Tigers drop thriller to Baylor 5-4

WACO, Texas – The Tigers of Texas Southern University led for most of Tuesday's game at Baylor before succumbing to Bears by a score of 5-4.
 
Gaudencio Lucca and Christian Sanchez each knocked two hits for the Tigers (16-21), who lost a one-run game to a Big 12 Conference opponent for the second time this season. Sanchez hit a solo home run – his team-leading 12th of the season – in the sixth inning to stretch TSU's lead to 3-1.
 
The Bears (18-17) scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh and added what turned out to be a necessary insurance run in the bottom of the eighth.
 
TSU pieced together a rally in the top of the ninth, with Lucca and Sanchez opening the inning with back-to-back singles. With one out, Jose Camacho hit a single into right field to score Lucca from third base. The Tigers had the bases loaded before Baylor stanched the rally.
 
Kamren Dukes pushed his hitting streak to 22 consecutive games when he sent the first pitch of the game up the middle for a single. Dukes came home an RBI single from Ryan Diaz later in the inning.
 
TSU stretched their lead to 2-0 in the top of the fourth inning with Keanu Van Kuren's RBI single to score Sanchez.
 
The Tigers return to action Wednesday when they face the Texas Longhorns at Constellation Field in Sugar Land. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.