April 21, 2017 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
FORT WORTH, Texas ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball lost a 9-4 decision to No. 6 TCU on Friday night at Lupton Stadium in the series opener. The Bears (23-15, 5-8) fought back late but could not overcome the Horned Frogs (29-7, 10-3) early offensive attack.
After missing on good scoring chances in the first, third and fourth innings, the Bears found themselves down 8-0 through five innings. But BU came together late to put pressure on TCU with a run in the sixth on an Aaron Dodson RBI single and a big eighth inning.
In the eighth with two outs, Dodson started the rally with a single and Tucker Cascadden and Richard Cunningham did the same. After a Steven McLean RBI hit-by-pitch, Tucker Johnson roped a two-run single. Then Shea Langeliers walked to bring the tying run to the plate in Andy Thomas, but he grounded out to third to end the rally.
TCU added a run in the bottom of the eighth and the BU bats were retired in order in the bottom of the ninth to end the comeback attempt.
TCU starter Nick Lodolo (4-1) earned the win, allowing a run on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings. BU starter Nick Lewis (4-4) took the loss, giving up eight runs (seven earned) on eight hits and five walks with three strikeouts in four innings.
NOTES
*Baylor is 6-7 against ranked teams this season.
*Baylor is 4-6 this season and 7-10 under Steve Rodriguez against Baseball America ranked team and 201-298-1 all-time, including a 36-46 mark since 2011.
*Baylor is 1-4 this season (lost to No. 4 LSU, 2-1 at No. 6 Texas Tech) and 91-151 all-time against Baseball America top 10 teams with its last series win coming in Waco vs. No. 10 TCU (2-1) on May 13-15, 2016.
*Baylor is 7-6 away from Baylor Ballpark this season (5-5 on road, 2-1 in neutral sites).
*Baylor has won four of its eight three-game series this season.
*Baylor freshman RHP Hayden Kettler has a season-high three straight scoreless appearances.
*Baylor freshman LHP Ryan Leckich tied a season-high with two innings pitched and posted a season-high two strikeouts.
*Senior first baseman Aaron Dodson has a career-high eight-game hitting streak as he posted his eighth multi-hit game.
*Freshman third baseman Davis Wendzel has a season-high seven-game hitting streak.
*Junior infielder Steven McLean has a three-game hitting streak as he notched his eighth multi-hit game with a season-high three hits.
*Junior JUCO infielder Tucker Cascadden has a three-game on-base streak.
*Sophomore center fielder Richard Cunningham had his fifth multi-hit game.
*Junior JUCO outfielder Tucker Johnson registered his third multi-RBI game.
STAT OF THE GAME
6 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The amount of consecutive batters that reached base for Baylor in the eighth inning to bring the tying run to the plate.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"When you give a team as talented as TCU is free bases, it's going to come back to bite you at some point. I thought our guys did a good job of battling back and taking some great at-bats later in the game. I'd like to see that type of fight at the beginning of the game, but at the same time, knowing that we have that fight in us is a good sign." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Head Coach Steve Rodriguez
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor continues its series at TCU with games on Saturday at 3 p.m. CT on FOX Sports Southwest and Sunday at 1 p.m.
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