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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.

Baylor baseball (33-21, 13-17) closed the regular season with an 11-7 loss to UCF (29-26, 9-21) in the series finale on Saturday afternoon at John Euliano Park.

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 (30-19, 10-15) fell, 7-2, to Oklahoma State (23-21, 11-11) on Friday evening at Baylor Ballpark, dropping the Bears to 2-7 in series openers during conference play.

Baylor baseball (28-16) handled business with a dominant 15-4 victory over Sam Houston (9-36) on Tuesday evening at Don Sanders Stadium.

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 (26-16, 8-12) dropped its series against rival TCU (31-12, 14-6) with an 8-4 loss on Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.

Baylor baseball (26-15, 8-11) dropped its series opener to the rival TCU Horned Frogs (30-12, 13-6) by a score of 7-2 on Friday evening at Lupton Stadium, dropping the Bears to 1-6 in series openers during conference play this season.

Baylor head coach Mitch Thompson challenged his squad after their 13-1 demoralizing series-opening defeat to Utah on Thursday night, saying, “We’re better than this, and it’s time for us to be good.”

Baylor baseball (25-14, 8-10) picked up its second series win of conference play with a 9-0 shutout victory over Utah (16-19, 5-13) in the rubber match on Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor baseball (23-14, 6-10) was dominated in its series opener and fell 13-1 to Utah (16-17, 5-11) on Thursday evening at Baylor Ballpark, which drops the Bears to 1-5 in series openers during conference play.