Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Baylor (18-28, 7-13) earned a 6-3 win to even the series against Kansas (20-27, 7-10) Saturday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark. The Bears received an outstanding effort on the mound by starter Nick Lewis.

Lewis was spotted an early 1-0 lead after a second-inning, two-out RBI single by Justin Arrington. Lewis then settled in and retired 11 in a row. In the meantime, the Bears gave Lewis another run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Kameron Esthay.

Kansas finally got to Lewis in the seventh as Owen Taylor launched a two-out, solo home run to make it a 2-1 Baylor lead. The Bears immediately countered by bringing in Brad Kuntz, and he ended the seventh with a looking strikeout.

The Bears then added insurance runs in the eighth. Jonathan Ducoff led off with a single. After a sac bunt moved Ducoff to second, Adam Toth singled and a run scored on the next play as Duncan Wendel hit a sac fly. Following an Esthay single, Mitch Price singled to score another run and give BU a 4-1 edge.

The Jayhawks rallied in the bottom of the eighth as Kuntz gave up a one-out single and two-out single before giving way to Sean Spicer in a 2-0 count that ended up being a walk to load the bases. Spicer then walked in a run before getting a grounder to first to end the rally.

BU answered in the ninth with a big two-out, two-run double by Toth that scored Steven McLean after a double and Logan Brown after an infield single. KU rallied in its half of the ninth but it wasn't enough as the Jayhawks were only able to get one run on a two-out double by Connor McKay.

Lewis (2-2) earned the win after giving up the one run on four hits and one walk with no strikeouts in 6.2 innings. Spicer gathered his sixth save as he surrendered one run on two hits and one walk in 1.1 innings. KU starter Drew Morovick (4-4) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 7.1 innings.

NOTES
*Baylor leads the all-time series vs. Kansas 47-17 overall, 42-17 under Steve Smith and 18-11 in Lawrence. Last season, the Jayhawks swept the Bears in Waco on April 25-27, 2014, to give KU a six-game winning streak in the series. BU then avenged the sweeps by ending the Jayhawks' run in the Big 12 Championship as No. 7 seed BU won 4-3 in an elimination game over No. 3 seed KU on May 22, 2014, in Oklahoma City. Baylor has won 13 of the 18 all-time Big 12 series between the teams.

*Baylor is 4-15 on the road and 4-18 away from Baylor Ballpark this season.

*As one of the league's founding members in 1997, Baylor owns a 495-562-4 record against the current members of the Big 12 Conference and a 275-222 all-time record in regular season play.

*Baylor is 138-129 in May/June under Steve Smith and 1-1 this year.

*Baylor has won four of its 10 three-game series in 2015 and 21 of 43 since 2012.

*Nick Lewis set a career high with 6.2 innings pitched.

*Sean Spicer extended his career high saves total to six.

*Adam Toth has reached base in his last eight games as he posted his fifth multi-RBI game, seventh multi-hit game and second three-hit game.

*Duncan Wendel has a hit in his last four games.

*Logan Brown has a hit in his last three games.

*Mitch Price posted his seventh multi-hit game.

*Jonathan Ducoff notched his seventh multi-hit game.

STAT OF THE GAME
4 - The amount of runs scored by Baylor in the final two innings.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"[Nick Lewis] gave us a good start. He threw a ton of fastballs and located them well. He walked one but pounded the strike zone and we made plays behind him. He collected himself and pitched a good ball game." - Baylor head coach Steve Smith

WHAT'S NEXT
The teams finish the series tomorrow with the rubber match at 1 p.m. CT on ESPN3. Sunday's pitching matchup features BU LHP Daniel Castano (2-5, 3.25 ERA) against KU RHP Sean Rackoski (2-3, 6.28 ERA).