Baylor
21-27, 0
Oklahoma
30-17, 0
BSB Defeated by No. 17 Oklahoma in Series Opener
5/10/2024 11:35:00 PM | Baseball
Bears unable to hold down Sooners offense in 19-7 loss
The Sooners scored nine unanswered runs after BU plated one in the sixth, riding a 16-hit output to a series-opening win. Four Bears collected multi-hit games in junior outfielder Ty Johnson, fifth-year senior infielder Cole Posey, junior infielder Tyriq Kemp and sophomore outfielder Caleb Bergman.
Baylor scored three runs in each of the first two frames, as the first five batters in the first and first four batters in the second reached safely. Johnson, Posey and junior catcher Cortlan Castle each drove in a pair of runs on the night.
THE RUNDOWN
Baylor (21-27, 9-16) got things going right away as an OU error, a pair of hits, a walk and a run-scoring hit-by-pitch opened the scoring. Posey singled home a run before Castle was plunked with the bases juiced. A sacrifice fly by senior infielder Daniel Altman made it 3-0.
Back-to-back extra-base hits in the bottom of the first pulled the Sooners (30-17, 19-6) within one at 3-2, but the Bears put up another three-spot in their next offensive half inning to extend the lead. Johnson's RBI double was followed by another Posey RBI knock, making it 5-2. A sacrifice squeeze by Castle pushed one more across but that would be all.
OU climbed back with two in the third and two in the fourth to tie it, as left-handed pitcher Braden Davis found his stride on the bump, retiring nine-straight Bears before a pinch-hit infield single by senior catcher Harrison Caley in the fifth.
From there, the Sooners scored four in the bottom of the fifth to pull away, and went on to score nine unanswered after Johnson's second RBI double in the sixth.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor racked up 10 hits on the night, marking the 20th time this season and third-consecutive game that the Bears have eclipsed double digits in hits.
• Junior OF Ty Johnson recorded his 16th multi-hit and fifth multi-RBI game of the season, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
• Johnson also doubled twice, marking his first multi-extra-base hit output of the year.
• Fifth-year senior INF Cole Posey notched his ninth multi-hit and sixth multi-RBI game of the year, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
• Junior INF Hunter Teplanszky reached base for the ninth consecutive plate appearance with a walk in the first inning and extended his on-base streak to six games.
• Junior C Cortlan Castle tallied his fifth multi-RBI game of 2024.
• Junior INF Tyriq Kemp collected his ninth multi-hit game of the season.
• Sophomore OF Caleb Bergman posted his third multi-hit game of the year.
• Senior C Harrison Caley returned from injury and singled in his first at-bat since March 23.
• Freshman LHP RJ Ruais fanned a season-high four batters in his two innings of work on the mound.
• Redshirt junior RHP Andrew Petrowski worked his ninth scoreless outing of the season.
STAT OF THE DAY
4 – Freshman LHP RJ Ruais struck out a season- and career-high four batters, while four Bears recorded multi-hit games in junior OF Ty Johnson, fifth-year senior INF Cole Posey, junior INF Tyriq Kemp and sophomore OF Caleb Bergman.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (21-27, 9-16) and No. 17 Oklahoma (30-17, 19-6) return for game two of the series on Saturday, May 11, at 4 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, Okla.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Davis, Braden (7-3)
L: Marriott, Mason (3-6)
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Ty 2
RBI: Johnson, Ty 2 ; Posey, Cole 2 ; Castle, Cortlan 2 ; Altman, Daniel 1
SH: Castle, Cortlan 1
SF: Altman, Daniel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Apodaca, Enzo 2 ; Johnson, Ty 2 ; Posey, Cole 1 ; Kemp, Tyriq 1 ; Bergman, Caleb 1
SB: Posey, Cole 1
CS: Caley, Harrison 1
HBP: Apodaca, Enzo 1 ; Castle, Cortlan 1
Batting:
2B: Spikerman, John 2 ; Carmichael, Easton 1 ; Snyder, Michael 1 ; Nicklaus, Jackson 1 ; Willits, Jaxon 1
3B: Madron, Bryce 1 ; Walk, Jason 1
RBI: Spikerman, John 1 ; Madron, Bryce 2 ; Carmichael, Easton 5 ; Snyder, Michael 2 ; Mackenzie, Anthony 3 ; Nicklaus, Jackson 3 ; Willits, Jaxon 1 ; Walk, Jason 1
SF: Mackenzie, Anthony 1 ; Willits, Jaxon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Spikerman, John 4 ; Madron, Bryce 4 ; Carmichael, Easton 2 ; Engskov, Patrick 1 ; Snyder, Michael 3 ; Nicklaus, Jackson 1 ; Willits, Jaxon 2 ; Walk, Jason 2
CS: Carmichael, Easton 1
HBP: Madron, Bryce 1 ; Willits, Jaxon 1 ; Mudler, Scott 1 ; Walk, Jason 1
