Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas - Baylor (17-25, 6-11) lost a tough game to Kansas State (20-22, 7-11), 6-3, Sunday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark. The Wildcats scored two in the eighth and three in the ninth to grab a late win and take the series.

Baylor had everything going the way it needed early on but didn't take full advantage of a great first inning scoring chance. After Kameron Esthay's RBI single and Mitch Price's RBI double, a pitching change and intentional walk loaded the bases with one out for Cameron Miller. Unfortunately, Miller struck out and Hayden Ross followed with a fly out to end the rally with a 2-0 lead.

After a 35-minute lightning delay in the top of the second inning, neither team scored until KSU's sixth. Steve Serratore roped a two-out RBI double off BU starter Daniel Castano to make it a 2-1 game.

An inning later, the Bears got the run back as Ross doubled to start the inning and Ben Carl drove him in with a two-out single.

Baylor then turned to Brad Kuntz in the eighth to try to finish the game but he just didn't have it. After walking his first two batters, a fielder's choice and error allowed a run to score. Then Kuntz hit two straight batters to load the bases and walked the next one to force in a run before getting back-to-back strikeouts to escape with a 3-3 tie.

BU spoiled a one-out Aaron Dodson double in the eighth, and then KSU led off the ninth with a double off Kuntz. Troy Montemayor came on to replace Kuntz but gave up a bunt single and sac fly to give KSU a 4-3 lead. Another fielder's choice error let the second run score, and two plays later, a two-out bunt drove in the third run for a 6-3 Wildcats lead.

The Bears brought the tying run up in the ninth after Adam Toth and Esthay singled with two outs, but both were left stranded after Price flied out to center.

KSU reliever Jordan Floyd (3-2) earned the win after giving up no runs on one hit and walk in one inning. Brandon Courville picked up his first save, allowing two hits with one strikeout in a scoreless ninth. Kuntz (0-1) took the loss, surrendering three runs on one hit and three walks with two strikeouts in one-plus inning.

NOTES
*Since the park opened in 1999, Baylor owns a 380-164 record at Baylor Ballpark and has never had a losing season in the stadium. The closest BU came to a losing season was in 2011, when the Bears were 16-14 at Baylor Ballpark. Since 2012, BU has won 16 of its 23 home series. The Bears are 14-10 at home this year and have won four of six series thus far (3-0 vs. No .13 Cal Poly | 2-1 vs. Kent State | 2-1 vs. West Virginia | 2-1 vs. Oklahoma | 0-3 vs. Texas State | 2-1 vs. Kansas State).

*Baylor leads the all-time series vs. Kansas State 43-23 overall, 42-22 under Steve Smith and 26-6 in Waco. Last season, KSU took two of three in Manhattan, Kansas, on April 17-19, 2014. Overall, Baylor has won 14 of the 19 all-time Big 12 series vs. KSU. The Wildcats earned their first-ever series win in Waco as the other three series wins for KSU came in Manhattan: April 16-18, 2010, May 19-21, 2006, and April 26-28, 2002.

*As one of the league's founding members in 1997, Baylor owns a 494-561-4 record against the current members of the Big 12 Conference. The Bears own a 274-221 all-time record in regular season play.

*Baylor 230-163 in April under Smith and 5-10 this year.

*Mitch Price has a hit in his last four games.

*Adam Toth has reached base in his last five games and has a hit in his last three as he posted his sixth multi-hit game.

*West Tunnell has a hit in his last three games.

*Ben Carl has a hit in his last three games.

*Kameron Esthay notched his 10th multi-hit game.

STAT OF THE GAME
5 - The amount of runs scored by Kansas State in the final two innings to grab the win.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"When Ben [Carl] got that run-scoring hit in the seventh after they intentionally walked ahead of him, that's a kick to the gut. How are you going to respond to that? I think it's pretty clear how they responded to it. The first inning to me was the big one. We didn't get it done and had their guy on the mound in trouble." - Baylor head coach Steve Smith

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor heads on a four-game road trip, starting with a 6 p.m. CT game at UTSA Tuesday before a three-game road series at Kansas next weekend.