Baseball Loses 7-2 at Memphis

Saturday, April 14

Memphis, Tenn.

3:00 PM

Baylor

16-17

Memphis

12-24

Baylor

Memphis

Baseball Loses 7-2 at Memphis

4/14/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

April 14, 2018

Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
MEMPHIS ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" Baylor baseball lost a 7-2 game to Memphis on Saturday afternoon at FedEx Park. The Bears (16-17) clung to an early 1-0 lead but the Tigers (12-24) rallied for a big fifth inning to even the series.

BU grabbed the lead in the second on an Andy Thomas leadoff single, Cole Haring two-out single and two-out RBI single by Josh Bissonette. However, the Bears had a runner on second or better in each of third, fourth and fifth innings and failed to take advantage.

The Tigers then flipped the game in the fifth, scoring four runs on five hits. Memphis added two more in the sixth and another in the seventh to put the game out of reach.

Baylor scratched a run back in the ninth on a Levi Gilcrease single but was unable to do more damage.

UM starter Jonathan Bowlan (1-5) earned the win, giving up a run on seven hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 6.1 innings. BU starter Cody Bradford (3-4) took the loss, surrendering six runs on 10 hits and one walk with three strikeouts in 5.2 innings.

NOTES
*Baylor is 3-4 in three-game series this season (0-3 on road, 3-1 at home) and has a combined record of 9-12.

*Baylor is 13-8 in non-conference play this season.

*Baylor is 4-9 on the road overall and 0-6 in Big 12 play this season.

*Baylor is 2-4 on its current season-long, seven-game road trip.

*Davis Wendzel has reached base in a career-high 22 straight games, marking Baylor's longest since a 24-game streak in 2016 by Steven McLean.

*Josh Bissonette has reached base in six straight games.

*T.J. Raguse has a five-game on-base streak.

*Andy Thomas has a four-game hitting streak.

*Shea Langeliers has a three-game hitting streak.

*Nick Loftin has reached base in three straight games as he posted his eighth multi-hit game (2).

*Cole Haring registered his ninth multi-hit game (2).

STAT OF THE GAME
10 ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" The amount of hits and runners left on base by Baylor's offense.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"We just had a hard time of stringing hits together. They capitalized on some mistakes and strung some hits together and put us on our heels. We just need to put some hits together and put pressure on them." ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € 'ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ ‚¬ ' ¢ÃƒÆ'Ã†'Ãƒ € ' ¢' ¬" Baylor Head Coach Steve Rodriguez

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears finish their series at Memphis with a 1 p.m. CT Sunday rubber match finale. 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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