Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
STILLWATER, Okla. ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball notched a 9-3 win at Oklahoma State in the series opener on Friday evening at Reynolds Stadium. The Bears (30-17, 9-10) received good pitching, hitting and defense to overwhelm the Cowboys (24-22, 6-12).

Baylor cracked the scoreboard first with a two-run third inning. Davis Wendzel led off with a triple and Josh Bissonette reached on an error right after that. Following a steal of second by Bissonette, T.J. Raguse posted a one-out RBI single and Richard Cunningham did the same in the next at-bat.

BU created more separation in the fourth. Matt Menard led off with a double, Aaron Dodson singled, Wendzel reached on a fielder's choice error that scored a run, Bissonette roped an RBI single and Tucker Cascadden hit an RBI infield single for a 5-0 lead.

In the sixth, the Bears put the game away for good with a four-run frame. Wendzel led off by reaching on an error, Bissonette singled and Cascadden singled to load the bases. Then with two outs, Cunningham hit an RBI double, Langeliers smashed a two-run single, Kameron Esthay singled and Menard posted an RBI single.

OSU added a run in the sixth and two in the eighth but it wasn't enough to overcome the 9-0 deficit.

BU starter Nick Lewis (6-4) earned the win, giving up one run on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts in six innings. OSU starter Tyler Buffett (5-5) took the loss, allowing nine runs on 13 hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings.

NOTES
*Baylor has won 11 of its last 16 games and six of its last seven after going through a stretch of losing eight of 10 games from March 24-April 8.

*Baylor has won 30 or more games for the first time since 2012 (49-17) and 17th time in the last 22 seasons.

*Baylor's 30-17 record through 47 games is its best since a 39-8 start in 2012.

*Baylor is 4-3 on its current nine-game road swing in Big 12 Conference play.

*Baylor trails the all-time series to Oklahoma State 45-38, 20-15 in Stillwater and had lost four in a row in the series. BU's last series win in Stillwater came on May 13-15, 2011.

*Baylor is 11-8 away from Baylor Ballpark this season (9-7 on road, 2-1 in neutral sites).

*Baylor has won five of its 10 three-game series in 2017 and two of its last three.

*Senior RHP Nick Lewis has thrown at least five innings with six hits or less, three earned runs or less and two or more strikeouts in nine of 12 starts this season. He upped his career-high win total to six.

*Sophomore center fielder Richard Cunningham posted his 10th multi-hit game and team-high-tying ninth multi-RBI game.

*Senior first baseman Aaron Dodson has a career-high 17-game on-base streak and three-game hitting streak.

*Freshman third baseman Davis Wendzel has a season-high 16-game on-base streak and five-game hitting streak.

*Sophomore left fielder T.J. Raguse has an 11-game on-base streak and career-high seven-game hitting streak.

*Freshman catcher Shea Langeliers has a 10-game on-base streak and five-game hitting streak as he notched his team-high-tying ninth multi-RBI game.

*Junior JUCO shortstop Tucker Cascadden has a nine-game on-base streak as he had his fifth multi-hit game.

*Sophomore infielder Josh Bissonette has a career-high six-game hitting streak as he registered his 12th multi-hit game.

*Junior left fielder Kameron Esthay has a five-game on-base streak and three-game hitting streak.

*Senior designated hitter Matt Menard has a three-game hitting streak as he registered his team-high-tying 15th multi-hit game.

STAT OF THE GAME
3 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" The amount of multi-run innings for the Baylor offense and amount of runs given up by the Baylor defense.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"It was really powerful to watch the quality of pitches [Nick Lewis] had and some of the swings they were taking. He just did a phenomenal job of keeping them off balance and doing what he needed to do." ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" Head Coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor continues its series at Oklahoma State with games at 3 p.m. CT on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.