{"id":277525,"date":"2026-05-03T21:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277525\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:56:07","slug":"sb-set-for-rematch-with-no-2-texas-tech-in-the-big-12-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277525\/","title":{"rendered":"SB Set for Rematch with No. 2 Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WACO, Texas \u2013 Baylor softball is set to open play at the 2026 Big 12 Softball Tournament presented by Allstate on Thursday afternoon, facing No. 2 Texas Tech at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"685\" data-start=\"393\">The Bears enter the single-elimination tournament looking to build on some recent momentum, including a thrilling 8-7 comeback win over the Red Raiders last Friday on the South Plains. Down 6-1 at one point, Baylor erased the deficit with some clutch hitting against one of the best pitching staffs in the nation.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"982\" data-start=\"687\">Baylor and Texas Tech met in the Big 12 tourney last season, with the Red Raiders earning a 4-0 win in Oklahoma City. The Bears, however, hold a 67-28 advantage in the most-played matchup in program history.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1289\" data-start=\"984\">The 2026 Big 12 Championship features a single-elimination format, with the top eight teams in the conference advancing to compete for the league&#8217;s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Live coverage of the tournament will be available on ESPN+ on Thursday and Friday, with Cat Osterman, Emma Tiedemann and Nicole Mendes on the call. Saturday&#8217;s championship game will air on ESPN at 11 a.m. CT, featuring Eric Frede, Madison Shipman and Danielle Lawrie.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1688\" data-start=\"1594\">First pitch between Baylor and No. 2 Texas Tech is set for Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at Devon Park.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1791\" data-start=\"1690\">Follow @BaylorSoftball on X, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the Big 12 Championship.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" data-end=\"1810\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1793\">\u2014BaylorBears.com\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WACO, Texas \u2013 Baylor softball is set to open play at the 2026 Big 12 Softball Tournament presented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-277525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}