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K-State Drops Sunday’s Rubber Game at Baylor
May 09, 2021 | Baseball
WACO, Texas – K-State tied the program's single-season home run record Sunday afternoon, but Baylor scored in each of the game's first five innings in clinching the series' rubber game over K-State, 23-3, in seven innings at Baylor Ballpark.
K-State (28-17, 7-10 Big 12) got a solo homer from Dom Hughes in the sixth for the team's 75th home run of the season. Hughes' first career home run tied the single-season program record set in 1997.
Baylor (29-14, 9-9 Big 12) sent 20 to the plate in a 17-run fifth inning. The first 17 BU hitters reached base in the inning, as 16 runs scored before an out was recorded. The Wildcats used five pitchers in the fifth, all before the first out.
The five K-State hurlers combined to allow nine hits, four going for extra bases, along with five walks and a hit batter. Carson Seymour registered all three outs in the inning as he picked up three strikeouts.
Seymour struck out five over two innings in his second career relief outing.
Andy Thomas homered twice, including a two-run shot in the fifth. Thomas drove in six and finished the day 3-for-4. Jared McKenzie recorded four hits in a 4-for-5 day.
Four Bears produced multiple hits while five ended with multiple runs batted in. Esteban Cardoza- Oquendo tallied four RBI.
Thomas' first home run of the day came in the bottom of the fourth, with the two-run shot coming with two outs and the Cats trailing by just four at 4-0.
An RBI triple from Tre Richardson preceded a sacrifice fly by Antonio Valdez in the opening inning, giving Baylor an early two-run lead.
Jack Pineda roped an RBI single in the second and Cardoza-Oquendo's two-out RBI single ended the day for starter Kasey Ford. Ford, who entered the game with a Big-12 low 1.59 ERA, went 2 2/3 innings in allowing four runs on six hits and three walks.
Three of Baylor's first six runs came with two outs.
The Cats plated three in the sixth, with Hughes' leadoff homer sparking a string of three straight hits to open the inning. Daniel Carinci followed with a single before Cameron Thompson laced a double. Both would later score in the inning on walk pitches from BU reliever Jacob Ashkinos.
Zach Kokoska finished 0-for-2 and saw his career-long on-base streak end at 41 games. Kokoska's stretch marked the second-longest by a Wildcat in the Big 12 era, trailing only Nick Martini's 93-game streak.
Blake Helton earned the win after throwing five scoreless innings and scattering three hits. Helton walked one and struck out three.
K-State will stay on the road next weekend, as the Wildcats travel to Lawrence for the Dillons Sunflower Showdown against Kansas at Hoglund Ballpark. The series, which begins Friday, will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app. Radio coverage will be available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with live, free audio streaming at K-StateSports.com/watch.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
K-State (28-17, 7-10 Big 12) got a solo homer from Dom Hughes in the sixth for the team's 75th home run of the season. Hughes' first career home run tied the single-season program record set in 1997.
Baylor (29-14, 9-9 Big 12) sent 20 to the plate in a 17-run fifth inning. The first 17 BU hitters reached base in the inning, as 16 runs scored before an out was recorded. The Wildcats used five pitchers in the fifth, all before the first out.
The five K-State hurlers combined to allow nine hits, four going for extra bases, along with five walks and a hit batter. Carson Seymour registered all three outs in the inning as he picked up three strikeouts.
Seymour struck out five over two innings in his second career relief outing.
Andy Thomas homered twice, including a two-run shot in the fifth. Thomas drove in six and finished the day 3-for-4. Jared McKenzie recorded four hits in a 4-for-5 day.
Four Bears produced multiple hits while five ended with multiple runs batted in. Esteban Cardoza- Oquendo tallied four RBI.
Thomas' first home run of the day came in the bottom of the fourth, with the two-run shot coming with two outs and the Cats trailing by just four at 4-0.
An RBI triple from Tre Richardson preceded a sacrifice fly by Antonio Valdez in the opening inning, giving Baylor an early two-run lead.
Jack Pineda roped an RBI single in the second and Cardoza-Oquendo's two-out RBI single ended the day for starter Kasey Ford. Ford, who entered the game with a Big-12 low 1.59 ERA, went 2 2/3 innings in allowing four runs on six hits and three walks.
Three of Baylor's first six runs came with two outs.
The Cats plated three in the sixth, with Hughes' leadoff homer sparking a string of three straight hits to open the inning. Daniel Carinci followed with a single before Cameron Thompson laced a double. Both would later score in the inning on walk pitches from BU reliever Jacob Ashkinos.
Zach Kokoska finished 0-for-2 and saw his career-long on-base streak end at 41 games. Kokoska's stretch marked the second-longest by a Wildcat in the Big 12 era, trailing only Nick Martini's 93-game streak.
Blake Helton earned the win after throwing five scoreless innings and scattering three hits. Helton walked one and struck out three.
K-State will stay on the road next weekend, as the Wildcats travel to Lawrence for the Dillons Sunflower Showdown against Kansas at Hoglund Ballpark. The series, which begins Friday, will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and the ESPN app. Radio coverage will be available on News Radio KMAN (93.3 FM, 1350 AM) with live, free audio streaming at K-StateSports.com/watch.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- K-State scored three runs on six hits with one error and four left on base.
- Baylor scored 23 runs on 17 hits with no errors and five left on base.
- Hughes hit the first of his K-State career.
- Carinci, Ceballos, Fowler, Hughes, Phillips and Thompson had hits for K-State.
- K-State had three extra-base hits, with doubles from Phillips and Thompson.
- The Bears scored in each of the first five innings with multiple runs in three of those innings.
- Baylor sent 20 to the plate and scored 17 runs in the fifth inning.
- Ford (4-1) suffered his first loss of the year after allowing four runs and six hits with three walks and three strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings of work.
- Baylor was 12-for-22 with runners on and 11-for-16 with runners in scoring position.
- McKenzie had four hits, while Thomas hit a pair of homers with six RBI for Baylor.
- Thompson made his 230th consecutive start and is second in career starts in K-State history.
- Baylor leads the all-time series 52-29 (48-24 Big 12).
- K-State is 10-31 in games played in Waco.
- Ceballos has hits in eight straight games.
- Ceballos' streak of six straight games with a homer came to an end.
- K-State has homered in 12 straight games and in 23 of its last 24 games overall.
- The Cats have 75 homers on the season, tops in the Big 12 and tied with the 1997 team for the most in a single season in program history.
- A program-high 16 players have homered for K-State this season.
- Kokoska's career-best on-base streak ended at 41 games.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Helton, Blake (4-2)
L: Ford, Kasey (4-1)
Batting:
2B: Thompson, Cameron 1 ; Phillips, Dylan 1
HR: Hughes, Dom 1
RBI: Hughes, Dom 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thompson, Cameron 1 ; Carinci, Daniel 1 ; Hughes, Dom 1
PO: Fowler, Kaden 1
Batting:
2B: McKenzie, Jared 2 ; Richardson, Tre 1
3B: Richardson, Tre 1
HR: Thomas, Andy 2
RBI: Pineda, Jack 2 ; McKenzie, Jared 3 ; Richardson, Tre 3 ; Thomas, Andy 6 ; Valdez, Antonio 1 ; Downey, Davion 1 ; Cardoza-Oquendo, E. 4 ; Gonzales, Alex 1
SF: Valdez, Antonio 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pineda, Jack 2 ; McKenzie, Jared 4 ; Richardson, Tre 3 ; Thomas, Andy 3 ; Valdez, Antonio 2 ; Downey, Davion 2 ; Nevin, Kyle 3 ; Cardoza-Oquendo, E. 2 ; Gonzales, Alex 1 ; Schoenvogel, Jacob 1
SB: Pineda, Jack 1 ; Gonzales, Alex 1
HBP: Schoenvogel, Jacob 1
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