BSB Upsets No. 9 Texas Tech, 11-7

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W: Voelker, Matt (4-5)
L: Trendan Parish (2-2)

Nevin recorded the Bears’ first five-hit recreation of the season and tied this system report for many doubles in a Big 12 recreation with three. He additionally drove in 4 runs to tie his profession excessive, whereas Jack Pineda, Cam Caley and Jacob Schoenvogel mixed so as to add seven hits and 5 extra RBIs within the successful effort.

Though Tech struck first with a solo homer within the prime of the primary, BU responded prompty with three runs within the backside half. Nevin doubled in Pineda, then scored on Caley’s two-run double that was truthful by inches down the left discipline line.

The Bears plated 4 extra within the second to leap out to a 7-1 benefit behind Nevin’s bases-clearing two-bagger. A pair of walks and a Pineda single arrange the Baylor cleanup man to increase his RBI whole to 43 on the yr.

BU starter Blake Helton exited after two innings, making his first begin for the reason that season’s opening weekend, and handed the ball off to Matt Voelker who went on to throw the following 5 innings. He stored the Red Raiders in verify, and benefited from a four-run fourth inning by his teammates in inexperienced and gold.

 

It was a Harrison Caley stroll with the bases juiced, adopted by an Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo run-scoring single that elevated the Baylor result in 9-2, following a TTU house run within the fourth. Schoenvogel stored the road shifting with a two-run knock to make it 11-2.

The Red Raiders would scratch a number of extra throughout all through the later innings, however Adam Muirhead was in a position to end it off for the Bears with out permitting a run in getting the ultimate six outs. BU prevented the sweep by salvaging the collection for its second top-10 win of the season.

NOTES

• Baylor collected its second win over a top-10 opponent in 2022, enhancing to 13-20 in opposition to such groups within the Steve Rodriguez period.

• Baylor is now 6-8 in opposition to a top-10 ranked Texas Tech crew underneath Rodriguez.

• BU improved to 7-4 on Sunday’s and 7-2 when sporting its gold jerseys.

• The Bears improved to 14-3 when out-hitting their opponent and tallied double-digit knocks for the 17^th time this yr.

• Baylor prolonged its streak to 23 video games in a row with an extra-base hit.

• The Bears have tallied two or extra XBH in 12 of their final 13 video games.

• Kyle Nevin logged a career-high 5 hits, changing into the primary Baylor participant to have such a recreation since Shea Langeliers did so on June 1, 2019 within the Los Angeles Regional in opposition to Omaha.

• Nevin tied this system report for many doubles in a Big 12 recreation with three.

• Nevin additionally tied his profession excessive with 4 RBIs, his 13^th multi-RBI efficiency of the season.

• Jack Pineda notched his 16^th multi-hit recreation of the season.

• Cam Caley recorded his second multi-hit and multi-RBI efforts of 2022.

• Jacob Schoenvogel collected his second multi-hit and first multi-RBI recreation of the yr.

• Antonio Valdez walked 4 instances to tie this system report for walks in a Big 12 recreation.

• Matt Voelker set a season excessive with 5 strikeouts and 5 innings pitched in reduction. He additionally earned his fourth win of the season.

 

STAT OF THE GAME

5 – Kyle Nevin logged a career-high 5 hits, together with three doubles which tied Baylor’s all-time report for doubles in a Big 12 recreation.

TOP QUOTES

Head coach Steve Rodriguez

On the offense’s efficiency…

“What’s funny is the past couple of days we kind of had similar situations, with bases loaded, guys on second and third, guy on second base, we hit a ball hard and it’s just right at somebody. Today was the exact opposite. Guys were finding a way to put the ball in play, whether it’s a flare down the left-field line or a ground ball down the right side or Kyle Nevin smashing a double into the gap. Those are just things that were evading us the past few days. So for our guys to continue to do what they’ve been doing, just lay good at-bats throughout the game. With guys in scoring position today, we were able to come through, and I’m just really proud of the guys for the resiliency they showed this weekend.”

 

Sophomore OF Kyle Nevin

On salvaging the collection…

“Definitely huge. Big momentum. We have Tarleton this Tuesday and then we have ten days off. So just showing that we can fight and beat these big teams. The offense came to play and the pitching kept us in the game. It was definitely a good team win.”

Junior RHP Blake Helton

On making his first begin since February…

“It felt really good to be back out on the mound. I’ve been watching in the dugout for awhile. Last week at UT, I got a little bit over an inning. It was nice to be able to make another start. Hopefully, I can just build up from here and go more and more innings every week.”

WHAT’S NEXT

Baylor (22-22) hosts Tarleton (13-30) for a midweek matchup on Tuesday, May 3, at 6:30 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark.

For the newest news on the Baylor baseball crew all season lengthy, observe its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorBaseball.

 

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