs before exiting. He turned it over to fellow southpaw junior RJ Ruais who got a big flyout to minimize the damage and bring the Bears back up to the plate down by just a run.
In the top of the seventh, BU got its leadoff man aboard for the fourth-consecutive inning as redshirt freshman infielder Brytton Clements singled. Following Johnson's sacrifice bunt and Kennett's second knock of the day, Baylor had runners on the corners with one away for freshman outfielder Bo Caraway, who laid down a perfect RBI squeeze bunt to even the scoreline at 3-3. Back-to-back strikeouts went on to end the inning and keep things tied at the stretch.
Bunch came on with one on and nobody out in the seventh, but finished off a strikeout after entering mid-at-bat and induced two flyouts to put up a zero.
The top of the eighth featured a strange sequence, as two walks put Bears on first and second base with one out in the inning. A sharp liner to the shortstop off the bat of Clements was dropped and a force out was made at second base, and after the umpires conferred with both head coaches, BU had runners on first and second with two outs. Then, an infield single loaded the bases, but a screaming line drive by Kennett was snagged at short to end the inning without any runs crossing the plate.
Bunch sent it to the ninth still in a deadlock after his second scoreless inning of relief. That's when the Bears batted around and saw the first five reach safely in the top of the ninth to plate five runs and go in front, 8-3. Caraway started the rally with a leadoff triple, then scored on redshirt junior infielder Travis Sanders' RBI single. Riebock doubled for the second time and then two runs scored on Janusek's shift-beating grounder through the right side that also went for extra bases. Clements added some insurance with an RBI single, then Kennett put the cherry on top with his third hit of the day to score another.
The Bearcats went quickly and quietly in the bottom of the ninth, as Bunch retired the side in order on just eight pitches to finish off the Baylor victory.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor improved to 3-3 all-time against Cincinnati and earned its first road win over UC in program history.
• BU was able to salvage its series finale for the fifth-consecutive time when down 0-2 in a Big 12 series.
• The Bears have not been swept over their last 16 Big 12 series, dating back to May 10-11, 2024, at Oklahoma.
• Baylor hitters racked up double-digit hits for the 13th time this season, with 15.
• Baylor pitchers walked just one batter, marking the eighth time this year that BU has allowed just one base on balls or fewer.
• With two stolen bases on the day, Baylor increased its total to 63 on the season, its most through 35 games in a single season since at least 2003.
• 63 stolen bases is also the most by the Bears in a single season since 2015 (64).
• Today's game marked the 16th time in 2026 that Baylor has stolen two or more bases in a single game.
• This is the first season since 2013 that BU has had three or more players reach double figures in stolen bases (Janusek, 13; Sanders, 10; Riebock, 10).
• Sophomore INF Pearson Riebock has reached base safely in each of his last four games.
• Riebock remained perfect with his 10th stolen base in as many tries and became the third Bear this season with double-digit bags.
• Riebock also recorded his seventh multi-hit game of the season.
• Freshman OF Brady Janusek stole his team-leading 14th base of the season, the most by a Bear in a single season since 2015 (Logan Brown, 21).
• Janusek also tallied his 13th multi-hit game of the season and moved into the team lead with 47 hits for the year.
• Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong extended his on-base streak to seven games.
• Redshirt freshman INF Brytton Clements collected his eighth multi-hit game of the year.
• Fifth-year senior OF Ty Johnson notched his sixth multi-hit effort of 2026.
• Junior C JJ Kennett logged his sixth multi-hit game of the season.
• Freshman OF Bo Caraway produced his second multi-hit game of the year.
• Freshman OF Dylan Perez reached safely for his fifth-straight game.
• Senior LHP Ethan Calder worked his 13th career start of at least five innings with three or fewer earned runs allowed, and fifth such start of 2026.
• Calder also logged his fourth start of the season with five or more strikeouts, fanning six.
• Calder's stretch of 16 innings without allowing a walk was snapped, spanning his last four starts.
• This was Calder's 16th career start with just one walk or less allowed.
• Junior LHP RJ Ruais worked his 14th scoreless appearance of the season and eighth in a row.
• Fifth-year senior RHP Caleb Bunch tossed his 12th scoreless outing of the year, including his seventh in a row and 11th in his last 12 outings, to earn his team-leading fourth win of the season.
STAT OF THE DAY
5 – Baylor batted around in the top of the ninth and had each of the first five Bears reached safely as part of a five-run frame to pull away from UC.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (20-15, 8-7 Big 12) hosts UTSA (25-11, 8-4 AAC) on Tuesday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark in Waco to start a week full of home games against in-state rivals.
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: Bunch, Caleb (4-1)
L: Mauro, Dominic (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Riebock, Pearson 2 ; Janusek, Brady 2 ; Johnson, Ty 1
3B: Caraway, Bo 1
RBI: Sanders, Travis 1 ; Kennett, JJ 1 ; Clements, Brytton 1 ; Caraway, Bo 1 ; Janusek, Brady 2
SH: Johnson, Ty 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sanders, Travis 1 ; Riebock, Pearson 2 ; Clements, Brytton 1 ; Armstrong, Tyce 1 ; Caraway, Bo 1 ; Janusek, Brady 1 ; Johnson, Ty 1
SB: Riebock, Pearson 1 ; Janusek, Brady 1
Batting:
2B: Pitts, Derrick 1
3B: Tyranski, Ryan 1
RBI: Tyranski, Ryan 1 ; Sefcik, Cal 1 ; Coats, Quinton 1
SH: Daniel, Conlan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Niehaus, Charlie 1 ; Tyranski, Ryan 1 ; Pitts, Derrick 1
SB: Mitchelle, Christian 1 ; Daniel, Conlan 1
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R
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RBI
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AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
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