Cascadden was hitting in the nine-hole in Baylor’s lineup. But he’s got plenty of pop for a guy at the bottom of the batting order, having produced an RBI in all but one of Baylor’s 12 games this season.

“I hit ninth in my career many times,” Baylor coach Steve Rodriguez said. “People don’t realize, there’s a spot in the lineup and sometimes that spot in the lineup is going to come up really big. And he’s been one of our most successful RBI guys throughout the season.

“He’s a competitor, he’s a baseball player, he loves to play. This team loves him. That was a pretty impressive shot he hit against a really good pitcher. Just by watching him, the excitement of this team brings joy to me, it really does.”

The win helped bring all manner of attention and accolades to both Cascadden and the Baylor team. By winning two of three games over ranked teams at the Houston College Classic, Baylor (11-1) moved into the Top 25 on Monday, debuting at No. 24 in the Baseball America poll and No. 22 in D1Baseball.com’s rankings.

Cascadden also won the Big 12 newcomer of the week honor on Monday.

Yet in the aftermath of his monster mash, Cascadden made sure to stress that the moment was as much about his team as it was about him.