Baylor
Texas Tech
Fortenberry Blasts Lead Bears Past Raiders
5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May. 1, 2005
By virtue of other weekend series results around the Big 12, Baylor remains in first place, one and a half games ahead of
Sunday's attendance of 3,166 brought the weekend gate at Baylor Ballpark to 9,567 for the three-game series, the fourth-largest three-date series tally in the facility's seven-year history. It was the third-largest three-date Big 12 series attendance total in Baylor Ballpark history, all three against Texas Tech.
It was a career day for Fortenberry, who made just his 14th start of the season and his first since March 26 at
Fortenberry's first homer of the day came in the second inning, a solo shot off the light pole in right field that doubled a 1-0 Baylor lead. Kevin Russo pushed Baylor's lead to 5-0 with a three-run homer to left in the third; it was his second round-tripper of the season.
Texas Tech got on the board in the top of the fifth with a pair of runs on three consecutive two-out hits. Carey Avants started the rally with a double down the right-field line; Capps and Matt Smith followed with RBI singles.
Baylor answered in the bottom of the inning on Fortenberry's second blast of the day, a two-out, two-run shot down the line in right. Tech got a run back in the top of the sixth on a Chris Williams leadoff home run just to the left of the batter's eye in center. Michael Griffin led off the bottom of the ninth with a homer to left, his sixth of the season.
That gave Baylor an 8-3 cushion entering the ninth, but the Raiders did not go quietly. Cameron Blair hit a solo homer to left, and Capps blasted a solo shot to right-center with two outs. However, that was as close as Tech could get.
Baylor starter Cory VanAllen did not factor in the decision, allowing two runs on seven hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 4.2 innings. He gave way to Abe Woody (5-3), who earned the victory after allowing one run on two hits over 1.1 innings. Tyler Bullock allowed one run on two hits with two strikeouts in 2.1 innings, and Ryan LaMotta allowed only Capps' ninth inning homer in 0.2 innings' work.
Tech starter Adam Lawford did not escape the third inning and was saddled with the loss. Lawford (2-6) lasted 2.0-plus innings, facing three batters in the third, and was touched for five runs on six hits and two walks with one strikeout.
Kyle Reynolds plated Baylor's first run of the game, following a Michael Griffin leadoff single in the bottom of the first with an RBI double down the line in right.
Fortenberry, Russo,
Baylor returns to action Tuesday, hosting Texas-San Antonio at Baylor Ballpark. First pitch between the Bears and the Roadrunners is scheduled for
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