TCU’s Win Streak Halted Saturday

Saturday, March 23

Lupton Stadium

7:30 p.m.

TCU

Texas

TCU’s Win Streak Halted Saturday

3/23/2019 11:16:00 PM | Baseball

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Isola collects two hits in the loss

FORT WORTH – No. 9 Texas evened the series against No. 20 TCU with a 13-1 victory on Saturday night at Lupton Stadium. Alex Isola tallied a pair of hits in the loss.

The Rundown
Texas opened the scoring with a two-out, two-run home run from Zach Zubia in the first and never looked back.

TCU responded with a run in the bottom of the frame. Hunter Wolfe walked to open the inning and was followed by back-to-back singles from Josh Watson and Alex Isola. Wolfe scored on double play ball to make it a 2-1 ballgame.

Texas broke the game open in the middle frames, picking up 10 runs in innings 3 through 5. The Longhorns batted around in the third, scoring four times. After putting up a solo run in the fourth, Texas once again batted around in the fifth, scoring five two-out runs.

Jake Eissler (3-2) took the loss for the Horned Frogs. Spencer Arrighetti tossed 1 1/3 scoreless frames and James Notary pitched a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts.

Stat of the Game:
21 – Jake Guenther walked and recorded a hit in the game. He is the lone Horned Frog to have reached base in all 21 games this season.

Notes:
• Texas' win snapped a seven-game TCU winning streak at Lupton Stadium.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts for the 10^thtime this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 11th time this season.
• TCU allowed double-digit runs for just the second time this season.
• Jake Guenther has reached base safely in all 21 games.
• Alex Isola collected his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the sixth of his career.
• Andrew Keefer has reached base safely in 11 straight games.
• Conner Shepherd has reached base safely in seven straight.

Next Up:
With the loss, TCU falls to 14-7 on the season and 1-1 in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs will go for the series win on Sunday afternoon at 1. Brandon Williamson will get the start for TCU. The game will be televised on FSSW+.