{"id":276839,"date":"2026-05-03T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276839\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:34:10","slug":"bsb-secures-series-over-texas-tech-with-doubleheader-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276839\/","title":{"rendered":"BSB Secures Series Over Texas Tech with Doubleheader Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"

WACO, Texas \u2013 Baylor baseball swept its doubleheader with Texas Tech on Saturday with finals of 8-1 and 10-9, securing the weekend series over the Red Raiders at Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark in Waco.
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\nRedshirt junior right-hander Lucas Davenport<\/a> turned in BU’s first complete game on the mound since 2022 and redshirt senior first baseman Tyce Armstrong<\/a> hit two more home runs on the day, moving his season total to 20, to help the Bears (25-21, 11-12 Big 12) pick up their first conference home doubleheader sweep since 2009.
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\nDavenport fanned 11 and allowed just one run in game one, while Armstrong drove in a pair of runs to lead BU offensively. Redshirt junior infielder Travis Sanders<\/a> chipped in two hits and scored three runs to down TTU to start the day.
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\nIn game two, Baylor got out to a 10-2 lead through seven innings thanks to four more RBIs by Armstrong and three hits from both Sanders and junior catcher JJ Kennett<\/a>. Though things got dicey late when Tech scored seven unanswered runs, the Bears were able to buckle down behind senior righty Grayson Murry<\/a>, who picked up his first save of the season in slamming the door and leaving the go-ahead run on base.
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\nFourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson<\/a> picked up his 99th and 100th career victories for the Bears, as BU moved back into sole possession of ninth place in the Big 12 standings with seven league games to go.
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\nTHE RUNDOWN
\nGAME ONE
\nBaylor got off to a strong start in the first game, scoring in each of the first three frames. Freshman outfielder Brady Janusek’s<\/a> RBI groundout opened the scoring in the first, then an RBI single from freshman infielder Cole Lanclos<\/a> put the Bears back on top after Tech had tied it in the second.
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\nArmstrong’s first homer of the day in the bottom of the third made it a 3-1 ballgame as Davenport settled in and started to cruise. After a pair of double plays helped BU through the fourth and fifth innings, Armstrong doubled in one more and redshirt freshman designated hitter Hunter Snow<\/a> added another with a sacrifice fly to make it 5-1 going into the sixth.
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\nAnother sac fly, this time from sophomore infielder Pearson Riebock<\/a>, made it 6-1 in the home half of the sixth. Both sides went quiet in the seventh, then Davenport fanned two more in the eighth before an RBI knock by Sanders and another Riebock sac fly extended Baylor’s lead to 8-1.
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\nDavenport came back out for the ninth and retired the Tech side in order, his fourth 1-2-3 inning, to finish off the complete game with just four hits allowed and no walks, while also punching out 11.
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\nGAME TWO
\nBaylor started the nightcap in similar offensive fashion, scoring in each of the first seven frames of the night. Sophomore righty Zack Wallace<\/a> took the mound for game two and stifled the Red Raiders’ offense for six innings, a career-high.
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\nAnother RBI double from Armstrong opened the scoring in the opening frame, then Sanders drove home one in the second to make it a quick 2-0 advantage for BU. Wallace faced the minimum his first time through the Tech order, then Armstrong left the yard again in the third, making it 3-0 Bears.
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\nIn the fourth, Armstrong stayed scorching hot with a two-run double to extend the Baylor advantage to 5-0. Another 1-2-3 frame for Wallace in the fifth held TTU scoreless and brought BU back up to the dish with a chance for more, as Lanclos produced an RBI groundout and pushed the scoreline to 6-0.
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\nTech got on the board in the top of the sixth with a two-run single, but the Bears answered back with three-straight two-out walks in the home half, including one with the bases loaded to make it 7-2.
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\nA two-run double from Riebock in the seventh tacked on two more for Baylor, then freshman outfielder Dylan Perez<\/a> roped an RBI triple into the right-field corner to make it 10-2.
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\nThat’s when the Red Raiders made their push, scoring four runs in the top of the eighth and another three in the ninth to pull within a run. Tech had two runners on with two outs as Baylor turned to Murry for the final out, stranding the tying and go-ahead runs on base.
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\nHIGHLIGHTS
\n\u2022 Fourth-year head coach Mitch Thompson<\/a> collected his 99th and 100th career victories today against Texas Tech.
\n\u2022 Baylor improved to 92-98 all-time against Texas Tech and 6-5 under Thompson.
\n\u2022 This is BU’s third series win over TTU in its last six series against the Red Raiders and second in a row in Waco against Tech.
\n\u2022 This is the third time in the last four meetings that Baylor and Texas Tech have played a doubleheader.
\n\u2022 This is BU’s first conference home doubleheader sweep since April 11, 2009, vs. Missouri.
\n\u2022 The Bears improved to 12-7 against fellow teams from the state of Texas this year.
\n\u2022 With seven stolen bases on the day, Baylor increased its season total to 84 bags on the year, its most in a single season since stealing 96 in 2012.
\n\u2022 Redshirt junior RHP Lucas Davenport<\/a> threw BU’s first complete game since Kobe Andrade vs. Kansas on April 15, 2022.
\n\u2022 This was Davenport’s eighth-straight start with five or more strikeouts, and ninth of the season, as he finished with 11 punchouts, one shy of his career-high 12.
\n\u2022 Sophomore RHP Zack Wallace<\/a> worked a career-high six innings on the mound and earned his fourth win of the season.
\n\u2022 Fifth-year senior RHP Caleb Bunch<\/a> notched his 10th multi-strikeout outing of the season.
\n\u2022 Senior RHP Grayson Murry<\/a> picked up his first save of 2026.
\n\u2022 Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong<\/a> hit two more home runs on the day, moving his season total to 20 and becoming just the second Bear in program history to hit 20 or more home runs in a single season.
\n\u2022 Armstrong is now just one home run shy of tying Charley Carter’s record of 21 set in 1998.
\n\u2022 Armstrong is the first Bear to homer in four-straight games since Josh Ludy did so May 25-June 2, 2012.
\n\u2022 Armstrong is also the first Bear to homer in both games of a doubleheader since Antonio Valdez did so on April 17, 2021, vs. Kansas.
\n\u2022 Over his last four games, Armstrong had reached safely in eight-straight plate appearances, making him the first Bear to reach safely in six or more consecutive plate appearances since Hunter Simmons<\/a> in 2025.
\n\u2022 Armstrong now owns an 18-game on-base streak.
\n\u2022 Redshirt junior INF Travis Sanders<\/a> extended his on-base streak to 12 games with a pair of multi-hit efforts, giving him 19 on the year.
\n\u2022 Sanders stole four bases on the day, moving his total to 22 on the season, the most by a Bear since Brooks Pinckard stole 36 in 2011.
\n\u2022 Sophomore INF Pearson Riebock<\/a> logged his second and third multi-RBI games of the year.
\n\u2022 Freshman OF Dylan Perez<\/a> collected his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
\n\u2022 Junior C JJ Kennett<\/a> extended his on-base streak to eight games and racked up his ninth multi-hit of the year with three hits, tying his career high.
\n\u2022 Fifth-year senior OF Ty Johnson<\/a> recorded his seventh multi-hit game of 2026.
\n\u2022 Freshman INF Cole Lanclos<\/a> recorded his first-career hit, RBI, stolen base and multi-hit game.
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\nSTAT OF THE DAY
\n20 \u2013 Redshirt senior 1B Tyce Armstrong<\/a> became the second Bear in program history to hit 20 home runs in a single season. He sits one home run shy behind the all-time leader, Charley Carter, who hit 21 in 1998.
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\nQUOTABLE
\nHead Coach Mitch Thompson<\/a>
\nOn the team’s pitching performances\u2026
\n“That’s one of things I talked to the guys about. You guys just saw that [Texas Tech] can swing the bat, up and down that lineup, and they can put some charges in it. But, how good was [Lucas] Davenport? And how good was Zack Wallace<\/a>, both in starting roles, they were outstanding. [Davenport] had his good stuff going. He wanted to finish it. We haven’t had anybody do that [throw a complete game], so I was proud of him.”
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\nOn Tyce Armstrong’s<\/a> hot streak at the plate\u2026
\n“Such mature at-bats. When he gets something to hit, he’s putting a heck of a swing on it. For him to have 20 home runs right now is really unbelievable at this place. When you start thinking about all the hitters who have come through here in the last 28 years, and ain’t nobody else done that. There’s one guy that’s done it. We’ve had just one, until now, so it says a whole lot about Tyce. He’s got real power, and to put them up in this ballpark, that’s a big deal.”
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\nRedshirt Senior 1B Tyce Armstrong<\/a>
\nOn how well he’s seeing the ball right now\u2026
\n“It’s fun. First and foremost, it’s really fun, but it’s just a big confidence booster whenever you can go to the plate and know that you can compete with anything that anybody throws. I made some adjustments, and it helped me get to that spot, so I’m happy I’m here.”
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\nRedshirt Junior RHP Lucas Davenport<\/a>
\nOn his emotion going through the game\u2026
\n“My plan was to go out there, keep getting zeros, keep going and keep going. I turned and looked up in the seventh to see that I was at 70-something pitches, finished with 109 the whole game, so that was awesome. I talked to [pitching coach Sean Snedeker<\/a>] and was like, I’m going back out there. That’s all he needed to hear.”
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\nWHAT’S NEXT
\nBaylor (25-21, 11-12 Big 12) goes for the sweep of Texas Tech (22-24, 6-17 Big 12) in the series finale on Sunday, May 3, at 1 p.m. from Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark in Waco.
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\nTo 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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