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Howard's Gem Keeps TCU Alive In Tourney
5/27/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 27, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY – Brian Howard put together a career-night on the mound as he tossed a complete-game shutout with a career-high 12 strikeouts to lead No. 6 TCU to a 6-0 win over Kansas.
The Rundown
Howard (9-3) was brilliant in leading the Horned Frogs to victory. The senior allowed just four hits and just seven base runners on the night. No Jayhawk made it past second base. After allowing a pair of singles to open the fourth inning, he retired 18 of the final 20 batters he faced.
The TCU offense stacked Howard to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. A trio of walks to open the inning for the Frogs set the table for the big inning. With one out, Nolan Brown bounced a single through the left side for a 2-0 lead. Two batters later, Ryan Merrill doubled the advantage with a two-run single of his own.
Kansas got a lead-off double in the third, but a pair of strikeouts and a ground out stranded the runner on second. After two singles opened the fourth for the Jayhawks, Howard struck out the side to leave them on base.
Connor Wanhanen spurred a two-run fourth inning with a one-out triple to left center. After a walk to Austen Wade, he scored on a wild pitch to make it a 5-0 game. Wade tagged up on a fly ball off the bat of Zach Humphreys and scored the final run of the game on a balk.
Stat of the Game
12 – Brian Howard fanned a career-high 12 batters in tossing his second career complete game. It was his first career complete-game shutout.
Notes:
• TCU improved to 36-14 in conference tournament games under the guidance of Schlossnagle.
• TCU improved to 11-6 in Big 12 tournament games, including a 11-4 mark in games played in Oklahoma City.
• TCU has scored multiple runs in an inning 87 times this season.
• TCU pitchers racked up double-digit strikeouts for the 23rd time.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 27th time this season.
• Brian Howard's only other complete game came at Texas on March 25, 2016.
• Connor Wanhanen has reached base safely in 23 straight games.
• Elliott Barzilli has reached base safely in 13 games.
• Ryan Merrill collected his 11th multi-hit game of the season and the 24th of his career.
• Merrill notched his ninth multi-RBI game of the year and the 16th of his career.
• Nolan Brown picked up his fifth multi-RBI game of the year and the 13th of his career.
Next Up:
TCU improves to 41-15 overall with the victory. The Horned Frogs will face Texas on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. TCU will need to top the Longhorns twice to advance to Sunday's championship game. The contest will be televised on FSSW+.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Brian Howard put together a career-night on the mound as he tossed a complete-game shutout with a career-high 12 strikeouts to lead No. 6 TCU to a 6-0 win over Kansas.
The Rundown
Howard (9-3) was brilliant in leading the Horned Frogs to victory. The senior allowed just four hits and just seven base runners on the night. No Jayhawk made it past second base. After allowing a pair of singles to open the fourth inning, he retired 18 of the final 20 batters he faced.
The TCU offense stacked Howard to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. A trio of walks to open the inning for the Frogs set the table for the big inning. With one out, Nolan Brown bounced a single through the left side for a 2-0 lead. Two batters later, Ryan Merrill doubled the advantage with a two-run single of his own.
Kansas got a lead-off double in the third, but a pair of strikeouts and a ground out stranded the runner on second. After two singles opened the fourth for the Jayhawks, Howard struck out the side to leave them on base.
Connor Wanhanen spurred a two-run fourth inning with a one-out triple to left center. After a walk to Austen Wade, he scored on a wild pitch to make it a 5-0 game. Wade tagged up on a fly ball off the bat of Zach Humphreys and scored the final run of the game on a balk.
Stat of the Game
12 – Brian Howard fanned a career-high 12 batters in tossing his second career complete game. It was his first career complete-game shutout.
Notes:
• TCU improved to 36-14 in conference tournament games under the guidance of Schlossnagle.
• TCU improved to 11-6 in Big 12 tournament games, including a 11-4 mark in games played in Oklahoma City.
• TCU has scored multiple runs in an inning 87 times this season.
• TCU pitchers racked up double-digit strikeouts for the 23rd time.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 27th time this season.
• Brian Howard's only other complete game came at Texas on March 25, 2016.
• Connor Wanhanen has reached base safely in 23 straight games.
• Elliott Barzilli has reached base safely in 13 games.
• Ryan Merrill collected his 11th multi-hit game of the season and the 24th of his career.
• Merrill notched his ninth multi-RBI game of the year and the 16th of his career.
• Nolan Brown picked up his fifth multi-RBI game of the year and the 13th of his career.
Next Up:
TCU improves to 41-15 overall with the victory. The Horned Frogs will face Texas on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. TCU will need to top the Longhorns twice to advance to Sunday's championship game. The contest will be televised on FSSW+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Howard, Brian (9-3)
L: Sean Rackoski (5-6)
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Batting:
2B: Tanner Gragg 1
SH: James Cosentino 1
Base Running:
HBP: Rudy Karre 1 ; James Cosentino 1
Batting:
3B: Wanhanen, Connor 1
RBI: Brown, Nolan 2 ; Merrill, Ryan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Wade, Austen 2 ; Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Skoug, Evan 1 ; Brown, Nolan 1 ; Wanhanen, Connor 1
SB: Wade, Austen 1 ; Merrill, Ryan 1
Game Leaders
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