TCU Blanks Wichita State, 3-0, In Opener

Friday, April 1

Wichita, Kan.

6:30 PM

TCU

20-5

Wichita State

9-17

TCU

Wichita State

TCU Blanks Wichita State, 3-0, In Opener

4/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

April 1, 2016

Final Stats

WICHITA, Kan. – Three runs in the middle innings was all No. 6 TCU needed as it blanked Wichita State, 3-0, in the series opener on Friday. Dane Steinhagen hit his third home run of the season.

The Rundown
Pitching and defense dominated the early portion of the game. Wichita State turned a pair of double plays in the first four innings to erase TCU threats. Luken Baker pitched around a pair of base runners in the third and got a double play of his own to end the fourth.

Dane Steinhagen broke the deadlock with one out in the fifth. He lined a single over the right center field fence to give the Frogs a 1-0 lead.

Wichita State looked poised to tie the game in the bottom of the inning as it loaded the bases on two hit batters and a walk with nobody out. Evan Skoug made a sparkling play to corral a chopper and stepped on home for the first out. Jared Janczak (4-1) looked like he may escape with a double play ball, but the relay from second never came, however the umpire called interference on the runner and the inning was over without a run scoring.

In the sixth, Skoug was standing on third with two outs. The Shockers pitched around Elliott Barzilli and elected to pitch to Josh Watson. The freshman made the decision come back to haunt the Shockers as he lined a triple over the leaping second baseman to make it a 3-0 game.

Janczak made the lead stand up. He pitched five scoreless frames in relief of Baker. He allowed just two hits, walked two and fanned nine to earn his fourth win of the season.

Stat of the Game
9 – Jared Janczak pitched five scoreless innings relief and tallied a career-high nine strikeouts.

Notes
• TCU tallied its fifth shutout of the season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 12th time this season.
• Cam Warner stretched his hitting streak to 14 games.
• Cam Warner collected his eighth multi-hit game of the season.
• Elliott Barzilli and Luken Baker have reached base in 10 straight games.
• Elliott Barzilli has hit safely in 10 straight.
• Josh Watson tallied his eighth multiple-RBI game of the year.
• Austen Wade has reached base safely in 13 straight games.
• Dane Steinhagen collected his seventh multi-hit game of the season and the 25th of his career.

Next Up
With the victory, TCU improves to 20-5 on the year. The Horned Frogs and Shockers will meet in game two of the series Saturday afternoon at 1. The game will be televised on ESPNU. Brian Howard will make the start for the Frogs.