Before blossoming into Baylor’s star closer this spring, right-handed pitcher Gabe Craig had a complicated playing career that featured major inconsistencies on the mound and three schools in five years.

Mitch Thompson’s third season as head coach of the Baylor baseball program has come to an end. The Bears took a noticeable step forward compared to previous years but ultimately came up short of their season’s goal of making the NCAA Tournament.

“I’m still fighting with the thing that I don’t feel like we’ve meshed it all together at one time consistently; it’d be nice to go two to three weeks and pitch well, play well on defense and swing the bats well."

No. 10-seed Baylor baseball’s (33-22, 13-17) season came to a close after falling 4-3 to No. 7-seed Oklahoma State (28-22, 15-12) in the opener of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Wednesday evening at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

Baylor baseball sixth-year senior right-hander pitcher Gabe Craig and senior infielder Tyriq Kemp were named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while freshman infielder Pearson Riebock and redshirt sophomore infielder Travis Sanders both picked up honorable mention recognition as the 2025 Big 12 Awards.

No. 10-seed Baylor baseball (33-21, 13-17) is set to face No. 7-seed Oklahoma State (27-22, 15-12) in the opener of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

Baylor baseball (32-20, 12-16) clinched a Big 12 Tournament berth with a 5-4 comeback win over UCF (28-25, 8-20) on Thursday evening at John Euliano Park, improving the Bears to 3-7 in series openers during conference play.

After losing six of its last nine conference games, Baylor has been eliminated from the NCAA Tournament, barring an unforeseen run in the Big 12 Tournament next week at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

Baylor baseball (31-20, 11-16) salvaged its series against Oklahoma State (23-22, 12-12) with an extra-innings walk-off victory, 5-4, in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (30-18) took care of business, with a 10-7 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley (33-16) on Tuesday evening at Baylor Ballpark, improving the Bears' record in midweek matchups to 11-1.

Baylor baseball (29-16,10-12) opened its series with a thrilling 7-4 come-from-behind victory over Arizona State (30-17, 14-8) on Friday night at Baylor Ballpark, marking just the second time this season that the Bears have won the opener of a conference series.

Over the weekend, Baylor baseball (27-16; 9-12 Big 12) kept its postseason hopes alive by salvaging its series against rival No. 23 TCU (31-13; 14-7 Big 12) with a 6-3 victory in the finale

Baylor baseball (27-16, 9-12) kept its postseason hopes alive and salvaged its series against rival TCU (31-13, 14-7) with a 6-3 win in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.

Baylor baseball (24-14, 7-10) evened its series against Utah (16-18, 5-12) with a hard-fought 4-3 victory on Friday evening at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (23-13) overcame an early three-run deficit and pulled off a narrow 9-8 extra-innings win over UT Arlington (13-20) on Tuesday evening at Clay Gould Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (21-10, 5-7) dropped its series to Houston (18-13, 5-7) after falling 4-2 in the finale on a cold and windy Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (20-9, 4-6) blew a late three-run lead and fell 7-4 to the Houston Cougars (17-12, 4-6) in the series opener on a rainy Friday night at Baylor Ballpark.

Over the weekend, Baylor baseball (19-8, 4-5) traveled to the Grand Canyon State and won two of three games over No. 23 Arizona, marking the first time since 2021 that the Bears had won a road series over a ranked opponent.