TCU Holds On For Win

Tuesday, April 10

Fort Worth, Texas

6:30 PM

TCU

16-13

UT Arlington

15-16

UT Arlington

TCU

4/10/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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April 10, 2018

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FORT WORTH -- TCU jumped out to an early lead and weathered a late rally from UT Arlington to close out the homestand with a 6-5 win on Tuesday night. Michael Landestoy notched three hits and drove in two to lead the offense, while Durbin Feltman pitched a perfect ninth to collect his fourth save of the year.

The Rundown
UT Arlington opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first, but the Frogs wasted little time getting back into the game. TCU sent nine batters to the plate and scored four times.

Back-to-back singles from Colton Parrish and Josh Watson followed by a walk to Luken Baker loaded the bases with nobody out. A.J. Balta walked to tie the game and Michael Landestoy followed with a base hit to give the Frogs a lead. Johnny Rizer singled to push the lead to 3-1 and an RBI groundout from Adam Oviedo made it 4-1.

Two more runs came around to score in the second. Parrish again led off the inning with a base hit. Watson hit a missile down the right field line for a stand-up triple and a 5-1 lead. Landestoy's two-out single plated Watson for a 6-1 advantage.

UTA picked up a run in the fifth, once again taking advantage of a free pass to start the frame. After a dropped fly ball put two in scoring position with one out, Caleb Sloan (1-0) worked out of the jam with a strikeout and a ground out to limit the damage to one.

In the eighth, a trio of miscues helped the Mavericks pull within one, 6-5. With two in scoring position on an error and a double, Josh Minjarez made it a 6-3 game. Christian Hollie doubled with two outs to pull the Mavericks within two. A pair of errors gifted UTA another run. Augie Mihlbauer came on and got a fly out to end the inning with the tying run on second.

Russell Smith allowed just one run on five hits over four innings of work. He struck out three and walked two in the no-decision. Sloan picked up the win in relief after allowing a run on one hit.

Stat of the Game
9 -- Durbin Feltman recorded his fourth save of the season and the 30th of his career. He pitched an immaculate inning, fanning all three batters on nine pitches.

Notes
• TCU improved to 12-1 in games when it outhits an opponent.
• TCU registered double-digit hits for the 11th time this season.
• TCU allowed the first run in a game for the 14th time this season.
• TCU scored a first inning run for the 10th time this season.
• Durbin Feltman is now 30-of-34 in save opportunities.
• Caleb Sloan picked up his first career win.
• Josh Watson has reached base safely in 15 straight games.
• Watson has hit safely in eight straight.
• Watson picked up his 11th multi-hit game of the season and the 41st of his career.
• Luken Baker has reached base safely in 11 straight games.
• Michael Landestoy tallied his 10th multi-hit game of the year and the 16th of his career.
• Landestoy registered his sixth multi-RBI game of the season and the 11th of his career.
• Colton Parrish collected his first career multi-hit game.
• Coby Boulware notched his seventh career multi-hit game.
• A.J. Balta has reached safely in eight straight.

Next Up
With the win, TCU improves to 16-13 overall. The Horned Frogs will hit the road for a Big 12 series at Kansas. First pitch for Friday's series opener is set for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN3.