TCU Sweeps College Classic Field

Sunday, March 5

Houston, Texas

2:35 PM

TCU

10-1

Ole Miss

7-4

TCU

Ole Miss

TCU Sweeps College Classic Field

3/5/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

March 5, 2017

Final Stats

HOUSTON – TCU opened up an early 3-0 lead in the second and never looked back en route to a 5-3 victory over No. 8 Ole Miss. Jared Janczak was masterful for over 7+ innings, registering a career-high 10 strikeouts.

The Rundown
Janczak (3-0) gave TCU a strong performance on the mound and the offense pitched in with five runs to help the Horned Frogs take its second straight Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic title. Janczak tossed 7 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out a career-high 10.

TCU opened the scoring in the second inning, picking up three runs. With two on and one out, Cam Warner doubled to right to make it a 1-0 game. A wild pitch brought home another run, before Zach Humphreys dumped a single into center for a 3-0 lead.

The Frogs added another run in the fourth on a two-out solo home run off the bat of Ryan Merrill. Luken Baker's first career triple to open the sixth resulted in the Frogs' final run as he scored on a Josh Watson base knock.

Ole Miss attempted to mount a rally in the eighth as it picked up a trio of runs. The big blast in the inning was a two-run home run by Cobly Bortles that closed the gap to 5-3.

Ryan Burnett got the final out of the frame before turning the ball over to Durbin Feltman in the ninth. The sophomore closer retired all three batters he faced to lock up his third save of the season.

Stat of the Game
10 – Jared Janczak struck out a career-high 10 batters in the game.

Notes:
• TCU has won back-to-back Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic titles.
• TCU improved to 94-101 against ranked opponents under the guidance of head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
• TCU improved to 14-7 all-time in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic.
• TCU has scored multiple runs in an inning 23 times this season.
• TCU's pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts for the sixth time this season.
• Cam Warner has reached base in all 11 games this season.
• Luken Baker has reached base safely in seven straight games.
• Ryan Merrill hit his first home run of the season and the second of his career.
• Zach Humphreys has hit safely in three straight and reached base safely in all five games he's played.
• Evan Skoug has reached base safely in 10 straight games.
• Josh Watson extended his hitting streak to six games.
• Luken Baker notched his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the 32nd of his career.
• Durbin Feltman is now 12-for-12 in save opportunities in his career.

Next Up:
TCU is off to a 10-1 start with the victory on Sunday afternoon. The Horned Frogs will make a brief stop at home for a Tuesday night tilt against Dallas Baptist. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at Lupton Stadium.