Baseball Topples Dallas Baptist, 5-2

Tuesday, March 20

Dallas, Texas

6:30 PM

Baylor

11-7

Dallas Baptist

11-8

Baylor

DBU

Baseball Topples Dallas Baptist, 5-2

3/20/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

March 20, 2018

Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
DALLAS ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball registered a 5-2 win over Dallas Baptist on Tuesday evening at Horner Ballpark. The Bears (11-7) scored early runs and received great pitching to take down the Patriots (11-8).

BU grabbed a 3-0 lead with a big third inning. Davis Wendzel led off with a walk, Andy Thomas singled, and after a sacrifice bunt, Davion Downey snuck a two-run single through the left side. Following a single by Levi Gilcrease, Tucker Cascadden singled home Downey.

The Bears followed with a run in the third as Richard Cunningham led off with a double, moved to third on a fly out and scored on a Wendzel groundout. Josh Bissonette added to the lead in the fifth with a solo home run to left.

BU reliever Jacob Ashkinos took over the middle of the game, tossing four shutout innings with nine strikeouts. DBU scratched two runs in the ninth and had two on with two outs but Troy Montemayor come on for his second one-pitch save in as many outings for his sixth save of the season.

BU starter Alex Phillips (1-0) earned the win with two shutout innings as he gave up a hit and walk with four strikeouts. DBU starter Kody Funderburk (1-2) took the loss, surrendering three runs on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts in two innings.

NOTES
*Baylor's 15 strikeouts were its most since fanning 16 batters on May 27, 2007 vs. Oklahoma.

*Baylor has won eight of its last 10 games.

*Baylor is 19-9 in midweek games under third-year head coach Steve Rodriguez with a 12-8 home mark and 7-1 road record. BU is 2-1 in 2018 (0-1 at home, 2-0 on road).

*Baylor has hit 96 home runs in 128 games under Rodriguez. BU hit 51 in 2017 for its most homers since 2010 (57). BU has 11 in 2018.

*Jacob Ashkinos tied a career high with four innings pitched (most in relief) and set a career high with nine strikeouts. His nine strikeouts in relief were the most since Aaron Miller had a school-record 10 vs. Missouri on April 11, 2009.

*Troy Montemayor has seven straight scoreless outings to open the season (5.2 innings) and earned his 32nd career save (sixth of the season). He is now within six of topping Baylor's all-time career saves leader Zane Carlson (37, 2000-04). He converted his first eight career save attempts in 2016, and after blowing his ninth try, converted 12 straight before blowing his 22nd attempt. He has converted 23 of his last 24 save tries and 12 straight. He is 32-for-34 in career save chances.

*Davis Wendzel has reached base in seven straight games.

*Andy Thomas has a three-game hitting streak as he posted his team-high seventh multi-hit game of the season (2).

*Richard Cunningham has a three-game hitting streak.

*Josh Bissonette has reached base in three straight games as he hit his third home run of the season and sixth of his career. He has tied his season-high total of three as a freshman in 2016.

*Davion Downey has his fourth multi-hit game of the season (2) and second multi-RBI game (2).

STAT OF THE GAME
3 ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" The amount of home runs Josh Bissonette has hit at Dallas Baptist's Horner Ballpark, which are half his career total as a Bear.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Dallas Baptist is a pretty impressive hitting team. We were able to get the ball above their bats today and got them to swing a lot. Alex [Phillips] did a phenomenal job with his fastball command tonight and [Jacob] Ashkinos came in and did a wonderful job. [Kyle] Hill did a great job going the distance he went. I was happy with how we really competed on the mound tonight." ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" Baylor Head Coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears host Kansas this weekend for their second Big 12 series of the season with games at 6:35 p.m. CT Friday, 2:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:05 p.m. Sunday. For tickets to home games, visit: http://www.baylorbears.com/tickets/. For updates on the program follow @baylorbaseball on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.

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