TCU Falters In Loss To Rice

Sunday, March 3

Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas)

7 p.m.

TCU

6-4

Rice

5-7

TCU

Rice

TCU Falters In Loss To Rice

3/3/2019 11:17:00 PM | Baseball

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Brown registers two hits

HOUSTON -- TCU dropped its final game in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic, falling to Rice 12-2 Sunday night at Minute Maid Park.

The Rundown
Rice opened up a 3-0 lead in the second. A pair of singles to open the inning had the Owls in business. With the bases loaded and one out, a hit batter and a walk gave Rice a 2-0 lead. A sacrifice fly capped the scoring in the inning.

The Frogs got a run back in the third. Hunter Wolfe tripled with one out and scored on a Porter Brown base knock to pull within two, 3-1.

Rice gifted the Frogs a run in the fifth. With two on and two out, Alex Isola grounded to the shortstop. He unleashed a throw into the camera well allowing Brown to score to make it a 3-2 ballgame.

The Owls responded with a trio of runs in the bottom of the inning. Two extra-base hits accounted for the three runs as Rice opened up a 6-2 lead. A six-run sixth inning broke the game open. With two outs, the Owls pushed across five runs, four of which were unearned following a dropped fly ball.

Jared Janczak (0-1) took the loss after allowing three runs on two hits.

Stat of the Game:
4 – Rice scored four unearned runs in the game.

Notes:
• TCU fell to 15-9 all-time in the College Classic.
• TCU allowed a season-high 12 runs in the game.
• Jake Guenther and Josh Watson have reached base safely in all 10 games.
• Porter Brown collected his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
• Brown registered multiple stolen bases in a game for the second time this season.
• Brown has reached base safely in five straight games.
• Johnny Rizer has reached base safely in 22 straight games dating back to last season.

Next Up:
The Horned Frogs fall to 6-4 on the season. TCU makes a brief stop at home on Tuesday afternoon for a 3 p.m. tilt against Stephen F. Austin.