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Waco, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Rico Gathers monster outing helped No. 21 Baylor pull away to beat NAIA Huston-Tillotson on Wednesday night. Gathers finished with 25 points and ripped down a career-high 28 rebounds in the Bears 81-61 win over the Rams. Gathers set the school record as well as the Big-12 record for rebounds in a game. Its amazing, Baylor head coach Scott Drew said of Gathers. I remember going into our fifth conference game, and youre looking at his conference stats and hes got 30 offensive rebounds, which is crazy. Taurean Prince and Al Freeman added 13 and 10 points, respectively, for Baylor (14-4), which trailed for a majority of the first half before establishing itself as the dominant team over the final 20 minutes. Shai Fields scored 21 of his 27 points in a spirited first 20 minutes for the Rams (3-14), who have dropped five straight games. Fields opened the scoring with a 3-pointer to give the Rams an early lead, and they found themselves in a battle throughout the first half. Fields buried a pair of 3s minutes later as Huston-Tillotson built a 23-14 advantage. Baylor ended the half on a 10-2 run to grab a 37-36 lead as Princes 3-pointer just beat the halftime buzzer. Fields was a big reason the Rams were in it at the break, shooting 5-for-9 from 3-point range over the first 20 minutes. The Bears clamped down on defense out of the locker room, starting the second half on a 13-3 run. Prince scored six points during the spurt and Gathers capped it with a dunk that pushed Baylors halftime lead to 50-39. Oh man, hes like a wild banshee, Rams head coach Thomas Henderson said. Hes just a monster. Hes a great player. To me, I think hes a lottery pick. He can play. The margin remained 11 when the Bears used another 13-3 run to put the game away. Austin Mills hit a pair of free throws to close the stretch and make it a 68-47 game with over nine minutes left. Game Notes Jerry Mallett held the record for rebounds in a game at Baylor with 27 on Feb. 1, 1955 vs. North Texas ... Michael Beasley had a 24-rebound outing at Kansas State as the previous record holder ... This game marked the first meeting between these two teams on the hardwood ... Malcolm Ballard scored 13 points with 12 rebounds in the loss ... Baylor outrebounded the Rams, 60-30. Nick Anderson Rays Jersey . - A pitch clock will be used this season during minor league games at Triple-A and Double-A, but it has been ruled out for the major leagues this year. Michael Perez Rays Jersey . Lawries batting helmet hit an umpire during his ninth-inning outburst in the Jays 4-3 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday. The 22-year-old threw his helmet to the ground and it bounced up and hit home plate umpire Bill Miller on the right hip after Lawrie was called out on strikes for the second out. https://www.cheapraysonline.com/1066i-yandy-diaz-jersey-rays.html . New York City FC introduced Frank Lampard in Brooklyn on Thursday after signing the 36-year-old former Chelsea midfielder to a two-year contract. Matt Duffy Jersey . Cruz set the tone with a two-run homer in the first inning, and Baltimore scored eight times in the eighth to pull away for a 12-3 victory in Game 1. The major league leader with 40 homers during the regular season, Cruz added an RBI single to his early blast off Max Scherzer. Jesus Aguilar Rays Jersey . -- Even as Chris Paul remained evasive about his future, he did what team leaders are expected to do.TORONTO -- R.A. Dickey, his knuckleball moving like the noggin on his bobblehead giveaway, gave the Toronto Blue Jays a sorely needed quality start Sunday. And the rest of the team also stepped up, with Brett Lawrie and Edwin Encarnacion combining to drive in four runs in a 7-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Toronto (12-13) leaves for an eight-game road trip, which starts Tuesday in Kansas City, having washed away the taste of a sour four-game losing streak at home. The Jays, who had given up 36 runs on 47 hits and 22 walks during the four-game slide, badly needed a change of direction. Dickey said a talk by manager John Gibbons after Saturdays 7-6 loss, when a Jays comeback fell just short, had done the trick. "He was just so encouraging," said Dickey, who got the win on his first major-league bobblehead giveaway day. "I think everybody left the clubhouse feeling at ease about who we are as a team. So we just needed to come out today and be ourselves. And we were able to do that. "We fought hard. Guys were getting dirty, diving for balls, taking the extra base. I was able to throw strikes and we had a great team win today." Said Gibbons: "It was a much-needed win, I will definitely say." On a weekend where racism in sports made headlines thanks to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the Jays made Major League Baseball history with a record six Dominicans in the starting lineup: Encarnacion, Jose Reyes, Melky Cabrera, Jose Bautista, Juan Francisco and Moises Sierra. The Dominicans signed the lineup card, which Bautista said was going to be sent to the Dominican Museum of Baseball. "It was an honour to be part of that today," said Reyes. An announced sellout of 45,260 at the Rogers Centre saw Dickey outduel Jon Lester with Lawrie providing the early offence before the Jays put the game away with two runs in the seventh and three in the eighth. Lawrie, who entered the game hitting .165 but leading the team in RBIs, drove in two runs with a homer and double to increase his RBI total to 20. Dickey (2-3) scattered five hits over 6 1/3 innings, giving up one run and striking out six. Walks have been a thorn in the Jays side. Toronto pitchers had issued 108 free passes going into play Sunday -- second-worst in the majors -- with Dickey tied for the MLB lead with 18. But Dickey was in control Sunday. He threw 95 pitches, including 62 strikes, and didnt issue a walk for the first time since October 2012. "When I have one to zero to two walks, its usually going to be a pretty good day," he said. "And thats what I have to get back to and today was a step in that direction." Relievers Stevve Delabar and Esmil Rogers closed out the game for Toronto, which outhit Boston 9-6.dddddddddddd Lester (2-4) deserved better from his seven innings. He gave up four runs on five hits, striking out seven and walking none. He threw 120 pitches, 80 for strikes, as Boston (12-14) was denied its first sweep of Toronto since June 10-12, 2011. The Boston left-hander came into the game with a 15-7 career mark against Toronto, having held the Jays to a .199 batting average. It was the first win for Dickey since April 5 and came after three starts in which he went 0-2 with 13 walks in 13 1/3 innings. He used his fastball more than usual, knowing that Boston led the league in pitches seen. "So I knew they were probably going to be patient. And nothings worse than seeing a fastball down the middle from a knuckleball pitcher and letting it go," he added. Some observers thought Dickey seemed irked at being pulled in the seventh inning. The pitcher, who has faded in some previous starts, said hes just "passionate" about what he does. He acknowledged he had told both Gibbons and pitching coach Pete Walker to keep a close eye on him in case he did falter. After the Jays went ahead 2-1 in the third, Dickey and Lester took turns mowing down the opposition. It took some time but Toronto bats finally came alive, welcome news for Dickey who had only got five runs in support before leaving in his five previous starts. Toronto increased its lead to 4-1 in the seventh on back-to-back doubles by Encarnacion and Lawrie and an RBI groundout by Sierra. Lester had retired 10 straight prior to the inning. Reyes scored on an RBI single by Bautista -- who extended his on-base streak to 25 games -- in the eighth before Encarnacion drove in two more with another double. Dickey retired his first five hitters before giving up a run on three straight singles with the RBI going to Jackie Bradley Jr. Lawrie tied it up with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the second, depositing a 3-2 Lester delivery into left-centre for his sixth homer. Lawrie has just 17 hits this season but seven have been for extra-base hits. Toronto went ahead 2-1 in the third on Cabreras two-out RBI double, sending Josh Thole home. Thole, Dickeys personal catcher, singled down the left-field line and then advanced on Jonathan Diazs sacrifice bunt. Cabrera, who came into the game leading the majors in hits, now has 39 including 13 of the extra-base variety. Dickey was slated to head home after the game, with a couple of bobbleheads under his arm for his kids. "Theyre not going to be collectors at my house," he said. "The heads are going to be popped off by the end of the day." ' ' '