April 24, 2016 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
MANHATTAN, Kan. ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball dropped a 10-4 rubber match at Kansas State on Sunday afternoon at Tointon Stadium. The Bears (18-22, 5-10) were unable to overcome the Wildcats' (18-22, 5-10) five-run third and four-run sixth innings.
BU started out on the right foot as Justin Arrington roped a two-run double in the second inning for a 2-0 lead. However, the lead did not last long as KSU scratched a run in the bottom of the second and dropped five runs on four hits and two walks in the third for a 6-2 lead.
The Bears cut into the deficit in the sixth with back-to-back solo home runs by Matt Menard and T.J. Raguse. But it was the last time BU was able to score, and the Wildcats countered in the bottom of the sixth with a solo homer by Josh Rolette and three-run shot by Steve Serratore to put the game out of reach, 10-4.
KSU starter Corey Fischer (2-3) earned the win, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings. BU starter Kyle Hill (1-3) took the loss, giving up six runs on seven hits and three walks with one strikeout in 2.1 innings.
NOTES
*Baylor is 1-2 on its stretch of six road contests in a seven-game span.
*Baylor leads the all-time series vs. Kansas State 44-25 but it's tied 15-15 in Manhattan as the Bears have won 14 of the 20 all-time Big 12 series vs. KSU but the Wildcats took two of three in Waco last season for two series wins in a row ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" BU is 1-2 in the series under Steve Rodriguez.
*Baylor has won three of its nine three-game series in 2016 and 24 of 53 since 2012.
*Baylor is 5-8 on the road in 2016.
*Baylor already has 25 home runs in 40 games in 2016, which are eight 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.
*Baylor hit back-to-back home runs (Matt Menard and T.J. Raguse in the sixth inning) for the first time since Mitch Price and Darryn Sheppard did so in the eighth inning against Texas on May 17, 2015.
*Baylor hit multiple home runs (2) for the sixth time this season and second straight game ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" BU also had back-to-back multi-homer games on April 9-10 at Oklahoma this season.
*Richard Cunningham has a six-game on-base streak.
*Kameron Esthay has a five-game hitting streak.
*Justin Arrington has a four-game hitting streak as he registered his 10th multi-hit and fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
*Aaron Dodson has a four-game hitting streak.
*Matt Menard has a four-game on-base streak and three-game hitting streak as he blasted his fifth homer run of the season and career (two straight games with a homer) ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" he posted his 10th multi-hit game of the season.
*T.J. Raguse hit his first collegiate home run and notched his 6th multi-hit game of the season.
STAT OF THE GAME
9 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The amount of runs Kansas State scored in the third (5) and sixth (4) innings.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"We just pitched up in the zone way too much. It was frustrating. Their guys did a good job of keeping the ball down in the zone, getting a lot of ground balls. That's what hurt us today." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor returns home for a 6:35 p.m. CT game against Incarnate Word on Tuesday at Baylor Ballpark.
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