Final Stats

Much like the second game yesterday, the Bears jumped out to a quick lead. Following a Logan Brown leadoff walk and Aaron Dodson single, Cameron Miller drove in Brown on a single and Kameron Esthay plated Dodson with a single for a 2-0 lead.

Fullerton countered in the second with three runs. BU starter Ryan Smith cruised through the first but then had an HBP and two-out walk. Following a wild pitch to put both runners in scoring position, A.J. Kennedy hit a two-run single and Smith walked the next batter. After a mound visit, Smith left the game due to injury and Austin Stone took over in a tough situation. Stone walked his first batter, let a run score on a wild pitch before walking the next batter and got out of the inning thanks to a diving play at second by Steve McLean.

The Bears answered right away with a two-run homer by Esthay in the third to take a 4-3 lead. BU then added two more runs in the fifth on a two-out single by Justin Arrington for a 6-3 lead.

However, the Titans chipped away at the lead with two runs on an HBP, triple and sac fly in the bottom of the fifth.

In the seventh with Troy Montemayor taking over for Baylor on the mound, CSUF took the lead after a walk, triple and single by Josh Estill. The Bears best chance the rest of the way was in the eighth after a Brown two-out double but he was left stranded.

Titan reliever Willie Kuhl (1-0) earned the win with 1.1 innings of perfect relief and one strikeout while Tyler Pietzmeier picked up his third save after allowing one hit with four strikeouts in 1.2 innings. Montemayor (0-2) took the loss, surrendering two runs on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts in two innings.

NOTES
*Baylor's 15 hits tied a season high and the Bears have had 10 or more hits in four of their last seven games.

*Baylor has lost 10 straight games in California as its last win was at UCLA on Feb. 24, 2012.

*Baylor is 143-75 in February under Smith and 6-5 this season.

*Baylor is 4-8 all-time against Cal State Fullerton, 1-5 at Fullerton and 4-8 under Smith - the Bears took two of three from then-No. 4 CSF last year in Waco, Texas.

*Baylor is 18-24 all-time vs. current members of the Big West Conference and 3-3 this season after sweeping then-No. 13 Cal Poly to open the season in Waco.

*Freshman Jonathan Ducoff has reached base in five straight games, has a four-game hitting streak and had his second career multi-hit game and first career three-hit game.

*Sophomore Aaron Dodson had his team-leading fifth multi-hit game - he's had five multi-hit efforts in his seven games played this season - and had his second career three-hit game and second this season.

*Redshirt freshman Kameron Esthay hit an RBI single in the first inning and his first career home run in the third inning for his second career multi-RBI game and second career multi-hit game.

*Redshirt freshman Steven McLean has a three-game hitting streak and had his second career multi-hit game.

*Junior Mitch Price has reached base in three straight games.

*Junior transfer Justin Arrington has a seven-game on-base streak, five-game hitting streak and had his first career multi-RBI game.

*Austin Stone tied a career-long relief appearance with 4.1 innings of work.

STAT OF THE GAME
5 - The amount of Baylor players that had multi-hit games: Logan Brown (2), Aaron Dodson (3), Kameron Esthay (2), Steven McLean (2), Jonathan Ducoff (3).

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"It's a tough game to lose when you do so much offensively like that and it's a one-run game. In a one-run game, you can look back at a lot of different things. On the offensive side it was a good day against a good Fullerton staff." - Baylor head coach Steve Smith

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor returns home for a Wednesday tilt vs. Sam Houston State at 6:30 p.m. CT.