Baylor Baseball: BSB Drops Saturday Game to Kansas State, 10-3

[Rhodes, Zach]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 8, 2021

Baseball Drops Saturday Game to Kansas State, 10-3
The Bears and Wildcats will play the rubber match tomorrow at 12 p.m.
Media Link: https://baylorbea.rs/37RVUDI
For more information contact: Zach Rhodes, 919-247-7585, Zach_Rhodes at baylor.edu

WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball dropped game two against Kansas State, 10-3, on Saturday at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (28-14, 8-9 Big 12) were tied with the Wildcats (28-17, 7-10 Big 12) going into the ninth inning when K-State put up a seven-spot in the top half.

The Bears jumped out to an early lead when fourth-year junior Davion Downey smacked his sixth home run of the season to make it 1-0 in the second. The Bears added another run after junior Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo used an RBI-single to double the BU lead after two innings.

Kansas State responded with a solo home run of its own in the third to trim the deficit to 2-1.

Both teams were held in check until the bottom of the sixth inning, where sophomore Jack Pineda came up with an RBI-single to push the advantage to 3-1. Once again, the Wildcats had a response with two runs in the seventh to knot things at 3-3.

In the ninth, K-State sealed the win with seven runs in the inning.

Baylor starter Cam Caley was fantastic on the mound throwing a career-long 5.2 innings, while only allowing one run on two hits, one walk and striking out five. K-State reliever Eric Torres (3-0) earned the win, while fifth-year senior Ryan Leckich (2-1) was tabbed with his first loss in 2021.

NOTES
• Baylor is 21-4 this season at Baylor Ballpark.
• True freshman Cam Caley threw a career-best 5.2 innings.
• Caley has only allowed two runs in his last six appearances (19.1 IP).
• Cardoza-Oquendo finished the night 3-for-4 with one RBI.
• Second-year freshman Tre Richardson and fifth-year senior Andy Thomas finished with two hits apiece.

QUOTE FROM COACH ROD
“Our guys competed really well against a possible first round pick (Jordan Wicks). He’s a really good pitcher, throws a lot of pitches for strikes, up to mid-nineties on his fastball and does a really great job with his breaking ball. I thought our guys did a really great job of getting on top of him. They competed their butts off and I was really happy about that. We made some mistakes in regards to defense and team stuff but I think offensively there’s a couple times during a game when you have an at-bat that can really punch it through and put the other team on their heels. You just look at it, we had a bunch of base runners on there and we just couldn’t get that two-out hit today. Tip your hat to Kansas-State, they did a good job, they competed for nine innings, and they were able to get us at the end.”

WHAT’S NEXT
The Bears and Wildcats will finish the series on Sunday at 12 p.m. at Baylor Ballpark.

To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor baseball, follow the team on Facebook (Baylor Baseball), Twitter (@BaylorBaseball) and Instagram (@BaylorBaseball).


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Zach Rhodes | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 919-247-7585 | O: 254-710-3784

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