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TCU Wins Big To Take Series From Gonzaga
3/6/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 6, 2016
FORT WORTH – No. 7 TCU batted around in the third and fourth innings en route to topping Gonzaga 16-1 in the rubber match of the series.
The Rundown
TCU's bats came to life in the third inning as it pushed across five runs on six hits. Austen Wade's one-out double kick-started the offense as three more extra base hits followed. Mason Hesse tripled home the first two runs of the game. Back-to-back doubles from Evan Skoug and Luken Baker made it a 4-0 game. Elliott Barzilli's base hit pushed the lead to 5-0.
Ten more runs crossed the plate in the fourth as the Horned Frogs sent 14 men to the plate. With one out, 10 straight batters reached base. Baker drove in the first run in the frame to push the lead to six. Two-run singles from Josh Watson, Ryan Merrill and Dane Steinhagen pushed the advantage to 12-0. Skoug put the exclamation point on the inning with a bases-clearing triple.
Gonzaga's lone run of the contest came in the sixth inning as it took advantage of lead-off error. Patrick Chung scored on a bases-loaded walk.
TCU's final run of the game scored in the seventh on a two-out double from Barzilli.
Rex Hill (1-0) tossed a career-high six innings to pick up his first victory in the Purple and White. He allowed an unearned run on five hits, walked one and struck out six. Preston Guillory, Jared Janczak and Brian Trieglaff all worked scoreless innings.
Stat of the Game
78 – TCU has outscored its opponents by a margin of 78 runs this season. The Frogs have scored 95 times and limited the opposition to just 17 runs.
Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle
"I told the team it's a sign of good things when you come back from a tough one-run loss and play really well in all phases of the game."
"The back-to-back long innings, (Rex) Hill had a hard time finding his rhythm, but he did a great job. He got his change-up going, kept the ball down a lot better. Normally he pitches up in the strike zone early in the games, but today he was in the bottom of the zone from the get-go. We think the world of him."
Notes
• TCU notched double-digit hits for the eighth time this season.
• TCU has scored in double figures six times this season.
• TCU had a season-high 16 hits in the game.
• The pitching staff didn't surrender an earned run for the fifth time this season.
• Elliott Barzilli collected his seventh multi-hit game of the season and the 22nd of his career. He also notched his fifth multiple-RBI game of the year and the 15th of his career.
• Luken Baker tallied his third multi-hit game and his fifth multiple-RBI contest of the season.
• Josh Watson notched his fourth multi-hit game and fifth multiple-RBI contest of the year.
• Evan Skoug tallied his third multi-hit game of the season and the 22nd of his career. He also collected his first multiple-RBI game of the campaign and the 14th of his career.
• Connor Wanhanen tallied his third multi-hit game of the season and the 15th of his career.
• Mason Hesse collected his second multiple-RBI game of the season.
• Ryan Merrill tallied his second career multiple-RBI game of the season.
• Dane Steinhagen notched his fourth multiple-RBI game of the year and the 11th of his career.
• Austen Wade collected his first career multi-hit game.
Next Up
TCU improves to 9-2 with Sunday's victory. The homestand continues Tuesday night when the Horned Frogs host crosstown rival, UT Arlington at 6:30 p.m.
FORT WORTH – No. 7 TCU batted around in the third and fourth innings en route to topping Gonzaga 16-1 in the rubber match of the series.
The Rundown
TCU's bats came to life in the third inning as it pushed across five runs on six hits. Austen Wade's one-out double kick-started the offense as three more extra base hits followed. Mason Hesse tripled home the first two runs of the game. Back-to-back doubles from Evan Skoug and Luken Baker made it a 4-0 game. Elliott Barzilli's base hit pushed the lead to 5-0.
Ten more runs crossed the plate in the fourth as the Horned Frogs sent 14 men to the plate. With one out, 10 straight batters reached base. Baker drove in the first run in the frame to push the lead to six. Two-run singles from Josh Watson, Ryan Merrill and Dane Steinhagen pushed the advantage to 12-0. Skoug put the exclamation point on the inning with a bases-clearing triple.
Gonzaga's lone run of the contest came in the sixth inning as it took advantage of lead-off error. Patrick Chung scored on a bases-loaded walk.
TCU's final run of the game scored in the seventh on a two-out double from Barzilli.
Rex Hill (1-0) tossed a career-high six innings to pick up his first victory in the Purple and White. He allowed an unearned run on five hits, walked one and struck out six. Preston Guillory, Jared Janczak and Brian Trieglaff all worked scoreless innings.
Stat of the Game
78 – TCU has outscored its opponents by a margin of 78 runs this season. The Frogs have scored 95 times and limited the opposition to just 17 runs.
Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle
"I told the team it's a sign of good things when you come back from a tough one-run loss and play really well in all phases of the game."
"The back-to-back long innings, (Rex) Hill had a hard time finding his rhythm, but he did a great job. He got his change-up going, kept the ball down a lot better. Normally he pitches up in the strike zone early in the games, but today he was in the bottom of the zone from the get-go. We think the world of him."
Notes
• TCU notched double-digit hits for the eighth time this season.
• TCU has scored in double figures six times this season.
• TCU had a season-high 16 hits in the game.
• The pitching staff didn't surrender an earned run for the fifth time this season.
• Elliott Barzilli collected his seventh multi-hit game of the season and the 22nd of his career. He also notched his fifth multiple-RBI game of the year and the 15th of his career.
• Luken Baker tallied his third multi-hit game and his fifth multiple-RBI contest of the season.
• Josh Watson notched his fourth multi-hit game and fifth multiple-RBI contest of the year.
• Evan Skoug tallied his third multi-hit game of the season and the 22nd of his career. He also collected his first multiple-RBI game of the campaign and the 14th of his career.
• Connor Wanhanen tallied his third multi-hit game of the season and the 15th of his career.
• Mason Hesse collected his second multiple-RBI game of the season.
• Ryan Merrill tallied his second career multiple-RBI game of the season.
• Dane Steinhagen notched his fourth multiple-RBI game of the year and the 11th of his career.
• Austen Wade collected his first career multi-hit game.
Next Up
TCU improves to 9-2 with Sunday's victory. The homestand continues Tuesday night when the Horned Frogs host crosstown rival, UT Arlington at 6:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hill, Rex (1-0)
L: MORGAN, Eli (1-1)
Batting:
RBI: KRAUEL, Jack 1
SH: CHUNG, Patrick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CHUNG, Patrick 1
HBP: TRUBE, Branson 1
Batting:
2B: Skoug, Evan 1 ; Baker, Luken 1 ; Barzilli, Elliott 1 ; Wade, Austen 2
3B: Hesse, Mason 1 ; Skoug, Evan 1
RBI: Hesse, Mason 2 ; Skoug, Evan 4 ; Baker, Luken 2 ; Watson, Josh 2 ; Barzilli, Elliott 2 ; Merrill, Ryan 2 ; Steinhagen, Dane 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Wanhanen, Connor 3 ; Hesse, Mason 2 ; Skoug, Evan 2 ; Plunkett, Zack 1 ; Baker, Luken 2 ; Watson, Josh 1 ; Barzilli, Elliott 1 ; Merrill, Ryan 1 ; Steinhagen, Dane 1 ; Wade, Austen 2
SB: Watson, Josh 1
HBP: Wanhanen, Connor 1 ; Hesse, Mason 1 ; Skoug, Evan 1
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