TCU Wins Fourth Straight, Tops UTA 5-3

Tuesday, March 19

Globe Life Park (Arlington, Texas)

7 p.m.

TCU

13-6

UT Arlington

12-9

TCU

UT Arlington

TCU Wins Fourth Straight, Tops UTA 5-3

3/19/2019 10:40:00 PM | Baseball

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Shepherd hits third homerun of the season

ARLINGTON, Texas – Propelled by a three-run homer off the bat of Conner Shepherd in the fourth, No. 20 TCU baseball topped UT Arlington 5-3 Tuesday night at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

The Rundown
UT Arlington opened the scoring in the second. Zac Cook was standing on second scored on a Dylan Paul two-out base hit.

The Frogs quickly responded in the top of the third. Bobby Goodloe's second double of the game opened the inning. He made it to third on an error in the outfield and scored on a Josh Watson base hit.

Conner Shepherd delivered in the fourth as the Frogs grabbed a 4-1 lead. Austin Henry walked to open the inning and moved to second on an Adam Oviedo base knock. Shepherd lined a three-run home run into the bullpen in right center to put the Frogs on top.

TCU answered a fourth inning run from UT Arlington with one in the top of the sixth. With the bases loaded, Shepherd raced home on a wild pitch to make it a 5-2 ballgame.

The Mavericks crept closer in the eighth after a one-out triple scored for a 5-3 contest. Augie Mihlbauer came on to close out the eight with a strikeout.

Spencer Arrighetti made his first career start and allowed just a run on two hits in two innings. Haylen Green (2-0) picked up the victory for the Frogs, while Marcelo Perez earned his third save of the season.

Stat of the Game:
2 – Conner Shepherd has hit two career home runs in Major League stadiums. His first career home run came against Vanderbilt on March 11, 2018 at Dodger Stadium last season. Both have been three-run shots.

Notes:
• TCU has won seven straight games against UT Arlington dating back to 2012.
• TCU improves to 2-2 in Big League parks this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 13^th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 12^th time this season.
• TCU has collected 10 or more hits in six consecutive games.

• Spencer Arrighetti made his first career start.
• Bobby Goodloe recorded his second career multi-hit game.
• Josh Watson has reached base safely in 25 straight games dating back to last year.
• Jake Guenther has reached base safely in all 19 games.
• Austin Henry has reached base safely in all 10 games.
• Conner Shepherd hit his third home run of the season, and the 10^th of his career.
• Shepherd recorded his second multi-RBI game of the season and the seventh of his career.
• Shepherd posted his fourth multi-hit game of the season and the 13th of his career.
• Marcelo Perez earned the third save of his career.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 13-6 on the season The Horned Frogs will return home for a weekend series against the nationally ranked Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 opener. First pitch on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on FSSW+.