BAYLOR BASEBALL: No. 12 Baseball Run Rules UT Arlington, 12-2

Tue May 14 22:05:20 CDT 2019

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BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 14, 2019

NO. 12 BASEBALL RUN RULES UT ARLINGTON, 12-2
The Bears finish with a regular-season mark of 25-6 at home.
For more information contact: Rachel Caton, 254-652-2061, Rachel_Caton at baylor.edu<mailto:Rachel_Caton at baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas – In what could be the final home game of the season, the Bears took care of business against UT Arlington with a 12-2 run-rule victory over the Mavericks Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark.

Baylor (33-13) didn’t skip a beat after having nine days off for finals as four starters collected multi-hit games including Nick Loftin (3-for-4 with 3 RBI) and Shea Langeliers (3-for-5 with 4 RBI) and the Bears scored in five of their six offensive innings.

The Bears were ignited by an impressive start by LHP Tyler Thomas, who struck out six batters in two scoreless innings of work. Blake Helton, Hayden Kettler and Ryan Leckich tag-teamed it the rest of the way, holding the Mavericks to just two runs on seven hits in the shortened seven-inning run-rule.

Loftin got things going with a two-run triple in the bottom of the second, followed by a two-run double from Langeliers that put Baylor ahead 4-0. In the third, Davion Downey knocked in a run and Chase Wehsener added an RBI sacrifice fly to make it 6-0.

Langeliers smoked another RBI double in the fourth to push the lead to 7-0 and then reached on an error that scored a run in the fifth, making it 8-0 Bears. Andy Thomas drove home a pair with a single that saw Baylor remain in front 10-0 through five innings.

UTA (30-22) scored its only runs of the game with a two-run homer in the sixth, but the Bears answered as Loftin drove in his third run of the game with a single and Langeliers once again reached on a run-scoring error as the Bears took a 12-2 lead into the seventh.

Leckich was the man on the mound as Baylor finished it off in the bottom of the seventh. Cunningham and Loftin teamed up to gun down a run at the plate, and Leckich got a batter to pop up to Josh Bissonette for the final out.

NOTES
*The Bears are now one win shy of tying the mark for most wins in a regular season under fourth-year head coach Steve Rodriguez (34).

*The Bears finish with a regular season mark of 25-6 at home.

*Baylor improves to 8-2 in midweek games this season and 35-12 all-time in midweek contests under Rodriguez.

*The Bears have tallied double-digit hits in 29 games this season and have outhit their opponent in 30 of 33 victories.

*151 of Baylor's 336 total runs in 2019 have come with two outs, including four of 12 in tonight’s game.

*The Bears are now 22-6 when scoring first this season.

*Richard Cunningham extended his hit streak to 18 games, a career high.

*Shea Langeliers extended his hit streak to 16 games.

*Davion Downey has a seven-game on-base streak and five-game hit streak.

*Cole Weaver has a seven-game on-base streak.

*Nick Loftin has a six-game hit streak.

*Cole Haring has a six-game hit streak, a season high.

*Tyler Thomas made his first start since March 27 vs Texas Southern. He threw two scoreless innings and tied a season-high with six strikeouts.

*Blake Helton made his 12th appearance of the season and worked a scoreless third inning.

*Hayden Kettler made his 10th appearance of the season and threw three innings of relief.

*Ryan Leckich made his team-leading 25th appearance of the season and worked a scoreless seventh inning.

STAT OF THE DAY
9 – The 9-1-2 spots for Baylor (Chase Wehsener, Nick Loftin and Richard Cunningham) combined to score nine of the Bears’ 12 runs.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
On keeping momentum after the finals break…

"Just really happy with what our guys have done and how hard they worked through finals. Some of these guys are just unbelievable students and to come out here and be able to do this against a pretty good ballclub is pretty impressive. Being able to have this kind of game going into the last weekend, having a chance to win the Big 12 conference championship is pretty special. I think this is the greatest way for us to set that tone.”
- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will travel to Stillwater, Okla. for a crucial three-game series against Oklahoma State with Big 12 title hopes on the line, beginning Thursday, May 16 at 6:35 p.m.

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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