Saturday, March 24
Fort Worth, Texas
2:00 PM
TCU
13-7, 2-0
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Kansas State
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TCU Powers Past K-State Saturday
3/24/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 24, 2018
The Rundown
Kansas State briefly held a 1-0 lead after a solo home run from Jordan Maxson in the second. A Coby Boulware sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning tied the game at one.
The bats came to play in the third as TCU unloaded for a trio of home runs to score five times and open up a 6-1 lead.
A wild pitch allowed Zach Humphreys to score to give the Frogs a 2-1 lead with one out. Michael Landestoy and A.J. Balta went back-to-back with their first home runs of the season to push the lead to four, 5-1. Conner Shepherd's second home run in as many days capped the third inning fireworks.
Six more runs came around to score in the seventh as the lead grew to double-digits, 12-2. Luken Baker led off the inning with his sixth home run of the year.
With one on and two out, five straight Frogs reached base. Tristan Hanoian was hit by a pitch and Connor Wanhanen walked to push the lead to 9-2. Humphreys bounced a single up the middle to drive in two more. An error in the outfield allowed Wanhanen to score the final run of the inning.
Nick Lodolo (4-1) turned in seven solid innings on the mound. He surrendered just two runs on seven hits, walked two and struck out five. Caleb Sloan and James Notary pitched scoreless innings each to lock up the TCU victory.
Stat of the Game
4 – TCU hit four home runs in the victory, three of which came in a five-run third inning explosion.
Notes
• TCU homered multiple times in the game for the fourth time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the seventh time this season.
• TCU scored multiple runs in two innings. The Frogs have scored multiple runs in 31 innings this season.
• TCU held an opponent to two or fewer runs for the ninth time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the ninth time this season.
• TCU registered double-digit hits for the eighth time this season.
• Josh Watson has reached base in six straight games.
• Conner Shepherd hit his second career home run.
• Luken Baker collected his team-leading sixth home run of the season and the 25th of his career.
• Baker picked up his sixth multi-hit game of the season and the 45th of his career.
• Michael Landestoy hit his first home run of the season and the third of his career.
• Landestoy collected his seventh multi-hit game of the year and the 13th of his career.
• Landestoy notched his fourth multi-RBI game of the year and the ninth of his career.
• A.J. Balta hit his first home run of the season and the 14th of his career.
• Balta collected his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the 32nd of his career.
• Zach Humphreys tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the 12th of his career.
• Humphreys posted his third multi-RBI game of the season and the 11th of his career.
Next Up
The Horned Frogs improve to 13-7 overall and 2-0 in Big 12 play. They will go for their first sweep of the season on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. The game will be televised on FSSW+.
FORT WORTH – A pair of big innings and four home runs helped No. 15 TCU run away with a 12-2 victory over Kansas State on Saturday at Lupton Stadium. The Horned Frogs slugged three of their four home runs in the third inning.
The Rundown
Kansas State briefly held a 1-0 lead after a solo home run from Jordan Maxson in the second. A Coby Boulware sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning tied the game at one.
The bats came to play in the third as TCU unloaded for a trio of home runs to score five times and open up a 6-1 lead.
A wild pitch allowed Zach Humphreys to score to give the Frogs a 2-1 lead with one out. Michael Landestoy and A.J. Balta went back-to-back with their first home runs of the season to push the lead to four, 5-1. Conner Shepherd's second home run in as many days capped the third inning fireworks.
Six more runs came around to score in the seventh as the lead grew to double-digits, 12-2. Luken Baker led off the inning with his sixth home run of the year.
With one on and two out, five straight Frogs reached base. Tristan Hanoian was hit by a pitch and Connor Wanhanen walked to push the lead to 9-2. Humphreys bounced a single up the middle to drive in two more. An error in the outfield allowed Wanhanen to score the final run of the inning.
Nick Lodolo (4-1) turned in seven solid innings on the mound. He surrendered just two runs on seven hits, walked two and struck out five. Caleb Sloan and James Notary pitched scoreless innings each to lock up the TCU victory.
Stat of the Game
4 – TCU hit four home runs in the victory, three of which came in a five-run third inning explosion.
Notes
• TCU homered multiple times in the game for the fourth time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the seventh time this season.
• TCU scored multiple runs in two innings. The Frogs have scored multiple runs in 31 innings this season.
• TCU held an opponent to two or fewer runs for the ninth time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the ninth time this season.
• TCU registered double-digit hits for the eighth time this season.
• Josh Watson has reached base in six straight games.
• Conner Shepherd hit his second career home run.
• Luken Baker collected his team-leading sixth home run of the season and the 25th of his career.
• Baker picked up his sixth multi-hit game of the season and the 45th of his career.
• Michael Landestoy hit his first home run of the season and the third of his career.
• Landestoy collected his seventh multi-hit game of the year and the 13th of his career.
• Landestoy notched his fourth multi-RBI game of the year and the ninth of his career.
• A.J. Balta hit his first home run of the season and the 14th of his career.
• Balta collected his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the 32nd of his career.
• Zach Humphreys tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the 12th of his career.
• Humphreys posted his third multi-RBI game of the season and the 11th of his career.
Next Up
The Horned Frogs improve to 13-7 overall and 2-0 in Big 12 play. They will go for their first sweep of the season on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. The game will be televised on FSSW+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lodolo, Nick (4-1)
L: Littlejim, Gabe (1-4)
Batting:
HR: Maxson, Jordan 1
RBI: Brennan, Will 1 ; Maxson, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Maxson, Jordan 1 ; McMaster, Trent 1
SB: Brennan, Will 1 ; Thompson, Cameron 1
HBP: Maxson, Jordan 1
Batting:
2B: Wanhanen, Connor 1
HR: Baker, Luken 1 ; Landestoy, Michael 1 ; Balta, A.J. 1 ; Shepherd, Conner 1
RBI: Wanhanen, Connor 1 ; Humphreys, Zach 2 ; Baker, Luken 1 ; Landestoy, Michael 2 ; Balta, A.J. 1 ; Shepherd, Conner 1 ; Boulware, Coby 1 ; Hanoian, Tristan 1
SF: Boulware, Coby 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wanhanen, Connor 1 ; Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Baker, Luken 2 ; Landestoy, Michael 2 ; Balta, A.J. 2 ; Oviedo, Adam 1 ; Shepherd, Conner 2 ; Hanoian, Tristan 1
SB: Oviedo, Adam 1
HBP: Hanoian, Tristan 1
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