March 25, 2016 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
DALLAS, Texas ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball dropped a 5-3 decision at Dallas Baptist on Friday evening at Horner Ballpark to even the weekend series. The Bears (9-13) led 3-0 until the Patriots (15-7) rallied for a decisive four-run fifth inning to help claim the win.
Baylor jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning. Steven McLean roped a one-out single and stole second with two outs. Darryn Sheppard singled to plate McLean and moved to second on the throw home. Aaron Dodson backed it up with another RBI single to give the Bears momentum.
In the fifth, BU added another run that involved McLean again. Josh Bissonette singled with one out and Levi Gilcrease walked with two outs. McLean then roped an RBI double to left for a 3-0 lead.
Then came the fateful bottom half of the fifth as BU starter Daniel Castano was cruising until a one-out single by Jameson Hannah. Camden Duzenack and Garrett Wolforth singled to load the bases, and Connor Hall followed with an RBI single. After back-to-back run-scoring walks by Justin Wall and David Martinelli tied the game, Austin Listi gave DBU the lead on a fielder's choice force out at second base.
In the eighth, the Patriots added an insurance run on a hit, walk, balk and two-out RBI single by Hannah.
Baylor threatened in the ninth, getting one-out singles from Richard Cunningham and T.J. Raguse but no runs came of it.
DBU starter Colin Poche (3-0) earned the win, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings. Seth Elledge picked up his sixth save in 1.1 scoreless frames. Castano (2-3) took the loss, giving up five runs on seven hits and four walks with five strikeouts in 7.2 innings.
NOTES
*Baylor is 2-4 on the road in 2016.
*Baylor leads the all-time series vs. DBU 47-26, 35-17 in Waco and 10-9 in Dallas ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the Bears are 1-1 under Steve Rodriguez in the series.
*Baylor has scored at least one run in the first inning eight times in 22 games ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the Bears had won three of their last five games when scoring in the first frame ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" and have scored 17 first-inning runs in 2016.
*Kameron Esthay has a career-high 11-game on-base streak but his career-high 10-game hitting streak came to an end.
*Aaron Dodson has a career-high eight-game on-base streak.
*Steven McLean has a career-high eight-game on-base streak as he posted his team-high-tying fifth multi-hit game (2).
*Josh Bissonette has seven-game on-base streak.
*Richard Cunningham has a six-game on-base streak.
*Darryn Sheppard has a career-high five-game hitting streak.
*T.J. Raguse has a career-high five-game hitting streak.
*Levi Gilcrease has a four-game on-base streak.
*Daniel Castano has 31 strikeouts over 32.2 innings in his last five starts ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" he posted a season-high 7.2 innings pitched, which are the most by any Baylor starter this season.
STAT OF THE GAME
4 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The amount of runs Dallas Baptist scored in the fifth inning, which was the difference in the game.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"It was a well-played game by both teams and I really liked the way we competed. We had some hard hit balls that were right at people, which was unfortunate and could've given us a few more runs. Daniel Castano threw the ball really well ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" he just needed to cut down on the walks that gave him trouble in the fifth." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor Head Coach Steve Rodriguez
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor finishes its split series with Dallas Baptist with the rubber match on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT. The pitching matchup will feature BU RHP Drew Tolson (1-1, 4.80 ERA) vs. DBU LHP Sean Stutzman (2-0, 3.07 ERA).
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