SURPRISE, Ariz. (Interstat) — Brady Janusek homered and drove in five runs as Baylor defeated BYU 13-9 on Wednesday at Surprise Stadium, handing the Cougars their second straight loss in a Big 12 matchup.

The Bears improved to 29-26 overall while BYU fell to 28-28. Baylor won the season series two games to one after dropping two of three in Provo earlier in April.

Baylor struck first with a three-run first inning. Travis Armstrong walked and scored on Janusek’s double to left field. Bo singled through the right side to plate two runs, and Brytton Clements doubled to right center to drive in Bo, reaching third on a fielding error by right fielder Bryker Hurdsman.

BYU responded in the top of the third with a nine-run outburst. Ty Hansen tripled and scored on an RBI single by Erickson. McChesney singled in Painter, and Luke Anderson doubled to drive in Erickson. McNaughton singled to shallow right to bring home two more runs, and Hurdsman added a sacrifice fly. The Cougars sent 13 batters to the plate before pitcher Ethan Calder entered in relief and struck out the final two batters of the inning, leaving BYU ahead 9-3.

The Bears chipped away in the bottom of the fourth. After an error by shortstop Ryder Robinson, Travis Sanders singled to drive in an unearned run, cutting the deficit to 9-4. Janusek struck out with two runners on to end the inning.

BYU extended the lead to 9-6 in the top of the fifth on an RBI single by Hurdsman and a double by Painter, but left the bases loaded when McChesney struck out looking.

Baylor tied the game in the bottom of the sixth. Robinson committed his second error of the game, allowing Sanders to reach. Armstrong singled, and Janusek launched a three-run homer to left field, his 14th of the season, knotting the score at 9-9.

The Bears took the lead for good in the seventh. Clements singled and was replaced by pinch runner Caraway. After a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly by Johnson gave Baylor a 10-9 lead, Sanders doubled to left to drive in two more runs, making it 12-9. He advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a throwing error by third baseman Jones, giving Baylor a 13-9 advantage.

Baylor’s bullpen held the Cougars scoreless over the final three innings. Calder pitched 4.2 innings, allowing three hits and two earned runs while striking out eight. Caleb Bunch tossed two innings, yielding one hit and one earned run with three strikeouts.

BYU starter Ashton Johnson worked 4.1 innings, allowing no hits but two earned runs and six strikeouts. Garrison Sumner threw two innings, giving up no hits and one earned run with four strikeouts.

For BYU, Robinson went 3 for 5 with a solo home run in the ninth, his 11th of the season. Anderson drove in one run, and Hurdsman had two RBIs.

For Baylor, Clements finished 2 for 4 with an RBI, and Sanders drove in three runs.

Baylor travels to Kansas on Thursday. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Baylor with a 54.40 percent probability to win.