Lucky No. 13! TCU Tops Dallas Baptist, 9-3

Tuesday, April 11

Dallas, Texas

6:30 PM

TCU

27-5

Dallas Baptist

18-14

TCU

Dallas Baptist

Lucky No. 13! TCU Tops Dallas Baptist, 9-3

4/11/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

April 11, 2017

Final Stats

DALLAS – No. 3 TCU held off a hard-charging Dallas Baptist squad with late-inning runs en route to a 9-3 victory on Tuesday night to stretch its winning streak to 13 games. Austen Wade and Elliott Barzilli drove in two each.

The Rundown
Luken Baker got the scoring started with a solo home run to lead off the second inning.

TCU held that lead behind a dominating performance from Mitchell Traver (2-0) who faced just one batter over the minimum in his four innings of work. He allowed just one hit and struck out five.

A two-spot in the fifth helped TCU open up a 3-0 lead. Nolan Brown led off the frame with the first of his two doubles on the night. After swiping third, he scored easily on a ground out from Elliott Barzilli. Ryan Merrill singled with one out and scored after rounding the bases on three wild pitches.

In the sixth, Cam Warner scored on an errant throw to make it 4-0, but the Patriots cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the inning with two runs on two hits and an error. Sean Wymer got a strikeout to strand the tying runs in scoring position to end the inning.

TCU got the runs back in the seventh, taking advantage of a trio of walks to open the inning. Evan Skoug hit a sacrifice fly and Warner grounded out to make it a 6-2 game.

Once again, the Patriots picked up a run to pull within three, 6-3, but the Frogs responded with three runs in the eighth to put the game out of reach. The big blow was a two-run, bases-loaded single off the bat of Wade that put the game out of reach.

Stat of the Game
13 – TCU's 13-game winning streak matches the longest under the guidance of Jim Schlossnagle. The streak spanned April 15 through May 9, 2014.

Notes:
• TCU has tallied multiple runs in an inning 54 times this season.
• TCU has homered in 18 contests this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 17th time this season.
• TCU pitchers posted double-digit strikeouts for the 17th time this season.
• Luken Baker stretched his hitting streak to 13 games and his on-base streak to 14.
• Baker hit his seventh home run of the season and the 18th of his career.
• Evan Skoug and Cam Warner have reached base safely in 16 straight games.
• Nolan Brown has reached base safely in 11 straight games.
• Brown recorded his 11th multi-hit game of the season and the 29th of his career.
• Austen Wade has reached base safely in 20 straight games.
• Wade picked up his eighth multi-RBI of the season and the 15th of his career.
• Elliott Barzilli pushed his hitting streak to 10 games.
• Barzilli notched his third multi-RBI game of the season and the 26th of his career.
• Ryan Merrill posted his sixth multi-hit game of the season and the 19th of his career.

Next Up:
The victory pushes TCU's record to 27-5 overall. The Horned Frogs return to league action this weekend when they travel to West Virginia for a three-game showdown with the Mountaineers. First pitch on Friday is set for 5:30 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised on FCS-Atlantic.