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No. 18 Baseball Takes Series Over TCU in Dominating 15-2 Fashion
4/27/2019 7:39:00 PM | Baseball
FORTH WORTH, Texas– Cole Weaver had played in just six games all year and made his last plate appearance in February.
But, with Davis Wendzel missing his first game with sore muscles, Weaver made a couple web gems at third base and went 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs as part of a 19-hit explosion to lift the No. 18 Baylor baseball team (29-12, 11-5) to a 15-2 series-clinching win over TCU (23-18, 6-8) Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.
"I thank God for giving me this opportunity," said Weaver, who came into the game with five hits in 20 career at-bats. "I'm here to serve this team. That's my mindset, and it's been my goal since I came here. After this year, I'm going to be an office r in the U.S. Army, a second lieutenant. I'm just trying to soak it all up and help them have the best experiences they can."
After winning Friday's series opener, 6-3, the Bears took the doubt of this one early with two runs in the second and a season-high eight-run outburst in the third that knocked TCU starter Charles King (3-2) out of the game.
"King came in and was throwing hard with good stuff," Baylor coach Steve Rodriguez said. "Watching our guys take some really good swings, I just sat back and said, 'Hey, just keep doing what you're doing.'''
King actually retired the first four batters of the game, but Cole Haring drew a one-out walk and scored on the first of four hits by Josh Bissonette, a single through the left side. Weaver followed with a run-scoring triple to right as Hunter Wolfe crashed into the wall.
That was just a drop in the ocean compared to what the Bears did in the next inning as 11 batters came to the plate and eight of them came around to score.
After an infield single by Nick Loftin and Richard Cunningham's double to the gap in left-center field, Shea Langeliers crushed a three-run home run off the scoreboard in left field to give Baylor the early 5-0 lead.
"I hit it pretty well," said Langeliers, who hit his fifth homer, all in the last 14 games. "All I was trying to do there was just use the middle of the field, whether it was a ground ball or a fly ball. When I felt that one come off the bat, I felt pretty good about it."
King's day was over after an error and singles by Haring and Bissonette plated another run. Baylor kept the hit parade coming against reliever Haylen Green, with Weaver driving in a run with a single, Chase Wehsener following with a two-run double and Loftin making it 10-0 with a sac fly.
"It gets all the players fired up, especially all the people in the dugout," Weaver said of Baylor's offensive attack. "The dugout is the main reason we get pumped. Every single one of those players is awesome. They're great guys, and I love them. They really pump up the energy and make everybody feel loose and ready to go."
The Bears tacked on three more runs in the fourth inning on singles by Langeliers and Weaver, sandwiched around doubles by Andy Thomas and Bissonette.
"Hitting is definitely contagious," said Langeliers, who is hitting .449 over the last 11 games. "When the guys in front of you are smoking balls, you're like, 'All right, let's go. It's my turn to smoke a ball.' It definitely keeps that positive attitude throughout the dugout when everybody's going up to the plate expecting to get a hit."
TCU broke through with two runs on three hits in the fourth, but Baylor starter Jimmy Winston (4-1) retired the next 10 batters in a row and worked through seven innings to pick up the win.
Daniel Caruso tossed two scoreless and hitless innings to close out the game, the only batter reaching base on a strikeout/wild pitch.
Rodriguez said the key for Winston is getting ahead in the count. "When he gets strikes early in the count, he's able to kind of manipulate the ball a little bit," he said. "When he gets behind in the count, it's a little bit of a different story. Watching him get ahead of hitters was good, and the guys made some really good plays behind him."
Baylor goes for its second straight series sweep of TCU with Sunday's 1 p.m. series finale, with sophomore right-hander Jacob Ashkinos (1-2, 3.56 ERA) getting the start for the Bears.
"All of our arms are going to be fresh tomorrow, including our closer," Rodriguez said. "We don't have to have somebody go out there and kind of stick it out a little bit. If they get in trouble, we can go ahead and go to the bullpen early and get a fresh arm in there if we need it."
THE RUNDOWN
FORT WORTH, Texas – The No. 18 Bears exploded for 15 runs on 19 hits to take the series over TCU with a commanding 15-2 victory on Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.
The Bears (29-12, 11-5) were impressive at the plate, with eight-of-nine in the starting lineup recording at least one hit, five having multi-hit performances. Overall, five Bears drove in multiple runs on the day, led by Shea Langeliers and Cole Weaver, who drove in three runs apiece.
Josh Bissonette led the way as he tied his career-high with a four-hit performance, going 4-for-5 with two RBI. Weaver had a career day, making his first start since Feb. 15 count, tallying a career-high three hits on a 3-for-5 day with a career-high three RBI and his first extra base hit, an RBI triple in the second inning. Weaver also made his impact felt in the field, making two outstanding plays in the field to rob TCU (23-18, 6-8) of hits.
Langeliers and Cole Haring each connected on long balls, with Langeliers three-run shot the centerpiece of the Bears' eight-run third inning, while Haring tacked on a solo shot in the sixth.
On the mound, the Bears were led by starter Jimmy Winston, who tied his career-long outing of 7.0 innings. He allowed just two runs on six hits with two walks and one strikeout en route to his fourth win of the year. Daniel Caruso followed with two innings of hitless relief to shut things down with two strikeouts and no free passes.
The Bears jumped out to plate two in the first inning and never looked back, adding a season-high eight runs in the third inning, chasing starter Charles King. He Bears followed with three in the fourth to jump out to a 13-0 lead.
The Horned Frogs got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, but that was all the Bears would allow, adding one more in the sixth on Haring's solo home and a 15thrun in the top of the ninth as pinch hitter T.J. Raguse delivered an RBI single.
NOTES
*The Bears clinched their second-straight series over the Horned Frogs and third in four years under head coach Steve Rodriguez.
*The Bears' 15 runs are the second-most scored in a game this season, behind 17 vs. Cornell on Feb. 22. Those 15 runs are also the most scored in a conference game this season and the most since scoring 16 on April 22, 2018 vs. Kansas State.
*The Bears 19 hits are the second-most in a game this season. The most was 22 vs. Cal Poly on March 17.
*Eight runs scored in the third inning are the most in a single inning all year and the most since scoring nine in an inning vs. Prairie View A&M May 9, 2018.
*The Bears are now 19-6 in games in which they score first.
*135 of Baylor's 294 total runs in 2019 have come with two outs, including three of 15 tonight.
*Cole Weaver made his first start since Feb. 15 (opening day) and had his first at-bat since Feb. 24 and was a career-best 3-for-5 with 3 RBIs, including his first-career extra base hit, a triple.
*Josh Bissonette tied his career high with four hits on the day, going 4-for-5 with 2 RBI. He reached base in five-of-six plate appearances as he was also hit by the pitch.
*Eight-of-nine in the starting lineup had at least one hit on the day, five had multi-hit performances and five had multi-RBI performances.
*Langeliers hit his fifth home run of the year.
*Haring his hit team-leading ninth home run of the year.
*Richard Cunningham extended his hit streak to 13 games.
*Andy Thomas extended his hit streak to 13 games.
*Langeliers has an 11-game hit streak.
*Starter Jimmy Winston tied his career-high with 7.0 innings of work.
*Reliever Daniel Caruso made his 20thappearance of the year.
*The 15 runs against the Horned Frogs are the most they have put up on them since scoring 16 on April 22, 2017 in Ft. Worth.
*The Bears have now won four-of-five three-game Big 12 series on the year.
*The Bears have won seven-of-nine three game series on the year.
STAT OF THE DAY
15 – The Bears' offense exploded for 15 runs on 19 hits, the most in any Big 12 conference game this year.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
On the pitching staff performance…
"What's funny is you want them to save them for tomorrow as well. But I tell you what, King came in and was throwing hard with good stuff, and watching our guys take some really good swings I just sat back and said 'Hey just keep doing what you're doing." I'm really happy with the performance they had today. TCU is a really good ballclub, and having Jimmy hold them down the way he did and having our offense really put good swings on good pitches, I'm just really happy watching them go about that. At that point, I just stepped back and let them do their thing."
- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will go for the series sweep of the Horned Frogs at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, April 28 at Lupton Stadium.
For tickets to home games, visit: https://baylorbears.com/sports/2018/9/11/tickets.aspx. For updates on the program follow @baylorbaseball on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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But, with Davis Wendzel missing his first game with sore muscles, Weaver made a couple web gems at third base and went 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs as part of a 19-hit explosion to lift the No. 18 Baylor baseball team (29-12, 11-5) to a 15-2 series-clinching win over TCU (23-18, 6-8) Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.
"I thank God for giving me this opportunity," said Weaver, who came into the game with five hits in 20 career at-bats. "I'm here to serve this team. That's my mindset, and it's been my goal since I came here. After this year, I'm going to be an office r in the U.S. Army, a second lieutenant. I'm just trying to soak it all up and help them have the best experiences they can."
After winning Friday's series opener, 6-3, the Bears took the doubt of this one early with two runs in the second and a season-high eight-run outburst in the third that knocked TCU starter Charles King (3-2) out of the game.
"King came in and was throwing hard with good stuff," Baylor coach Steve Rodriguez said. "Watching our guys take some really good swings, I just sat back and said, 'Hey, just keep doing what you're doing.'''
King actually retired the first four batters of the game, but Cole Haring drew a one-out walk and scored on the first of four hits by Josh Bissonette, a single through the left side. Weaver followed with a run-scoring triple to right as Hunter Wolfe crashed into the wall.
That was just a drop in the ocean compared to what the Bears did in the next inning as 11 batters came to the plate and eight of them came around to score.
After an infield single by Nick Loftin and Richard Cunningham's double to the gap in left-center field, Shea Langeliers crushed a three-run home run off the scoreboard in left field to give Baylor the early 5-0 lead.
"I hit it pretty well," said Langeliers, who hit his fifth homer, all in the last 14 games. "All I was trying to do there was just use the middle of the field, whether it was a ground ball or a fly ball. When I felt that one come off the bat, I felt pretty good about it."
King's day was over after an error and singles by Haring and Bissonette plated another run. Baylor kept the hit parade coming against reliever Haylen Green, with Weaver driving in a run with a single, Chase Wehsener following with a two-run double and Loftin making it 10-0 with a sac fly.
"It gets all the players fired up, especially all the people in the dugout," Weaver said of Baylor's offensive attack. "The dugout is the main reason we get pumped. Every single one of those players is awesome. They're great guys, and I love them. They really pump up the energy and make everybody feel loose and ready to go."
The Bears tacked on three more runs in the fourth inning on singles by Langeliers and Weaver, sandwiched around doubles by Andy Thomas and Bissonette.
"Hitting is definitely contagious," said Langeliers, who is hitting .449 over the last 11 games. "When the guys in front of you are smoking balls, you're like, 'All right, let's go. It's my turn to smoke a ball.' It definitely keeps that positive attitude throughout the dugout when everybody's going up to the plate expecting to get a hit."
TCU broke through with two runs on three hits in the fourth, but Baylor starter Jimmy Winston (4-1) retired the next 10 batters in a row and worked through seven innings to pick up the win.
Daniel Caruso tossed two scoreless and hitless innings to close out the game, the only batter reaching base on a strikeout/wild pitch.
Rodriguez said the key for Winston is getting ahead in the count. "When he gets strikes early in the count, he's able to kind of manipulate the ball a little bit," he said. "When he gets behind in the count, it's a little bit of a different story. Watching him get ahead of hitters was good, and the guys made some really good plays behind him."
Baylor goes for its second straight series sweep of TCU with Sunday's 1 p.m. series finale, with sophomore right-hander Jacob Ashkinos (1-2, 3.56 ERA) getting the start for the Bears.
"All of our arms are going to be fresh tomorrow, including our closer," Rodriguez said. "We don't have to have somebody go out there and kind of stick it out a little bit. If they get in trouble, we can go ahead and go to the bullpen early and get a fresh arm in there if we need it."
THE RUNDOWN
FORT WORTH, Texas – The No. 18 Bears exploded for 15 runs on 19 hits to take the series over TCU with a commanding 15-2 victory on Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.
The Bears (29-12, 11-5) were impressive at the plate, with eight-of-nine in the starting lineup recording at least one hit, five having multi-hit performances. Overall, five Bears drove in multiple runs on the day, led by Shea Langeliers and Cole Weaver, who drove in three runs apiece.
Josh Bissonette led the way as he tied his career-high with a four-hit performance, going 4-for-5 with two RBI. Weaver had a career day, making his first start since Feb. 15 count, tallying a career-high three hits on a 3-for-5 day with a career-high three RBI and his first extra base hit, an RBI triple in the second inning. Weaver also made his impact felt in the field, making two outstanding plays in the field to rob TCU (23-18, 6-8) of hits.
Langeliers and Cole Haring each connected on long balls, with Langeliers three-run shot the centerpiece of the Bears' eight-run third inning, while Haring tacked on a solo shot in the sixth.
On the mound, the Bears were led by starter Jimmy Winston, who tied his career-long outing of 7.0 innings. He allowed just two runs on six hits with two walks and one strikeout en route to his fourth win of the year. Daniel Caruso followed with two innings of hitless relief to shut things down with two strikeouts and no free passes.
The Bears jumped out to plate two in the first inning and never looked back, adding a season-high eight runs in the third inning, chasing starter Charles King. He Bears followed with three in the fourth to jump out to a 13-0 lead.
The Horned Frogs got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, but that was all the Bears would allow, adding one more in the sixth on Haring's solo home and a 15thrun in the top of the ninth as pinch hitter T.J. Raguse delivered an RBI single.
NOTES
*The Bears clinched their second-straight series over the Horned Frogs and third in four years under head coach Steve Rodriguez.
*The Bears' 15 runs are the second-most scored in a game this season, behind 17 vs. Cornell on Feb. 22. Those 15 runs are also the most scored in a conference game this season and the most since scoring 16 on April 22, 2018 vs. Kansas State.
*The Bears 19 hits are the second-most in a game this season. The most was 22 vs. Cal Poly on March 17.
*Eight runs scored in the third inning are the most in a single inning all year and the most since scoring nine in an inning vs. Prairie View A&M May 9, 2018.
*The Bears are now 19-6 in games in which they score first.
*135 of Baylor's 294 total runs in 2019 have come with two outs, including three of 15 tonight.
*Cole Weaver made his first start since Feb. 15 (opening day) and had his first at-bat since Feb. 24 and was a career-best 3-for-5 with 3 RBIs, including his first-career extra base hit, a triple.
*Josh Bissonette tied his career high with four hits on the day, going 4-for-5 with 2 RBI. He reached base in five-of-six plate appearances as he was also hit by the pitch.
*Eight-of-nine in the starting lineup had at least one hit on the day, five had multi-hit performances and five had multi-RBI performances.
*Langeliers hit his fifth home run of the year.
*Haring his hit team-leading ninth home run of the year.
*Richard Cunningham extended his hit streak to 13 games.
*Andy Thomas extended his hit streak to 13 games.
*Langeliers has an 11-game hit streak.
*Starter Jimmy Winston tied his career-high with 7.0 innings of work.
*Reliever Daniel Caruso made his 20thappearance of the year.
*The 15 runs against the Horned Frogs are the most they have put up on them since scoring 16 on April 22, 2017 in Ft. Worth.
*The Bears have now won four-of-five three-game Big 12 series on the year.
*The Bears have won seven-of-nine three game series on the year.
STAT OF THE DAY
15 – The Bears' offense exploded for 15 runs on 19 hits, the most in any Big 12 conference game this year.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
On the pitching staff performance…
"What's funny is you want them to save them for tomorrow as well. But I tell you what, King came in and was throwing hard with good stuff, and watching our guys take some really good swings I just sat back and said 'Hey just keep doing what you're doing." I'm really happy with the performance they had today. TCU is a really good ballclub, and having Jimmy hold them down the way he did and having our offense really put good swings on good pitches, I'm just really happy watching them go about that. At that point, I just stepped back and let them do their thing."
- Baylor head coach Steve Rodriguez
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will go for the series sweep of the Horned Frogs at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, April 28 at Lupton Stadium.
For tickets to home games, visit: https://baylorbears.com/sports/2018/9/11/tickets.aspx. For updates on the program follow @baylorbaseball on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Winston, Jimmy (4-1)
L: King, Charles (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Cunningham, Richard 1 ; Thomas, Andy 1 ; Bissonette, Josh 1 ; Wehsener, Chase 1
3B: Weaver, Cole 1
HR: Langeliers, Shea 1 ; Haring, Cole 1
RBI: Loftin, Nick 1 ; Langeliers, Shea 3 ; Raguse, T.J. 1 ; Haring, Cole 2 ; Downey, Davion 1 ; Bissonette, Josh 2 ; Weaver, Cole 3 ; Wehsener, Chase 2
SF: Loftin, Nick 1 ; Downey, Davion 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Loftin, Nick 2 ; Cunningham, Richard 1 ; Langeliers, Shea 2 ; Thomas, Andy 2 ; Haring, Cole 3 ; Bissonette, Josh 3 ; Weaver, Cole 1 ; Wehsener, Chase 1
HBP: Loftin, Nick 1 ; Bissonette, Josh 1 ; Wehsener, Chase 1
Batting:
RBI: Rizer, Johnny 1 ; Isola, Alex 1
SF: Rizer, Johnny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Watson, Josh 1 ; Guenther, Jake 1
CS: Rizer, Johnny 1
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