Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas -- Baylor baseball stayed hot with the bats for a 20-4 win over Stony Brook to earn its first series win of the season and Steve Rodriguez era on Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (3-3) scored multiple runs in the first, third, fourth, seventh and eighth innings to put away the Seawolves (1-3) for a second straight rout.

Friday night's star Darryn Sheppard was at it again in the first inning to get the Bears a 2-0 lead with a two-out, two-run opposite field home run to right field, driving in T.J. Raguse after a walk.

Sheppard struck again with two outs in the third after another Raguse walk and an error that let Matt Menard reach base instead of ending the inning. Sheppard roped an RBI double down the left field line. Richard Cunningham backed him up with a two-run single up the middle to put BU ahead 5-0.

The Bears put the game out of reach in the fourth with a six-run frame. Steven McLean started it with an HBP, and after a Josh Bissonette walk, SBU went to the bullpen to no avail. Menard and Sheppard delivered two-out RBI singles before Cunningham golfed a three-run homer to right. After an Aaron Dodson HBP and Ben Carl reaching on error, McLean capped the scoring with an RBI single to right for an 11-0 edge.

Stony Brook answered with three runs in the fifth and one in the eighth but the Baylor bats kept rolling as Carl pushed a run across with a double play ball in the sixth.

In the seventh, BU scored five more as Raguse had an RBI single, Cunningham smacked a three-run triple down the right field line and Dodson crushed an RBI double to left-center.

Baylor ended the scoring with three runs in the eighth on a Joe Sabatini RBI double to center and two-run homer to left by Sheppard.

BU starter Drew Tolson (1-0) earned the win, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in seven innings. SBU starter Cameron Stone (0-1) was handed the loss after allowing seven runs (four earned) on four hits and three walks with one strikeout in three innings.

NOTES
*Baylor is 388-169 all-time at Baylor Ballpark and 3-3 under Steve Rodriguez.

*Baylor and Stony Brook met for the first-ever time Friday, and BU leads the all-time series 2-0.

*Baylor has scored eight runs in the first inning of this Stony Brook series (6 Friday, 2 Saturday).

*Baylor has combined for 20 two-out RBI in its two games vs. SBU (9 Friday, 11 Saturday).

*Baylor has scored 16 or more runs in consecutive games for the first time since April 5-7, 2009, when the Bears scored a 21-9 win at Kansas and 18-1 win vs. Northwestern State.

*Baylor scored 20 runs in a game for the first time since April 3, 2010, at Missouri in a 20-6 win.

*Darryn Sheppard's two home runs marked the second time he has done so in his career and he's also the last Baylor player to accomplish the feat, doing so on May 3, 2015, at Kansas -- he now has two on the season and eight in his career.

*Sheppard's five runs scored were a career high and he became the first BU player to do so since Logan Vick did the same vs. UT Arlington on April 14, 2010.

*Sheppard's six RBI were also a career high and he became the first BU player to have six RBI in a game since Grayson Porter did at Oklahoma on May 4, 2014.

*Going 4-for-5 at the plate, Sheppard also had his team-high third multi-RBI game, extending his on-base streak to five games.

*Sheppard's eight straight at-bats with hits from Friday and Saturday were the most since Adam Toth did the same from April 27-29, 2014.

*Richard Cunningham's eight RBI were a career high and he became the first BU player to have eight or more RBI since Charley Carter set the school record with nine at UTSA on April 1, 1998.

*Cunningham set a career high with three hits and tied a career high with three runs scored for the second straight game as he extended his on-base streak to six games.

*Cunningham had his first career triple and second homer of the season and his career.

*T.J. Raguse had his first collegiate hit, RBI walk (2) and run scored (3).

*Matt Menard scored a career-high three runs.

*Aaron Dodson had a career-high four hits, going 4-for-5 with a run and RBI.

*Steven McLean tied a career high with two hits for the second straight game, going 2-for-3 with a run and RBI to extend his on-base streak to five games.

*Josh Bissonette had a walk to extend his on-base streak to five games.

STAT OF THE GAME
20 -- The amount of runs and hits Baylor's offensive had in the game and the amount of two-out RBI the Bears have in the first two games of the Stony Brook series.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"It was great to see the bats come alive today. Days like these are refreshing offensively. The guys were in swing and playing easy today. The biggest thing is that tomorrow's another baseball game, so we have to keep that momentum going, jump out early and allow the offense to go." -- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor and Stony Brook finish their three-game weekend series with a 1:05 p.m. CT game Sunday on FOX Sports Southwest at Baylor Ballpark. The pitching matchup features BU RHP Nick Lewis (0-1, 1.80 ERA) vs. SBU's pitcher that has yet to be announced.