Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
ARLINGTON, Texas - Baylor (10-14) earned a 6-2 win over UT Arlington (12-10) Tuesday evening at Clay Gould Ballpark. The Bears were fueled by early runs and stellar pitching from freshmen Theron Kay and Troy Montemayor.

The first inning started off great for the Bears as Logan Brown reached on a bunt single and Hayden Ross singled to move Brown to third. Duncan Wendel followed with a fielder's choice RBI, and after a Mitch Price single, Jonathan Ducoff delivered a two-run single with two outs and a 0-2 count.

The Mavericks countered with two runs on three hits in the bottom of the first but it was all they'd get off Baylor's pitchers, and the Bears added more runs in the second.

Levi Gilcrease started the second with a bunt single and Brown followed with a walk. An out later, Wendel and Price had RBI singles. Then Ducoff struck again with two strikes and two outs as he singled up the middle to drive in the game's last run.

Once starter Kay settled in he retired eight straight batters until giving up a one-out walk in the sixth. Kay (3-1) earned the win after allowing two runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts in seven innings. Montemayor finished the game, giving up no runs on three hits and a walk with one strikeout in two innings. UTA starter Kyle Laberge (1-3) took the loss, surrendering six runs on eight hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 1.2 innings.

NOTES
*Baylor has won four of its last six games since enduring a program-record-tying 10-game losing streak from Feb. 27-March 15.

*Baylor is 2-7 in road games this season and 2-10 away from Baylor Ballpark.

*Baylor leads the all-time series vs. UTA 84-31 overall, 38-11 under Steve Smith and 33-19 in Arlington. The Bears have won six of their last seven games in the series but fell last season on March 25, 2014, in a 14-3 decision to end a five-game winning streak.

*Baylor is 147-58 all-time against current members of the Sun Belt Conference and 1-0 this season.

*Baylor is 224-149 in March under Steve Smith and 4-9 this season.

*Theron Kay set career highs with seven innings pitched and four strikeouts.

*Sophomore transfer Ryan Romo made his Baylor debut and first start - he went 1-for-2 with his first career hit, walk and HBP.

*Duncan Wendel has reached base in his last 10 games and extended his career-best hitting streak to six games with his fourth multi-hit effort of the season and first multi-RBI contest.

*Logan Brown has reached base in his last six games.

*Hayden Ross has a hit in his last three games.

*Freshman Jonathan Ducoff has a hit in his last three games after posting his fifth multi-hit game and first multi-RBI (3) effort.

*Aaron Dodson has reached base in his last five games.

*Mitch Price tied a career high with three hits for his third multi-hit game and second three-hit game of the season.

*Freshman Levi Gilcrease posted his third multi-hit game.

STAT OF THE GAME
2 - The amount of two-out, two-strike RBI singles by Jonathan Ducoff to drive in three BU runs.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Theron [Kay] certainly was on his game. After the first inning, he really settled and pitched it really well, and Troy [Montemayor] came in and was able to finish it off at the end. We're very thin in the bullpen right now so the margin of error was small for those two freshmen. It was big for them to do what they did." - Baylor head coach Steve Smith

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor hosts Oklahoma for a three-game series this weekend. Games are scheduled for Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT on FOX Sports Plus, Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. on FOX Sports Plus.