April 22, 2016 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
MANHATTAN, Kan. ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball scratched a 7-5 10-inning win over Kansas State on Friday night at Tointon Stadium in the series opener. The Bears (18-20, 5-8) overcame a 4-2 third-inning deficit to take down the Wildcats (16-22, 3-10) in a scrappy game.
BU started out with a 2-0 lead on a first-inning RBI double from Aaron Dodson and third-inning RBI single from Kameron Esthay. However, KSU dropped four runs in the bottom of the third with the big damage coming on a three-run home run by Jake Scudder.
It didn't take long for the Bears to even the score, though. In the fourth, McLean roped a two-out RBI single. In the fifth, Joe Sabatini hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game.
The Wildcats regained the lead in the sixth on two walks, a single and bases-loaded walk with no outs. Then came a huge sequence for the Bears. Reliever Joe Heineman came in and immediately induced a pop up. He then struck out the next batter swinging but the ball got away from catcher Matt Menard, who quickly pounced on it and tossed back to Heineman at home plate for the tag and a double play.
In the eighth, Richard Cunningham led off with a bunt single and scored on an Esthay RBI double to knot the score.
In the 10th, Cunningham once again started a rally, this time with an HBP. McLean dropped sacrifice bunt down the first base line that turned into a hit as the pitcher slid into McLean while fielding the ball. After a strikeout and ground out that put both runners in scoring position, Dodson walked to load the bases. Menard then came to the plate and hit a chopper to third base but the throw one-hopped into first base and was not scooped, allowing two runs to score and leaving K-State unable to respond.
BU reliever Kyle Ott (4-2) earned the win, giving up a hit and three walks in 1.1 innings. Troy Montemayor picked up his ninth save with a perfect 10th. KSU reliever Jordan Floyd (1-3) took the loss, allowing two runs (both unearned) on a hit and walk with one strikeout in 0.2 frames.
NOTES
*Baylor is 1-0 on its stretch of six road contests in a seven-game span.
*Baylor is 1-2 in extra innings in 2016.
*Baylor leads the all-time series vs. Kansas State 44-23 and 15-13 in Manhattan as the Bears have won 14 of the 19 all-time Big 12 series vs. KSU but the Wildcats took two of three in Waco last season ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" BU is 1-0 in the series under Steve Rodriguez.
*Baylor has won three of its eight three-game series in 2016 and 24 of 52 since 2012.
*Baylor is 5-6 on the road in 2016.
*Baylor has scored at least one run in the first inning 14 times in 38 games and has scored 28 first-inning runs in 2016.
*Steven McLean has a career-high 24-game on-base streak (longest of any Baylor player this year) as he notched his 11th multi-hit game of the season.
*Darryn Sheppard has an eight-game on-base streak as he posted his team-high 13th multi-hit game of the season.
*Josh Bissonette has a seven-game on-base streak.
*Richard Cunningham has a four-game on-base streak as he registered his ninth multi-hit game of the season.
*Kameron Esthay has a three-game hitting streak as he had his 12th multi-hit and third multi-RBI game of the season.
*Aaron Dodson notched his ninth multi-hit game of the season.
*Matt Menard posted his eighth multi-hit game of the season.
*Justin Arrington had his eight multi-hit game of the season.
*Kyle Ott increased his career-high win total to four.
*Troy Montemayor earned his ninth save in 10 tries in this season and his career.
STAT OF THE GAME
7 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The amount of Baylor players that had multi-hit efforts (Steven McLean, Kameron Esthay, Darryn Sheppard, Aaron Dodson, Matt Menard, Justin Arrington and Richard Cunningham).
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"One of the big plays was the strikeout double play. That was a bases loaded situation with less than two outs and they are trying to force contact. We were able to get out of that with only one run. That was absolutely huge. It was a great thing for our bullpen to come out and keep us in the game tonight." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor continues its series at Kansas State with a 4 p.m. CT game Saturday on ESPN3 and Sunday 1 p.m. tilt on ESPN3. The pitching matchups feature BU RHP Drew Tolson (4-2, 4.45 ERA) vs. KSU RHP Levi MaVorhis (4-3, 3.91 ERA) Saturday and BU RHP Kyle Hill (1-2, 4.30 ERA) vs. KSU RHP Corey Fischer (1-3, 4.91 ERA) Sunday.
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