TCU
29-8, 10-4
Baylor
24-15, 6-8
TCU Falters In Saturday's Loss
4/22/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
FORT WORTH – TCU's nine game home winning streak came to an end with a 16-5 loss to Baylor on Saturday. The Bears scored a run in each of the first seven innings of the ballgame.
The Rundown
Baylor picked up a two-out run in the first inning and never looked back, scoring a run in each of the first seven innings. In four of those innings, the Bears pushed across multiple runs in building a 16-0 lead.
TCU had just three base runners on a pair of walks and a base hit through the first six innings.
The Horned Frogs broke up the shutout in the seventh inning with a four spot. Luken Baker worked a lead-off walk. Pinch runner Michael Landestoy scored from first on a base hit from Evan Skoug. With two outs, Cam Warner singled to drive in Skoug with the second run of the frame. Ryan Merrill followed with a two-run home run to right to make it a 16-4 game.
TCU pushed across another run in the ninth to account for the final score. With two outs and the bases loaded, Connor Wanhanen was hit by a pitch to drive in Nolan Brown who had worked a lead-off walk.
Mitchell Traver (2-1) took the loss for the Frogs after allowing four runs on three hits in 1 1/3 innings of work.
Stat of the Game
7 – TCU allowed a run in seven of the nine innings in the game.
Notes:
• TCU has hit a home run in 21 games this season.
• TCU has scored multiple runs in an inning 60 times this season.
• TCU was outhit in a game for just the 11th time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 14th time this season.
• TCU allowed a season-high 16 runs.
• Austen Wade has reached base safely in 25 straight games.
• Evan Skoug has reached base safely in 21 straight games.
• Luken Baker stretched on-base streak to 19.
• Connor Wanhanen has reached base safely in nine straight.
• Cam Warner collected his 12th multi-hit game of the season and the 35th of his career.
• Nolan Brown has reached base safely in 16 straight games.
• Ryan Merrill hit his fourth home run of the season and the fifth of his career.
• Merrill tallied his fifth multi-RBI game of the season and the 12th of his career.
Next Up:
TCU falls to 29-8 overall and 10-4 in Big 12 play. The rubber match is set for Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. Brian Howard will get the start for the Horned Frogs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Parsons, Montana (3-2)
L: Traver, Mitchell (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Raguse, T.J. 1 ; Esthay, Kameron 1 ; Menard, Matt 2 ; McLean, Steven 1
HR: Cunningham, Richard 1 ; Dodson, Aaron 1 ; Wendzel, Davis 2
RBI: Raguse, T.J. 2 ; Cunningham, Richard 2 ; Langeliers, Shea 1 ; Menard, Matt 4 ; Dodson, Aaron 3 ; Wendzel, Davis 4
SH: Bissonette, Josh 1
SF: Raguse, T.J. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Raguse, T.J. 1 ; Cunningham, Richard 1 ; Langeliers, Shea 4 ; Esthay, Kameron 1 ; Menard, Matt 3 ; Dodson, Aaron 1 ; Wendzel, Davis 3 ; McLean, Steven 1 ; Bissonette, Josh 1
SB: Langeliers, Shea 1
HBP: Langeliers, Shea 1 ; Wendzel, Davis 2
Batting:
HR: Merrill, Ryan 1
RBI: Wanhanen, Connor 1 ; Warner, Cam 1 ; Merrill, Ryan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Landestoy, Michael 1 ; Skoug, Evan 1 ; Brown, Nolan 1 ; Warner, Cam 1 ; Merrill, Ryan 1
HBP: Wanhanen, Connor 1
