Houston: Hit the snooze button ... 7-1 in the 6th

By Jonathan Yardley - June 02, 2007

It's only the fifth inning, but this one is pretty much over. Baylor scored three runs in the third inning and two in the fifth to take a 7-1 lead after five innings. Wrandal Taylor battled gamely for Prairie View, but his defense gave him absolutely no help. He allowed seven runs in 4.2 innings pitched, and six were earned, but that doesn't tell the whole story. There were several plays that could have been made.

Beamer Weems has two doubles, and Shaver Hansen is three-for-three with three RBI for Baylor. Greg Ford drove in stolen-base machine Michael Richard (42 stolen bases for the season) with Prairie View's run in the fifth. Baylor righthander Tim Matthews has given Steve Smith everything he could have asked for, working in the sixth inning now.