March 21, 2006
Box Score
WACO, Texas -- Kevin Sevigny went 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs, three runs and three RBI as No. 22 Baylor handled TCU 10-4 in non-conference action Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark. It was the Bears' fifth straight win over the Horned Frogs in Waco.
After TCU (11-12) scored a run in the top of the first, Baylor (15-6) answered with three runs on two hits, a walk, an error and a wild pitch in the bottom of the inning. Matt Sodolak plated the first run with an RBI fielder's choice. Dillon then scored on a wild pitch, and Seth Fortenberry scored on a Ben Booker fielder's choice.
The Bears added a run in the second when Sevigny walked, stole second and then scored from second on a wild pitch. Baylor put the game out of reach in the third, scoring four runs on four hits. Jeff Mandel plated the first two runs on a single up the middle, and Sevigny followed with a two-run homer to left.
Sevigny produced the first two-homer game of his career in the fifth with a leadoff shot down the leftfield line. Chase Gerdes, who earlier in the day was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Week, followed with a double to the right-field corner, stole third and scored on a Seth Fortenberry sacrifice fly.
TCU got a run in the fourth on a Corey Steglich sacrifice fly, and two more in the sixth on a Matt Carpenter RBI single and a passed ball.
Baylor starter Randall Linebaugh (2-0) allowed two runs on eight hits and three walks with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings. Jake Weghorst, Drew Jeffcoat, Nick Cassavechia, Owen Reid, Reed Woytek and Kerr Foster worked in relief for the Bears to close out the game.
Frogs starter Shawn Ferguson (2-3) was saddled with the loss, allowing seven runs, six earned, on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts over 2.1 innings.
Sevigny, Mandel and Gerdes all had two-hit games.
Baylor returns to action this weekend, traveling to Norman, Okla., for a three-game Big 12 Conference series at No. 23 Oklahoma. The Bears and the Sooners meet Friday at 7 p.m. CST, Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
NOTES: Baylor leads the all-time series 132-99, including a 68-39 advantage in games played in Waco. The Bears are 13-11 against the Frogs under head coach Steve Smith and have won eight of the last nine meetings. ... Sevigny produced Baylor's first multiple-homer game since May 1, 2005, when Fortenberry had two round-trippers against Texas Tech. ... After swiping six bases in as many tries against TCU, Baylor is 20-of-21 in stolen bases over the last four games. The Bears had 16 stolen bases on the season prior to that run. ... Baylor has won 15 consecutive games when hitting at least two home runs and 30 consecutive games when scoring at least seven runs. ... The Bears improve to 134-6 since the start of the 2002 season when leading after eight innings. Tuesday was Baylor's 28th consecutive victory when leading after eight; the Bears have won 63 of their last 64 such games. ... Beamer Weems failed to reach safely for the first time since the season opener, snapping an 18-game streak. ... Zach Dillon walked three times, tying his career high. ... Dillon (five games), Kevin Russo (four), Gerdes (four) and Sevigny (three) all extended hitting streaks, while Weems (five) and Booker (three) both saw streaks end.
