Baseball Game Preview: Baylor Red Raiders vs. McCallie Blue Tornado

For the second straight game, Baylor will face off against McCallie. The Red Raiders will take on the Blue Tornado at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Baylor has seven straight wins, McCallie has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Baylor barely beat McCallie the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Red Raiders were the clear victors by a 14-2 margin over the Blue Tornado on Tuesday. Considering the Red Raiders have won ten matches by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Wells Grisham was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 11 over 4.2 innings pitched. Those 11 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.

In other pitching news, Brody Brooks looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, he posted three strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March.

Chris Renegar

Hits (Career)

04/15/25 @ McCallie	3
04/11/25 vs Bowling Green	2
04/07/25 @ Knoxville Catholic	2
03/11/25 vs Webb	2
03/26/25 @ Chattanooga Christian	1

Back at the plate, Baylor got a massive performance out of Chris Renegar, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Renegar a new career-high in hits (three). Another player making a difference was Mac Morris, who went 3-for-6 with four RBI, one triple, and one run.

Baylor always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .617. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as McCallie only posted an OBP of .265.

Baylor pushed their record up to 18-5 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for McCallie, their loss dropped their record down to 10-15.