Box Score WACO, Texas  -- Much like the weather at Baylor Ballpark, the Northwestern State baseball teamed warmed up as Wednesday's game against Baylor moved along.
 
However, a late Demons uprising was not enough to subdue the No. 25 team in the nation, as the Bears used two three-run innings to build an eight-run lead and then held on for an 8-4 victory.
 
Trailing 8-0 entering the seventh inning, Northwestern State (2-6) put together its best offensive stretch of the game against the Baylor (6-2) bullpen.
 
Garrett Logan entered as a pinch hitter and drew a leadoff walk, which was followed by David Fry being hit by a pitch.
 
Redshirt freshman Anthony Lucas made his debut as a pinch hitter and chopped an RBI single through the left side of the infield to score Logan. Nick Heath then was hit by a pitch on an 0-2 count to load the bases.
 
Two batters later, Bret Underwood drew a bases-loaded walk to score a run and Cort Brinson followed with a two-out, two-run single to score the third and fourth runs of the inning.
 
Before the seventh-inning breakthrough, the Demons were unable to string together much against Baylor starter Theron Kay (2-0), who scattered four hits in five scoreless innings.
 
With Kay on the mound, the Bears scratched out an unearned run in the first inning off NSU starter Evan Tidwell (0-2). Tidwell settled in, keeping Baylor off the board in the second and third innings before back-to-back doubles to start the Baylor fourth made it 2-0.
 
The Bears broke the game open with a three-run fifth inning, highlighted by a two-run double by Cameron Miller, whose sinking liner dropped just beyond a diving Nick Heath's grasp.  Miller finished the game 3-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs.
 
The three-run inning ended Tidwell's day, as the sophomore worked five innings, allowing nine hits and five runs (four earned) while striking out a career-high six batters.
 
Baylor tacked on three more runs in the sixth to push its lead to 8-0.
 
Fry, Underwood and Heath each had two-hit games for the Demons, who finished with seven hits. In addition to Miller, Logan Brown (4-for-5), Kameron Esthay (2-for-4, 2 RBIs), Aaron Dodson (2-for-4) and Jonathan Ducoff (2-for-4) enjoyed multi-hit games for the Bears.
 
The Demons return home Friday to start a four-game homestand. Northwestern State will host Sacred Heart in a three-game series starting at 6:30 Friday night.
 NSU       000 000 400 – 4 8 3
Baylor   100 133 00x – 8 15 0
W – Theron Kay (2-0). L – Evan Tidwell (0-2). 2B – NSU, Bret Underwood; BU, Cameron Miller 3, Darryn Sheppard, Aaron Dodson, Jonathan Ducoff. Highlights: NSU, Underwood 2-4, RBI; David Fry 2-3; Nick Heath 2-3; BU, Logan Brown 4-5; Miller 3-4, 3 2Bs, 3 RBIs; Ducoff 2-4; Kameron Esthay 2-4, 2 RBIs; Aaron Dodson 2-4.
Records: Northwestern State 2-6; Baylor 6-2.