TCU
31-11, 12-6
Texas Tech
36-12, 11-7
TCU Drops Rubber Match On Sunday
4/30/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
LUBBOCK – No. 6 Texas Tech scored runs in every inning en route to handing No. 2 TCU an 21-3 loss in seven innings on Sunday. The Horned Frogs depart Lubbock with a one-game lead atop the Big 12 standings.
The Rundown
TCU jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first. With the bases loaded, Cam Warner delivered a sacrifice fly. A two-out infield single from Nolan Brown drove in Connor Wanhanen.
Texas Tech wasted little time getting on top. A ground out with the bases loaded made it a 2-1 game. Orlando Garcia's two-run single to left put the Red Raiders in front to stay, 3-2.
The Red Raiders poured on the offense the remainder of the game, pushing across multiple runs in four of the next five innings. Twice Texas Tech batted around in scoring five runs in the third and seven in the fourth.
A pair of errors in the seventh allowed TCU's only other of the game to score.
For its part, TCU had base runners on in every inning of the game except one, but couldn't get the big hit to score runs. The Horned Frogs stranded 12 runners in the contest.
Stat of the Game
30 – Austen Wade has reached base safely in 30 straight contests.
Notes:
• TCU has scored multiple runs in an inning 66 times this season.
• TCU fell to 8-2 against ranked opponents this season.
• TCU allowed 20 or more runs in a game for just the third time under the guidance of Jim Schlossnagle.
• The last time TCU allowed 20 runs was on April 12, 205 in a 20-10 loss at Oklahoma.
• Austen Wade has reached base safely in 30 straight games.
• Connor Wanhanen has reached base safely in 10 straight games.
• Luken Baker stretched on-base streak to 24.
• Evan Skoug has reached base safely in 26 straight games.
• Ryan Merrill has reached base safely in 12 straight games.
• Michael Landestoy stretched his on-base streak to seven.
Next Up:
With the loss, TCU falls to 31-11 overall and 12-6 in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs return to the diamond Tuesday when they will resume the March 21 contest against Abilene Christian. The teams will resume the game with two outs in the top of the fifth inning and TCU batting with a 2-0 lead.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shetter, Ryan (3-0)
L: Howard, Brian (6-3)
Batting:
RBI: Warner, Cam 1 ; Brown, Nolan 1
SF: Warner, Cam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wade, Austen 1 ; Wanhanen, Connor 1 ; Landestoy, Michael 1
Batting:
2B: Little, Grant 1 ; Hargrove, Hunter 1 ; Farhat, Cody 2
3B: Klein, Brian 1
HR: Little, Grant 1 ; Long, Ryan 1 ; Jung, Josh 1 ; McMillon, John 1
RBI: Little, Grant 5 ; Long, Ryan 2 ; Jung, Josh 2 ; Klein, Brian 1 ; Hargrove, Hunter 1 ; Garcia, Orlando 3 ; Berglund, Michael 2 ; Farhat, Cody 2 ; McMillon, John 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Little, Grant 3 ; Long, Ryan 3 ; Jung, Josh 1 ; Klein, Brian 3 ; Hargrove, Hunter 3 ; Garcia, Orlando 2 ; Berglund, Michael 2 ; Farhat, Cody 2 ; McMillon, John 2
SB: Garcia, Orlando 1 ; Berglund, Michael 1
HBP: Long, Ryan 1 ; Berglund, Michael 1
PO: Hargrove, Hunter 1
