Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
MANHATTAN, Kan. ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball fell in an 11-7 decision to Kansas State on Saturday afternoon at Tointon Stadium to even up the series. The Bears (18-21, 5-9) rallied for a 6-2 lead but were unable to hang on against the Wildcats (17-22, 4-10) in a slugfest.

Trailing 2-0 after the first inning, Aaron Dodson launched a solo homer for BU in the second and Kameron Esthay did the same to leadoff the fourth. Then with two outs in the fourth, two-out singles by Matt Menard and T.J. Raguse led to RBI singles by Justin Arrington and Josh Bissonette before Richard Cunningham hit a two-run triple to give BU a 6-2 edge.

However, KSU answered with three runs on six hits in the fourth to cut the deficit to one. In the fifth, the Wildcats kept on working as they scored four runs on two hits, an HBP, two walks and a two-run single for a 9-6 lead.

Baylor answered in the sixth with a leadoff homer by Menard but it was the last run the Bears scored, and Jake Scudder responded in the bottom half with a two-run shot for an 11-7 lead that stood.

KSU starter Levi MaVorhis (5-3) received the win despite allowing seven runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts in six innings. BU reliever Nick Lewis (1-4) took the loss, giving up four runs on three hits and two walks in 0.2 innings.

NOTES
*Baylor is 1-1 on its stretch of six road contests in a seven-game span.

*Baylor leads the all-time series vs. Kansas State 44-24 and 15-14 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 1-1 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 5-7 on the road in 2016.

*Baylor hit multiple home runs (3) for the fifth time this season.

*Baylor already has 23 home runs in 39 games in 2016, which are six more than the team had in 55 games in 2015 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" BU has 20 or more home runs for the first time since blasting 46 in 2012.

*Steven McLean's career-high 24-game on-base streak ended (longest of any Baylor player this year).

*Josh Bissonette has an eight-game on-base streak.

*Richard Cunningham has a five-game on-base streak and three-game hitting streak as he posted his sixth multi-RBI game of the season.

*Kameron Esthay has a four-game hitting streak as he second home run of the season and seventh of his career.

*Justin Arrington has a three-game hitting streak as he notched his ninth multi-hit game of the season.

*Aaron Dodson has a three-game hitting streak as he hit his career-high fourth homer of the season and 10th of his career.

*Matt Menard has a three-game on-base streak as he hit his fourth homer of the season and career for his ninth multi-hit game of the season.

STAT OF THE GAME
9 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The amount of runs Kansas State scored in the middle three innings (three in the fourth, four in the fifth and two in the sixth).

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"It's great that we hit some home runs today, but they were all solo shots and we didn't do well getting on base after that. We just gave too many at-bats away today. We went up there with no plan and it was frustrating. We addressed it after the game and hopefully we can change things tomorrow." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor finishes its series at Kansas State with a Sunday 12 p.m. CT rubber match on ESPN3. The pitching matchup features BU RHP Kyle Hill (1-2, 4.30 ERA) vs. KSU RHP Corey Fischer (1-3, 4.91 ERA).

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