Baseball Falls 4-2 at Oklahoma in Opener

Thursday, March 29

Norman, Okla.

6:30 PM

Baylor

13-10, 3-4

Oklahoma

18-10, 4-0

Baylor

Oklahoma

Baseball Falls 4-2 at Oklahoma in Opener

3/29/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

March 29, 2018

Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
NORMAN, Okla. ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball lost a 4-2 series opener at Oklahoma on Thursday night at Mitchell Park. The Bears (13-10, 3-4) were no-hit through 5.2 innings, and battled to get chances to win late, but came up short against the Sooners (18-10, 4-0).

Trailing 3-0 entering the sixth inning without a hit and just two base runners to show, Baylor made a game of it. Davion Downey led off the sixth with a walk, and with two outs, scored on BU's first hit of the game ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" a double by Nick Loftin.

OU got a run back in the sixth, but the Bears negated it in the eighth. Cole Haring led off with a double, and after a wild pitch, scored on a sacrifice fly by Tucker Cascadden.

In the ninth, Baylor made it very interesting. Richard Cunningham was hit by a pitch to start the innings. An out later, Davis Wendzel and Andy Thomas singled to load the bases. Unfortunately, Haring struck out and pinch-hitter Tucker Johnson did the same to leave the tying run at second and go-ahead run at first.

Sooners starter Jake Irving (5-0) earned the win, allowing two runs on two hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in eight innings. Braidyn Fink earned the one-out save for his first of the season. BU starter Kyle Hill (2-1) took the loss, giving up three runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 3.2 innings.

NOTES
*Baylor has won 10 of its last 15 games.

*Baylor is 3-2 in three-game series this season (0-1 on road, 3-1 at home) and has a combined record of 8-6.

*Baylor had hit a home run in six straight games (nine total homers). BU had a streak of six straight games last season from May 13-19, 2017 (15 total homers).

*Davis Wendzel has reached base in 12 straight games.

*Andy Thomas has an eight-game on-base streak and four-game hitting streak.

< *freshman="">Nick Loftin has a six-game hitting streak.

*Cole Haring has a four-game hitting streak.

*Richard Cunningham has a four-game on-base streak.

*Davion Downey has a three-game on-base streak.

STAT OF THE GAME
3 ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" The amount of two-out RBI singles Oklahoma had and the amount of chances at the plate Baylor had in the ninth with the tying run on first or second base.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears continue their series in Norman, Oklahoma, with games at 6:30 p.m. CT Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. 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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