Baylor Baseball Snaps 4-Game Losing Streak
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball notched a 2-1 win vs. Lamar on Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (14-13) only scored in one inning but it was all they needed to top the Cardinals (6-23).
Trailing 1-0 after the fourth, BU caught a break in the sixth as Shea Langeliers struck out swinging with two outs on a pitch in the dirt but the throw to first was offline. Capitalizing on the mistake, Davis Wendzel singled, Andy Thomas walked and Davion Downey hit a two-run double to put the Bears ahead.
From there, reliever Kyle Hill posted three shutout innings, taking over for starter Tyler Thomas, who tossed four one-run frames. Ryan Leckich got the first two outs of the eighth but then walked the next two, forcing BU to bring in Troy Montemayor. The closer needed two pitches to get out of the jam and shut the door in the ninth for his seventh save.
Hill (3-1) earned the win while Lamar starter Jace Campbell (0-5) took the loss, giving up two unearned runs on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts in six innings.
“Wins are always good. It’s like I told our guys, we never apologize for any wins. We play really hard and sometimes we don’t win and sometimes we have to take advantage of another person’s mistakes, and that is what we did tonight. Little things like that can really propel a team and that’s what I’m hoping for. There is definitely not a lack of effort coming from our guys right now. They’re in the cages, they’re looking at video, they’re wanting to get it right and they’re coming in and trying to see what’s going on. Sometimes it’s just those weird things that happen in baseball. There is really no rhyme or reason, it’s just really unlucky, timing is off, whatever it is. Tomorrow, we’re going to come out and we’re going to have a great practice, going to have kind of an individual deal where we are just helping guys and just let them hit. Hopefully we can take it over into the weekend against Texas.” – Baylor Head Coach Steve Rodriguez
The Bears travel to Austin to face Texas on Friday at 6:30 p.m. , Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.