Baylor
9-7
Sam Houston
11-5
BSB Slips at Sam Houston, 11-10
3/15/2022 11:22:00 PM | Baseball
Bears unable to hold off SHSU’s late charge as Bearkats walk off in the ninth
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Baylor baseball (9-7) couldn't hold off a late comeback from Sam Houston (11-5) Tuesday night in Huntsville, as the Bearkats topped the Bears, 11-10.
SHSU's Anthony MacKenzie delivered a walk-off, two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to complete the come-from-behind effort and steal the win from BU.
Baylor had taken advantage of the Bearkats' five errors and jumped out to early leads of 2-0, 4-2 and 9-2 through the first four innings, but SHSU roared back with six unanswered runs to pull within one at 9-8 entering the ninth.
Nicolas Balsano produced an RBI via a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning to give the Bears some insurance at 10-8, but it wasn't enough as SHSU responded with a three-spot in the bottom half to snatch the win.
All nine batters in Baylor's starting lineup either scored or drove in a run, as the Bears totaled 12 hits and committed no errors. However, BU left 15 men on base as it searched for a big hit that proved elusive on the night.
NOTES
• Baylor is now 46-16 in midweek contests under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez, including a 3-1 mark in 2022.
• The Bears are 3-1 against teams from the state of Texas this season.
• BU still leads the all-time series 67-48 over Sam Houston and boasts a 6-5 record against the Bearkats under Rodriguez.
• All nine Bears in the starting lineup either scored or drove in a run.
• Harrison Caley collected a career-high three hits.
• Jack Pineda extended his on-base streak to 19 games, dating back to 2021, with his team-best seventh multi-hit game of the year.
• Tre Richardson notched his fifth multi-hit game of 2022.
• Kyle Nevin added to his team lead with his 13th and 14th RBIs of the season in his fifth multi-RBI outing.
• Chandler Freeman worked a career-long 2.1 innings and didn't allow a run.
STAT OF THE GAME
9 – All nine Bears either scored a run or drove in a run.
TOP QUOTES
Head coach Steve Rodriguez
On the loss…
"[SHSU] continued to fight. We had some opportunities in the later innings where we just couldn't get the hit to score more runs. We got them early and put a lot of pressure on them, then later on we just couldn't get that hit to seal it."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (9-7) opens up Big 12 conference play against No. 21 TCU (12-4) with a three-game series in Waco, beginning Friday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark.
For the latest news on the Baylor baseball team all season long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Coldiron, Gavi (1-0)
L: Voelker, Matt (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Gonzales, Alex 1 ; Caley, Harrison 1
RBI: Richardson, Tre 1 ; Nevin, Kyle 2 ; Wehsener, Chase 1 ; Neumann, Casen 1 ; Balsano, Nicolas 1 ; Gonzales, Alex 1 ; Caley, Harrison 1
SH: Pineda, Jack 1 ; Nevin, Kyle 1
SF: Nevin, Kyle 1 ; Balsano, Nicolas 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pineda, Jack 2 ; Richardson, Tre 2 ; Nevin, Kyle 1 ; McKenzie, Jared 1 ; Neumann, Casen 1 ; Gonzales, Alex 1 ; Cardoza-Oquendo, Esteban 1 ; Caley, Harrison 1
CS: Richardson, Tre 1
HBP: McKenzie, Jared 1 ; Wehsener, Chase 1 ; Caley, Harrison 1
Batting:
2B: MacKenzie, Anthony 2 ; Guerrero, Jacob 1
3B: Contreras, Carlos 1
RBI: MacKenzie, Anthony 2 ; Chadwick, Clayton 1 ; Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Contreras, Carlos 1 ; Touchet, Trent 1 ; Loyd, Easton 2 ; Janek, Walker 2
SF: Touchet, Trent 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MacKenzie, Anthony 3 ; Chadwick, Clayton 1 ; Contreras, Carlos 2 ; Touchet, Trent 1 ; Guerrero, Jacob 1 ; Brewster, Lane 1 ; Janek, Walker 2
SB: Janek, Walker 1
HBP: Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Touchet, Trent 1
