Saturday, March 19
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TCU Takes Series With 7-1 Win over WVU
3/19/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 19, 2016
The Rundown
Brian Howard (4-0) turned in a solid seven-inning start for TCU. He faced more than four batters in an inning just once. The junior allowed a run on two hits, walked three and struck out a career-high eight batters.
Offensively, the Horned Frogs scored seven runs on 10 hits and stole five bases in support of Howard.
TCU struck first in the second. Elliott Barzilli led off the inning with a base hit. After stealing second, an errant pick-off throw had him standing on third and he scored easily on an infield single off the bat of Michael Landestoy.
West Virginia answered in the third, taking advantage of a one-out double. A wild pitch moved Kyle Davis to third and he was able to score on a ground out from Cole Austin to make it a 1-1 game.
The Frogs wasted little time regaining the lead. Evan Skoug doubled with two outs in the third. He stole third and scored easily as the throw from the catcher sailed into left field.
In the fourth, TCU had the bases loaded with two outs. Austen Wade blooped a single into center to drive in two runs. Another errant throw by the catcher allowed Dane Steinhagen to score for a 5-1 TCU lead.
Cam Warner's second hit of the day in the sixth drove in Landestoy with the sixth run of the game. Steinhagen rounded out the scoring as he singled home Luken Baker in the seventh.
Preston Guillory closed out the game with two scoreless innings.
Stat of the Game
7 – All seven of TCU's runs were scored with two outs in the inning.
Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle
"Obviously, we need that as much as we ever had. Brian (Howard) did a great job. He found himself in the middle innings. He was throwing at the bottom of the strike zone finally. It's what we needed to do, pitch at the bottom of the strike zone and not walk guys."
"We had some balls fall in and certainly, they made some errors. We put pressure on them on the bases. But pitching, defense and timely hitting. Two-out hitting, if there was a way to coach it, I sure would love to know it. Those two out hits are what define the team winning or losing."
Notes
• TCU has scored multiple runs in an inning 33 times this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 15th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 12th time this season.
• TCU pitchers tallied 10 strikeouts in the game, the fifth time this season TCU has posted double-digit strikeouts.
• Elliott Barzilli notched his team-leading eighth multiple-RBI game of the season and the 16th of his career.
• Barzilli also collected his 10th multi-hit game of the year and the 25th of his career.
• Austen Wade picked up his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
• Wade recorded his first career multiple-RBI game.
• Cam Warner stretched his hitting streak to seven games.
• Warner tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
• Josh Watson has reached base safely in nine straight.
Next Up
TCU has now won three straight to improve to 15-3 overall and 2-0 in league play. The Horned Frogs will go for their first sweep of the season on Sunday at 1 p.m. Rex Hill will make the start for the Horned Frogs.
The Rundown
Brian Howard (4-0) turned in a solid seven-inning start for TCU. He faced more than four batters in an inning just once. The junior allowed a run on two hits, walked three and struck out a career-high eight batters.
Offensively, the Horned Frogs scored seven runs on 10 hits and stole five bases in support of Howard.
TCU struck first in the second. Elliott Barzilli led off the inning with a base hit. After stealing second, an errant pick-off throw had him standing on third and he scored easily on an infield single off the bat of Michael Landestoy.
West Virginia answered in the third, taking advantage of a one-out double. A wild pitch moved Kyle Davis to third and he was able to score on a ground out from Cole Austin to make it a 1-1 game.
The Frogs wasted little time regaining the lead. Evan Skoug doubled with two outs in the third. He stole third and scored easily as the throw from the catcher sailed into left field.
In the fourth, TCU had the bases loaded with two outs. Austen Wade blooped a single into center to drive in two runs. Another errant throw by the catcher allowed Dane Steinhagen to score for a 5-1 TCU lead.
Cam Warner's second hit of the day in the sixth drove in Landestoy with the sixth run of the game. Steinhagen rounded out the scoring as he singled home Luken Baker in the seventh.
Preston Guillory closed out the game with two scoreless innings.
Stat of the Game
7 – All seven of TCU's runs were scored with two outs in the inning.
Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle
"Obviously, we need that as much as we ever had. Brian (Howard) did a great job. He found himself in the middle innings. He was throwing at the bottom of the strike zone finally. It's what we needed to do, pitch at the bottom of the strike zone and not walk guys."
"We had some balls fall in and certainly, they made some errors. We put pressure on them on the bases. But pitching, defense and timely hitting. Two-out hitting, if there was a way to coach it, I sure would love to know it. Those two out hits are what define the team winning or losing."
Notes
• TCU has scored multiple runs in an inning 33 times this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 15th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 12th time this season.
• TCU pitchers tallied 10 strikeouts in the game, the fifth time this season TCU has posted double-digit strikeouts.
• Elliott Barzilli notched his team-leading eighth multiple-RBI game of the season and the 16th of his career.
• Barzilli also collected his 10th multi-hit game of the year and the 25th of his career.
• Austen Wade picked up his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
• Wade recorded his first career multiple-RBI game.
• Cam Warner stretched his hitting streak to seven games.
• Warner tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
• Josh Watson has reached base safely in nine straight.
Next Up
TCU has now won three straight to improve to 15-3 overall and 2-0 in league play. The Horned Frogs will go for their first sweep of the season on Sunday at 1 p.m. Rex Hill will make the start for the Horned Frogs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Howard, Brian (4-0)
L: Vance, Ross (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Davis, Kyle 1
RBI: Hill, Darius 1
SH: Guerrini, Ray 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Davis, Kyle 1
Batting:
2B: Wade, Austen 1 ; Skoug, Evan 1
RBI: Wade, Austen 2 ; Warner, Cam 1 ; Steinhagen, Dane 1 ; Landestoy, Michael 1
SH: Hesse, Mason 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Skoug, Evan 1 ; Baker, Luken 1 ; Watson, Josh 1 ; Barzilli, Elliott 2 ; Steinhagen, Dane 1 ; Landestoy, Michael 1
SB: Wade, Austen 1 ; Warner, Cam 2 ; Skoug, Evan 1 ; Barzilli, Elliott 1
CS: Landestoy, Michael 1
HBP: Landestoy, Michael 1
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