Box Score

The Patriots used six homeruns and 16 hits to win the second game of a two game series against the Baylor Bears on Wednesday night at Patriot Field.  The 13-5 victory improved DBU's home record to 12-1 and overall record to 23-10, while Baylor fell to 23-14.

DBU jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning after Sophomore Ryan Enos led off with a double off the left center field wall.  Junior Evan Bigley advanced Enos to third base on a single to right field and then a bunt single by Sophomore Ryan Goins scored Enos.  With two men on base, Junior Trevor Head hit a three-run homerun to right field.  The Patriots then loaded the bases for Enos, who hit a two RBI single to right field.  Junior Clay Kelly, who was on third base scored the seventh run on a pass ball.

The Bears cut the Patriots lead to 7-2 in the top of the second inning after an error by DBU allowed runners to reach first and second base.  With two outs in the inning, Shaver Hansen hit a two RBI double to left center field. 

Senior Nick Santos hit a solo homerun off the top of the left field wall in the bottom of the second inning to extend DBU's lead to 8-2.

Baylor scored two more runs in the top of the fourth inning after they loaded the bases with a single and two walks.  Dustin Dickerson then hit a two RBI single to center field, which made the score 8-4 heading into the middle half of the fourth.

Goins hit a solo homerun over the left field wall in the bottom of the fourth inning to push the Patriots lead to 9-4, while Bigley hit a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning giving DBU a 10-4 advantage.

The Patriots continued to extend their lead in the bottom of the seventh inning after Bantz singled and moved to second on a walk by Kelly.  Enos then drove in Bantz on a single to right field extending the Patriots lead to 11-4.

The Bears added a run in the top of the eighth inning and was answered by the Patriots in the bottom of half of the inning, when DBU used back-to-back homeruns by Goins and Head to give them a 13-5 lead.

Picking up the victory for the Patriots was Freshman Chris Haney, who improved to 5-2 on the season after pitching 3.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits, and striking out four. 

Goins led the way for DBU at the plate going three for five, with three RBI, and three runs scored, while Enos also went three for five, with three RBI, and a run scored.  Head finished his night with two hits in five at bats and four RBI. 

DBU will be in action again when they travel to Memphis, Tennessee on April 18 and 19 to take part in a three game series with the Memphis Tigers.