Baseball Wins Opener vs. George Washington

Friday, March 9

Waco, Texas

6:35 PM

Baylor

6-5

George Washington

7-7

George Washington

Baylor

Baseball Wins Opener vs. George Washington

3/9/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

March 9, 2018

Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas - Baylor baseball notched a 6-3 win in its series opener vs. George Washington on Friday evening at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (6-5) used a five-run second inning and a good start by Cody Bradford to top the Colonials (7-7).

Baylor scratched the scoreboard first as Cole Haring led off the game with a triple and scored on a wild pitch. However, Bradford allowed four hits over the first two innings and the Colonials rallied for a run in the second.

From there, the Baylor offense answered and Bradford settled in. BU scored five in the second on an Andy Thomas walk, error, Josh Bissonette two-run double, Tucker Cascadden RBI triple, Davion Downey walk and Shea Langeliers two-out, two-run double.

Bradford allowed just three hits and one walk over his next five innings to keep the George Washington offense at bay.

BU reliever Kyle Hill took over in the eighth and gave up two runs but left a runner stranded. Troy Montemayor then worked a clean ninth to finish it for his fourth save.

Bradford (2-1) picked up the win, allowing one run on seven hits and one walk with eight strikeouts in seven innings. Colonials starter Jacob Meyer (0-1) took the loss, giving up five runs (three earned) on three hits and one walk in 1.1 innings.

NOTES
*Baylor has won three straight games for the first time this season.

*Baylor is 1-0 on its current seven-game home stand.

*Baylor has won its lone three-game series of the season (2-1 vs. Houston Baptist, Feb. 16-18).

*Baylor is has finished its home schedule with a .500 record or better (3-1 in 2018) in all 19 seasons at Baylor Ballpark (since 1999) and is 419-194 all-time at the park.

*Troy Montemayor has five straight scoreless outings to begin the season, spanning five innings. He earned his 30th career save (fourth of season) and is now within eight of topping Baylor's all-time career saves leader Zane Carlson (37, 2000-04). He converted his first eight career save attempts in 2016, and after blowing his ninth try, converted 12 straight before blowing his 22nd attempt. He has converted 21 of his last 22 save tries and 10 straight. He is 30-for-32 in career save attempts.

*Cody Bradford tied a career high with eight strikeouts for the second time this season and third time in his career. He has thrown at least five innings with one run or less and seven or more strikeouts in three of four starts this season.

*Andy Thomas has a career-high 11-game hitting streak to begin the season.

*Davion Downey has reached base in six straight games.

*Shea Langeliers has a five-game hitting streak as he had his team-high third multi-RBI game of the season (2).

*Cole Haring has a five-game hitting streak.

*Josh Bissonette has a four-game hitting streak and posted his second multi-RBI game of the season (2).

*Nick Loftin has reached base in four straight games.

*Tucker Cascadden had a season-high two hits.

STAT OF THE GAME
7 - The amount of players that had either a run scored or hit for Baylor.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Cody [Bradford] did a great job. He didn't have great stuff in his first two innings. He really flipped a switch in the third inning and did a great job of competing in the zone and allowed the defense to play behind him. At the same time, he got quite a few strikeouts along the way." Baylor Head Coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears continue their series against George Washington this weekend with games on Saturday at 3:05 p.m. CT and Sunday at 1:05 p.m. For tickets to home games, visit: http://www.baylorbears.com/tickets/. For updates on the program follow @baylorbaseball on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.

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