THE LEAD
No. 21 DBU struck early to take the midweek contest 5-4 against Baylor on Wednesday night at Baylor Ballpark. Jackson Glenn and Austin Bell each recorded a pair of RBI as five Patriot relievers contributed out of the bullpen in the win.

DBU (12-4) opened the scoring in the second inning as Jackson Glenn belted a two-run homerun to give the Patriots a 2-0 lead.

The Bears (10-6) answered in the bottom half of the second as Davion Downey doubled home Andy Thomas. Cade Currington singled home Downey after a Kyle Nevin RBI groundout to make the score 3-2 in favor of Baylor. Ross Carver inherited a bases loaded situation with one out, throwing one pitch as Chase Wehsener grounded into a 5-4-3 double play.

DBU scored in the third and fifth innings on a pair of Austin Bell sacrifice flies to give the Patriots the 4-3 lead. Ryan Wrobleski hit a solo blast to extend the Patriot lead before Mack Mueller erased it with a solo shot of his own.

Burl Carraway came into close the ninth inning and retired the Bears in order with a pair of strikeouts to seal the win.

The Patriot bullpen worked 7.2 innings of three-hit baseball as Ross Carver, Kyle Rich, Kragen Kechely, Peyton Sherlin, and Carraway made appearances.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 - The Patriots is now 2-2 on midweek games this season.
-  Jimmy Glowenke's has hit safely in eight of his last nine games. 
 - DBU totaled three double plays in Wednesday's contest.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
1 – Kyle Rich logged his first win of his Patriot career..
3  - Kragen Kechely now sits at third all-time in DBU history with 80 appearances.
5 – With the save, Burl Carraway sits fifth all-time in DBU history with 11 saves.

UP NEXT
DBU travels to the University of Houston for a three-game series beginning Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m