WACO, Texas (Interstat) — Tyce Armstrong hit two home runs and drove in two runs to lead Baylor to a 6-2 victory over Texas-Arlington on Tuesday night at Baylor Ballpark.

Armstrong, who went 3-for-4, belted his 17th homer of the season in the third inning and added his 18th in the sixth. Dylan Perez contributed a two-run single in the second, and JJ Kennett went 3-for-3 with an RBI.

The Mavericks took an early lead in the first when Cade Melendez grounded out to plate Harold Laracuente, who had singled. Laracuente finished 2-for-2.

Baylor answered with four runs in the third, including Armstrong‘s first homer, Kennett’s RBI single and a run-scoring groundout by Hunter Riebock.

Luke McLeod, Charlie Atkinson, Brayden Bergman and Cade Hansen each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for Baylor, which improved to 23-21. Charlie Geise threw 2 1/3 hitless innings for Texas-Arlington (16-26), striking out one.

The Bears outhit the Mavericks 11-5. Baylor won the teams’ earlier meeting this season 5-2 on April 7.