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THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball fell 10-7 to Oklahoma State in the first of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (17-18, 4-7) were unable to overcome the Cowboys' (21-13, 6-5) six-run sixth inning to claim the series.
Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the second, Baylor got a run back on a Matt Menard leadoff single, Justin Arrington sacrifice bunt and Richard Cunningham two-out RBI double.
In the fourth, the Bears tied it up with help from Cunningham again. Aaron Dodson and Menard led off with singles, and after a one-out walk by Josh Bissonette to load the bases, Cunningham grounded out to first to score Dodson and tie the game, 2-2.
An inning later, Steve McLean led off with a single for Baylor, moved to second on an out and scored on an error at third base off the bat of Darryn Sheppard to give BU a 3-2 lead.
However, OSU responded with a huge sixth inning, scoring six runs on five hits and two walks. Then the Cowboys added a two-run homer by Colin Simpson in the seventh for a 10-3 lead. BU added four runs in the ninth on an RBI ground out by Kameron Esthay and three-run homer by Darryn Sheppard but it wasn't enough to keep the rally going for a comeback.
OSU starter Trey Cobb (4-5) earned the win, giving up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and one walk with 12 strikeouts in eight innings. BU starter Drew Tolson (4-2) took the loss, allowing seven runs on eight hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5.1 innings.
NOTES
*Baylor is 398-178 all-time at Baylor Ballpark and 13-12 under Steve Rodriguez.
*Baylor is 1-2 on its current five-game home stand.
*Baylor trails the all-time series vs. Oklahoma State 44-37 but leads 20-15 in Waco and has gone 10-6-4 in 19 all-time series vs. OSU in Big 12 play ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the Bears are 0-2 in the series under Steve Rodriguez.
*Steven McLean has a career-high 21-game on-base streak and career-high 15-game hitting streak (both streaks are the longest of any Baylor player this year) ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" he posted his 10th multi-hit game of the season.
*Matt Menard has a career-high 13-game on-base streak and career-high 10-game hitting streak as he notched his seventh multi-hit game of the season.
*Kameron Esthay's career-high-tying 10-game hitting streak ended.
*Aaron Dodson has a career-high six-game hitting streak as he registered his eighth multi-hit game of the season.
*Josh Bissonette has a four-game on-base streak.
*Darryn Sheppard has a five-game hitting streak as he hit his sixth home run of the season and 12th of his career for his team-high 10th multi-RBI game of the season.
*Richard Cunningham notched his fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
*Kody Hessemer has a career-high five straight scoreless relief appearances.
STAT OF THE GAME
8 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The amount of runs Oklahoma State scored in the sixth and seventh innings to overcome Baylor's 3-2 lead.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor resumes its five-game home stand and ends its series against Oklahoma State with the series finale at 5:05 p.m. CT Saturday. The pitching matchup features BU RHP Kyle Hill (1-1, 3.91 ERA) vs. OSU RHP Jensen Elliott (3-2, 3.40 ERA).
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