April 30, 2016 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball dropped a 5-1 series rubber match decision to West Virginia on Saturday afternoon in the second game of a doubleheader at Monongalia Ballpark. The Bears (20-24, 6-12) were unable to solve Mountaineers' (23-19, 8-9) starter Ross Vance.
WVU jumped out to a 2-0 lead with runs in the second and third innings on two hits and five walks. Baylor then cut into the lead with help from an error in the seventh. Justin Arrington led off with a single, and after a sac bunt, he scored on a dropped infield pop-up off the bat of Ben Carl.
In the eighth, WVU separated with three runs ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the big damage coming on a two-run RBI double by Jackson Cramer.
Vance (5-3) earned the win, giving up an unearned run on seven hits and one walk with nine strikeouts in nine innings. BU starter Andrew McInvale (2-3) took the loss, allowing two runs on two hits and six walks with three strikeouts in 2.2 innings.
NOTES
*Baylor went 3-4 on its stretch of six road contests in a seven-game span.
*Baylor 6-10 on the road in 2016.
*The all-time series between Baylor and West Virginia is tied 6-6 but WVU leads 4-1 in Morgantown ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" BU is 1-2 in the series under Steve Rodriguez ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" and the Bears have won two of the four all-time Big 12 series against the Mountaineers, including taking two of three in Waco last season.
*Baylor has won three of its 10 three-game series in 2016 and 24 of 54 since 2012.
*Kameron Esthay has a nine-game hitting streak as he posted his team-high-tying 14th multi-hit game.
*Matt Menard has an eight-game on-base streak and three-game hitting streak.
*Steven McLean notched his 13th multi-hit game of the season.
*Nick Lewis posted career highs with 4.2 relief innings and seven strikeouts.
STAT OF THE GAME
11 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The amount of strikeouts Baylor's pitchers had.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"It's frustrating ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" we had the ability to come out and win a series, and we walked eight guys. We didn't give ourselves a real chance. We hit the ball well but some of our guys didn't make good adjustments like some of the other guys did. Nick Lewis was a great bright spot today, which we are excited about his progress the last few outings for him." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Head Coach Steve Rodriguez
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor takes a 10-day break for final exams before hosting McNeese State on May 10 at 6:35 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark.
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