BAYLOR BASEBALL: No. 18 Baseball Takes Series Over TCU in Dominating 15-2 Fashion

[Caton, Rachel]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 27, 2019

No. 18 Baseball Takes Series Over TCU in Dominating 15-2 Fashion
The Bears will go for the series sweep tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Lupton Stadium.
For more information contact: Rachel Caton, 254-652-2061, Rachel_Caton at baylor.edu<mailto:Rachel_Caton at baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
FORT WORTH, Texas – The No. 18 Bears exploded for 15 runs on 19 hits to take the series over TCU with a commanding 15-2 victory on Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.

The Bears (29-12, 11-5) were impressive at the plate, with eight-of-nine in the starting lineup recording at least one hit, five having multi-hit performances. Overall, five Bears drove in multiple runs on the day, led by Shea Langeliers and Cole Weaver, who drove in three runs apiece.

Josh Bissonette led the way as he tied his career-high with a four-hit performance, going 4-for-5 with two RBI. Weaver had a career day, making his first start since Feb. 15 count, tallying a career-high three hits on a 3-for-5 day with a career-high three RBI and his first extra base hit, an RBI triple in the second inning. Weaver also made his impact felt in the field, making two outstanding plays in the field to rob TCU (23-18, 6-8) of hits.

Langeliers and Cole Haring each connected on long balls, with Langeliers three-run shot the centerpiece of the Bears’ eight-run third inning, while Haring tacked on a solo shot in the sixth.

On the mound, the Bears were led by starter Jimmy Winston, who tied his career-long outing of 7.0 innings. He allowed just two runs on six hits with two walks and one strikeout en route to his fourth win of the year. Daniel Caruso followed with two innings of hitless relief to shut things down with two strikeouts and no free passes.

The Bears jumped out to plate two in the first inning and never looked back, adding a season-high eight runs in the third inning, chasing starter Charles King. He Bears followed with three in the fourth to jump out to a 13-0 lead.

The Horned Frogs got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, but that was all the Bears would allow, adding one more in the sixth on Haring’s solo home and a 15th run in the top of the ninth as pinch hitter T.J. Raguse delivered an RBI single.


NOTES

*The Bears clinched their second-straight series over the Horned Frogs and third in four years under head coach Steve Rodriguez.

*The Bears’ 15 runs are the second-most scored in a game this season, behind 17 vs. Cornell on Feb. 22. Those 15 runs are also the most scored in a conference game this season and the most since scoring 16 on April 22, 2018 vs. Kansas State.

*The Bears 19 hits are the second-most in a game this season. The most was 22 vs. Cal Poly on March 17.

*Eight runs scored in the third inning are the most in a single inning all year and the most since scoring nine in an inning vs. Prairie View A&M May 9, 2018.

*The Bears are now 19-6 in games in which they score first.

*135 of Baylor’s 294 total runs in 2019 have come with two outs, including three of 15 tonight.

*Cole Weaver made his first start since Feb. 15 (opening day) and had his first at-bat since Feb. 24 and was a career-best 3-for-5 with 3 RBIs, including his first-career extra base hit, a triple.

*Josh Bissonette tied his career high with four hits on the day, going 4-for-5 with 2 RBI. He reached base in five-of-six plate appearances as he was also hit by the pitch.

*Eight-of-nine in the starting lineup had at least one hit on the day, five had multi-hit performances and five had multi-RBI performances.

*Langeliers hit his fifth home run of the year.

*Haring his hit team-leading ninth home run of the year.

*Richard Cunningham extended his hit streak to 13 games.

*Andy Thomas extended his hit streak to 13 games.

*Langeliers has an 11-game hit streak.

*Starter Jimmy Winston tied his career-high with 7.0 innings of work.

*Reliever Daniel Caruso made his 20th appearance of the year.

*The 15 runs against the Horned Frogs are the most they have put up on them since scoring 16 on April 22, 2017 in Ft. Worth.

*The Bears have now won four-of-five three-game Big 12 series on the year.

*The Bears have won seven-of-nine three game series on the year.


STAT OF THE DAY
15  – The Bears’ offense exploded for 15 runs on 19 hits, the most in any Big 12 conference game this year.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
On the pitching staff performance…
“What’s funny is you want them to save them for tomorrow as well. But I tell you what, King came in and was throwing hard with good stuff, and watching our guys take some really good swings I just sat back and said ‘Hey just keep doing what you’re doing.” I’m really happy with the performance they had today. TCU is a really good ballclub, and having Jimmy hold them down the way he did and having our offense really put good swings on good pitches, I’m just really happy watching them go about that. At that point, I just stepped back and let them do their thing.”
- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will go for the series sweep of the Horned Frogs at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, April 28 at Lupton Stadium.

For tickets to home games, visit: https://baylorbears.com/sports/2018/9/11/tickets.aspx. For updates on the program follow @baylorbaseball on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Rachel Caton | Associate Sports Information Director
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-3784
C: 254-652-2061

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