Baylor Baseball Slips at Sam Houston, 11-10

Tue Mar 15 23:27:48 CDT 2022

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 15, 2022

Baylor BSB Slips at Sam Houston, 11-10
Bears unable to hold off SHSU’s late charge as Bearkats walk off in the ninth
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Baylor baseball (9-7) couldn’t hold off a late comeback from Sam Houston (11-5) Tuesday night in Huntsville, as the Bearkats topped the Bears, 11-10.

SHSU’s Anthony MacKenzie delivered a walk-off, two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to complete the come-from-behind effort and steal the win from BU.

Baylor had taken advantage of the Bearkats’ five errors and jumped out to early leads of 2-0, 4-2 and 9-2 through the first four innings, but SHSU roared back with six unanswered runs to pull within one at 9-8 entering the ninth.

Nicolas Balsano produced an RBI via a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning to give the Bears some insurance at 10-8, but it wasn’t enough as SHSU responded with a three-spot in the bottom half to snatch the win.

All nine batters in Baylor’s starting lineup either scored or drove in a run, as the Bears totaled 12 hits and committed no errors. However, BU left 15 men on base as it searched for a big hit that proved elusive on the night.

NOTES
• Baylor is now 46-16 in midweek contests under seventh-year head coach Steve Rodriguez, including a 3-1 mark in 2022.
• The Bears are 3-1 against teams from the state of Texas this season.
• BU still leads the all-time series 67-48 over Sam Houston and boasts a 6-5 record against the Bearkats under Rodriguez.
• All nine Bears in the starting lineup either scored or drove in a run.
• Harrison Caley collected a career-high three hits.
• Jack Pineda extended his on-base streak to 19 games, dating back to 2021, with his team-best seventh multi-hit game of the year.
• Tre Richardson notched his fifth multi-hit game of 2022.
• Kyle Nevin added to his team lead with his 13th and 14th RBIs of the season in his fifth multi-RBI outing.
• Chandler Freeman worked a career-long 2.1 innings and didn’t allow a run.

STAT OF THE GAME
9 – All nine Bears either scored a run or drove in a run.

TOP QUOTES
Head coach Steve Rodriguez
On the loss…
“[SHSU] continued to fight. We had some opportunities in the later innings where we just couldn’t get the hit to score more runs. We got them early and put a lot of pressure on them, then later on we just couldn’t get that hit to seal it.”

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (9-7) opens up Big 12 conference play against No. 21 TCU (12-4) with a three-game series in Waco, beginning Friday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark.

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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