April 20, 2015 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
STILLWATER, Okla. - Baylor (15-23, 5-9) earned a tough 2-1 win at No. 17 Oklahoma State (25-13, 9-5) Monday afternoon at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The game was resumed in the bottom of the sixth inning after being suspended by rain Sunday.
Trailing 1-0 after the first, Baylor took the lead in the fourth on a two-run double by Kameron Esthay. A 38-minute delay then ensued in the middle of the fifth. After play resumed, BU starter worked a perfect frame for his 10th straight batter retired and then gave up a walk to start the sixth. A sac bunt moved the runner to second and rain forced the game to be suspended at 3:25 p.m. CT Sunday.
When play resumed again, BU sent Brad Kuntz out to the mound and he finished the game with relative ease.
Tolson (2-6) earned the win after giving up a run on two hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 5.1 innings. Kuntz picked up his second save, allowing no runs on two hits with three strikeouts in 3.2 innings. OSU starter Michael Freeman (6-2) took the loss, surrendering two runs on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.
NOTES
*Baylor narrowly trails the all-time series against Oklahoma State 38-40 overall, 15-18 in Stillwater and leads 32-28 under Steve Smith. BU has won 14 of the last 22 meetings, including taking two of three from No. 20 OSU last year in Waco on March 21-23, 2014. The last time OSU topped BU in a series was March 31-April 1, 2007, in Stillwater. In 18 all-time series in Big 12 play, Baylor leads Oklahoma State 10-4-4, including a 4-3-2 record in Stillwater.
*As one of the league's founding members in 1997, Baylor owns a 493-558-4 record against the current members of the Big 12 Conference. The Bears own a 273-218 all-time record in regular season play.
*Baylor is 3-12 this season in road games and 3-15 away from Baylor Ballpark.
*Baylor has won four of its eight three-game series in 2015 and 21 of 41 since 2012.
*Baylor is 31-38 against ranked teams since 2011 and 4-11 this season.
*Baylor 193-287-1 overall against Baseball America ranked teams, and 1-8 this season.
*Baylor is 57-144 all-time on the road against Baseball America ranked teams.
*Baylor has four series wins over ranked teams since 2014 in nine attempts.
*Baylor 228-160 in April under Smith and 3-7 this year.
*Logan Brown has an 11-game on-base streak and has a hit in his last four games.
*Kameron Esthay has a hit in his last three games.
STAT OF THE GAME
8 - The amount of consecutive innings Baylor pitching held OSU
WHAT'S NEXT
The teams finish the series with a 2:50 p.m. CT rubber match start Monday. The pitching matchup will feature BU RHP Nick Lewis (1-1, 5.75 ERA) vs. OSU LHP Tyler Nurdin (1-2, 2.67 ERA).
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