May 19, 2017

Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas -- Baylor baseball lost a 6-5 decision to Kansas State in the second game of a doubleheader and rubber match of the series on Friday night at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (34-19, 12-12) made a late surge but it wasn't enough to take down the Wildcats (29-26, 8-16).

KSU grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second inning, but Davis Wendzel led off the bottom half with a home run to answer for Baylor.

Then the Wildcats hit a homer of their own in the fifth, a two-out, three-run shot, for a 5-1 lead.

Baylor responded with an Aaron Dodson RBI bases loaded hit-by-pitch in the fifth, but KSU got the run back in the top of the sixth.

In the seventh, the Bears received a two-run homer by Kameron Esthay and RBI single by Josh Bissonette to cut the deficit to 6-5.

Then in the ninth with two outs, Dodson doubled and Tucker Johnson walked but both runners were left aboard.

KSU reliever Hudson Treu (1-2) earned the win, allowing three runs on four hits with one strikeout in 2.1 innings. Tyler Eckberg picked up his fifth save with two scoreless innings while giving up a hit and two walks with three strikeouts. BU starter Cody Bradford (5-5) took the loss, surrendering five runs on nine hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings.

NOTES
*Baylor has won 15 of its last 22 games and 10 of its last 13 after going through a stretch of losing eight of 10 games from March 24-April 8.

*Baylor won six of its 14 three-game series in 2017 and three of its last five.

*Baylor has hit 35 home runs in its last 26 games after hitting 14 homers in its first 26 games of the season.

*Baylor has 49 home runs this season through 53 games, which are 15 more than its season output of 34 in 53 games in 2016. BU has 40 or more homers for the first time since 2012 (46) and 45 or more for the first time since 2010 (57).

*Baylor has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better (19-11 in 2017) in all 18 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since 1999) and is 416-193 all-time at the park.

*Baylor leads the all-time series vs. Kansas State 45-27 and 27-8 in Waco.

*Freshman catcher Shea Langeliers has a season-high 15-game on-base streak and season-high 10-game hitting streak as he registered his team-high 18th multi-hit game.

*Junior left fielder Kameron Esthay has an 11-game on-base streak as he posted his ninth multi-RBI game and hit his career-high ninth home run of the season and 17th of his career.

*Sophomore center fielder Richard Cunningham has an eight-game hitting streak.

*Sophomore infielder Josh Bissonette has a five-game hitting streak as he notched his 16th multi-hit game.

*Freshman third baseman Davis Wendzel has a four-game on-base streak as he hit his eighth home run of the season.

*Sophomore left fielder T.J. Raguse has a four-game hitting streak.

*Freshman catcher Andy Thomas has a five-game on-base streak.

*Senior first baseman Aaron Dodson had his 16th multi-hit game.

*Junior RHP Troy Montemayor has a career high 12-appearance scoreless streak -- he's allowed five hits (two in last 10 outings and 10.0 innings) and four walks with 12 strikeouts in 12.0 innings during the streak.

*Freshman LHP Hunter Seay pitched a career-high two innings in relief and tied a career-high with two strikeouts.

STAT OF THE GAME
6 -- The amount of consecutive games in which Baylor has hit at least two home runs.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"When you look at the past five weeks, these guys have endured being on the road and traveling, the emotional ups and downs that being a student athlete has, while going through finals. Being where we are after a 4.5-hour game yesterday and the two long games today, I am very proud of these guys in the way they fought up until the last pitch. I'm very happy with where we are going into postseason play." -- Head Coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor heads to Oklahoma City for the 2017 Big 12 Championship with the first game coming on Wednesday.