Feb. 28, 2015 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
FULLERTON, Calif. - No. 25 Baylor (6-4) lost the second game of a doubleheader at Cal State Fullerton (4-5) Friday night at Goodwin Field. The Bears were unable to hang onto a 6-3 lead as the Titans scored six runs in the eighth inning for a doubleheader sweep.
Baylor struck right away as an error and wild pitch helped Levi Gilcrease score after a walk. Aaron Dodson followed with an RBI triple to give the Bears a 2-0 lead. However, the Titans countered with two runs on four hits and an error in the bottom half.
After Fullerton scored a run on two hits in the third, the Bear regained the lead in the fourth. Following a Dodson double and Mitch Price single to begin the inning, Duncan Wendel hit into a fielder's choice RBI. An out later, two wild pitches scored Wendel.
The Bears added onto their lead in the fifth after another Dodson double. Price backed it up with a long homer run to left field for a 6-3 lead.
Fullerton responded in the sixth with two runs on three hits and an error, and then took full control of the game in the eighth.
With Joe Kirkland on the mound to start the inning, a double, HBP and walk led to Sean Spicer taking over on the mound. Unfortunately, Spicer gave up a two-run double to Josh Estill, RBI single to A.J. Kennedy and three-run triple to Scott Hurst for an 11-6 lead that Baylor was unable to overcome.
Connor Seabold (1-0) earned the win in relief, allowing two runs on three hits with three strikeouts in four innings. Kirkland (2-1) took the loss, surrendering three runs on one hit and walk with an HBP without recording an out.
NOTES
*Baylor is 143-74 in February under Smith and 6-4 this season.
*Baylor is 4-7 all-time against Cal State Fullerton, 1-4 at Fullerton and 4-7 under Smith - the Bears took two of three from then-No. 4 CSF last year in Waco, Texas.
*Baylor is 18-23 all-time vs. current members of the Big West Conference and 3-2 this season after sweeping then-No. 13 Cal Poly to open the season in Waco.
*Aaron Dodson had his team-high fourth multi-hit game with a career-high three hits - he tied a career highs with two doubles and a triple.
*Mitch Price hit his first homer of the season and fourth of his career in his first multi-hit game of the season.
*Justin Arrington has a six-game on-base streak and four-game hitting streak.
*Jonathan Ducoff has reached base in four straight games and has a three-game hitting streak.
*Darryn Sheppard is on a four-game hitting streak.
*Justin Arrington went 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and walk for his first career multi-hit game at Baylor.
*Duncan Wendel has reached base in four straight games.
*Joe Sabatini hit his first career triple.
STAT OF THE GAME
7 - The amount of total bases by Aaron Dodson in the game after two doubles and a triple.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"We competed well on the mound for seven innings and then it got away from us in the eighth. Obviously, Aaron Dodson had a big game, but give them credit for grinding it out. Fullerton competed hard today." - Baylor head coach Steve Smith
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor and Cal State Fullerton play the series finale Saturday at 3 p.m. CT. The scheduled pitching matchup is BU RHP Ryan Smith (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. CSF RHP Justin Garza (0-0, 0.00 ERA).
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