March 30, 2001

Box Score

WACO, Texas - Tim Hartshorn belted consecutive home runs and sparked the Baylor baseball team to a 14-0 shutout of Kansas State in seven innings Friday night at Baylor Ballpark.

With the win, the 14th-ranked Bears improve to 22-9 on the season, 10-3 in Big 12 play. The Wildcats fall to 11-15 and 3-10.

Hartshorn got things going early with a leadoff home run to right field in the first inning. In the third, he smacked another ball over the fence to put the Bears up, 2-0.

After being held scoreless in the fourth inning, Baylor exploded for six runs in the fifth. Trevor Mote singled and Chris Durbin reached on an error to put runners in scoring position with one out. Kelly Shoppach was intentionally walked to load the bases and set up a three-run triple by Mike Huggins. Pinch hitter Ross Bennett followed up with a double to right that plated Huggins. Matt Williams then ripped a double to left field to score Bennett and Williams came in on a balk to stretch the Bears' lead to 8-0.

In the sixth, Baylor added six more runs, keyed by a three-run homer from Kelly Shoppach to extend his hitting streak to 22 games. Eight of Baylor's 14 hits on the night were for extra bases.

Baylor starter Steven White (7-0) tossed a two-hit shutout, walking four batters and striking out nine in seven innings. He lowered his ERA to a startling 0.85. Wildcats starter Luke Robertson (4-4) worked five-plus innings and gave up 10 runs on nine hits for the loss.

The teams will meet for game two of the three-game series Saturday at 6 p.m. at Baylor Ballpark.