Box Score WACO, Texas – The baseball team opened its season with a 17-0 loss to 16th-ranked Baylor on Friday night at Baylor Ballpark.
 
Baylor (5-0) took control with a six-run third inning. Cornell (0-1) put two on with one out in the top of the fourth after senior Will Simoneit was hit by a pitch and sophomore Ramon Garza pulled a one-out single into left field. But two of nine strikeouts induced by Bears starter Hayden Kettler followed, and Baylor poured it on from there.
 
Sophomore Jason Apostle had one of the Big Red's four singles, plus the team's only walk and a stolen base. After stealing second, he advanced to third on a wild pitch in the seventh inning to become Cornell's only batter to reach third.
 
Simoneit singled in the first and sophomore Nicholas Binnie's first collegiate hit came in the fifth inning for the Big Red. Sophomore Seth Urbon took the loos with six runs surrendered in three innings of work. Freshmen Luke Yacinich and Kevin Cushing pitched the next four frames before senior Austin Arnold tossed the eighth.
 
The three-game series continues at 3:05 p.m. CST Saturday.