Baylor Baseball's Streak Snapped at No. 24 DBU

Tue Apr 5 23:23:41 CDT 2022

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 5, 2022

Baylor BSB’s Streak Snapped at No. 24 DBU
Bears drop 11-6 ballgame in Dallas
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
DALLAS – Baylor baseball (16-12) saw its five-game win streak come to an end on Tuesday at No. 24 Dallas Baptist (18-10) by a final of 11-6 at Horner Ballpark in Dallas.

The Bears nearly erased a seven-run deficit, but were ultimately unable to overcome the Patriots. Jared McKenzie drove in four runs for the Bears to tie his career high and Brett Garcia turned in 3.2 perfect innings of work on the mound.

DBU got on the board first with an RBI double in the bottom of the second inning, then plated six runs in the third to take a 7-0 lead through the first three frames. Garcia came on to get the final two outs, and that’s when Baylor started chipping away at the deficit.

After a scoreless fourth, McKenzie’s bases-clearing double in the top of the fifth got the Bears on the board, cutting the DBU lead to 7-3. In the sixth, Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo singled in a run to make it 7-4, then BU added another pair of runs in the seventh to pull within one. McKenzie scored one of the tallies with a sacrifice fly before Kyle Nevin drove in another with an RBI single.

However, that’s all the Bears would get as the Patriots responded with a four-run frame in the bottom of the seventh and kept Baylor in check the rest of the way.

NOTES
• Baylor is now 5-5 against ranked opponents this season.
• BU still holds a 53-28 advantage in the all-time series against DBU, including a 7-3 mark against the Patriots under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez.
• BU is now 48-17 in midweek contests during the Rodriguez era, including a 5-2 mark so far in 2022.
• Baylor turned its 30th double play of the season, becoming the third team in Division I to reach the mark.
• The Bears racked up 10 hits for the 12th time this season and fifth time in the last seven games.
• Baylor logged a season-high five doubles, led by Jared McKenzie’s two.
• McKenzie has tallied nine extra-base hits in his last 10 games.
• McKenzie set a season high and tied his career high with four RBIs.
• Tre Richardson (19), McKenzie (15), Jack Pineda (11) and Chase Wehsener (11) each extended their on-base streaks.
• McKenzie produced his 10th multi-hit game of the year, while Pineda and Wehsener both collected their ninth. Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo recorded his sixth such performance.

STAT OF THE GAME
4 – Jared McKenzie set a season high and tied his career high with four RBIs.

TOP QUOTES
Head coach Steve Rodriguez
On the offense and Brett Garcia’s performance…
“Brett [Garcia] did a great job for us. We gave up a big third inning, but he came in and did a great job of holding them down for a couple innings and allowed our offense to get going. We got within a run, but couldn’t hold them. The offense did a great job of not forcing at-bats. They took what they were given, which is a sign of really good discipline. They did a really good job of finding good pitches to hit and getting on-base. We got within a swing of really get back in that ballgame and causing some chaos towards the end.”

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (16-12, 2-4) heads to Morgantown, W.Va., for a three-game series at West Virginia (16-10, 2-1). Friday’s series opener is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. CT.

For the latest news on the Baylor baseball team all season long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.

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Max Calderone | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-265-1639

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