No. 6 Bears Top No. 9 UCLA 5-1

[BigBearFan]

Kendal Volz tossed seven shutout innings, and Willie Kempf used a triple play to preserve his first save of the season as No. 6 Baylor defeated ninth-ranked UCLA 5-1 in Saturday's second-day action at the Houston College Classic. Baylor (6-1) has won five straight, while UCLA (2-5) has lost five straight.

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[Texas Golfer]

Congratulations, BU.

[biggmatt24]

Solid win. Ace against ace. It was a pitcher's duel for most of the game. Nice showing from both Volz for us and Cole for UCLA. We got into their bullpen and played some good small ball today.

[Volunteer]

That's a good win.

[GigaBear]

Triple plays never hurt either.

[biggmatt24]

Triple plays never hurt either.Yeah...got Kempf out of a jam in the 8th.

[Chief'sbear]

The Baylorbears.com website didn't say how it happened, but the Waco Trib had this:


"Baylor reliever Willie Kempf took advantage of the rarest of defensive gems to help record his first save of the year for the Bears (6-1). In the bottom of the eighth inning, BU first baseman Dustin Dickerson made a diving grab of a Cody Decker liner. Dickerson then threw to shortstop Joey Hainsfurther to double off one UCLA baserunner, and then Hainsfurther threw back to the first-base bag to record the third out. It was Baylor’s first triple play since April 27, 1996, at Rice."

[ChipOC]

Now that is more like it! Sic Em!

[wantsBU2win]

I hadn't seen a triple play before, but it sure was awesome. We needed it with no outs and RISP. Even the Aggies sitting behind us were saying what a great play it was.