Overview
- Baylor beat New Mexico State 15-2 in Waco, with the game ending on the run rule after Armstrong’s third slam in the seventh inning.
- Armstrong finished 3-for-4 with 12 RBIs, one strikeout and a hit-by-pitch in his first game for the Bears.
- All three home runs went to left field, measured at 401 feet in the third inning, 407 feet in the fourth and 386 feet in the seventh.
- He is only the second college player on record with three grand slams in a game, tying Louisville’s Jim LaFountain from 1976, and no MLB player has ever hit three in one game.
- The first baseman transferred from UT Arlington, where he totaled 17 homers and 87 RBIs over three seasons, and Baylor continues the opening series on Saturday.