By Foster Nicholas | Sports Editor
Overcast skies and 15-mile-per-hour gusts of wind had no chance to cool off junior left-handed starting pitcher Ethan Calder.
It only took one game for Baylor baseball’s pitching staff to dominate under first-year pitching coach Sean Snedeker. Earning the Opening Day start, Calder racked up a career-high 13 strikeouts — the most by a Baylor pitcher since 2011 — and allowed just one run on two hits in five innings of work en route to the Bears’ 10-3 win over Youngstown State.
“The reason we gave him the ball is because he’s consistent with everything he does,” Thompson said.