
TCU Drops Home Finale Tuesday
5/14/2019 10:36:00 PM | Baseball
Rizer hits ninth home run
FORT WORTH – TCU dropped its home finale by a 10-5 score to Lamar on Tuesday night at Lupton Stadium. Johnny Rizer hit his team-leading ninth home run as part of a two-hit game in the loss.
The Rundown
The first three Cardinals reached to open the game and all three came around to score as Lamar opened up a 3-0 lead after an inning of play.
Lamar's lead grew to four as it connected on a pair of doubles in the third inning. A pair of errors in the fourth gifted the Cardinals another run for a 5-0 lead.
TCU got back in the game in the fourth, pulling within two, 5-3. Johnny Rizer led off the inning with a home run. Five straight two-out walks brought home two runs as Josh Watson and Jake Guenther each drew a bases-loaded walk.
The Cardinals got a run back in the fifth on a two-out base hit for a 6-3 advantage. A two-out double from Cole Coker in the eighth broke the game open as Lamar took a 9-3 lead.
In the bottom of the eighth, TCU pushed across two runs on two hits. Zach Humphreys scored on a wild pitch and Austin Henry drove in Josh Watson.
Another unearned run for Lamar in the ninth accounted for the final score.
Stat of the Game:
50 – Jake Guenther drew a walk in the fourth inning to extend his on-base streak to 50 games.
Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the 28th time this season.
• TCU has homered in eight straight games.
• TCU drew a season-high 11 walks.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts for the 20thtime this season.
• Johnny Rizer picked up his 20th multi-hit game of the season and the 29th of his career.
• Rizer hit his ninth home run of the year and the 12th of his career.
• Rizer has homered in back-to-back games.
• Austin Henry tallied his 17thmulti-hit game of the season.
Next Up:
With the loss, TCU falls to 28-22 overall. The Horned Frogs will wrap up the regular season at Texas Tech. The series opener is set for Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.
The Rundown
The first three Cardinals reached to open the game and all three came around to score as Lamar opened up a 3-0 lead after an inning of play.
Lamar's lead grew to four as it connected on a pair of doubles in the third inning. A pair of errors in the fourth gifted the Cardinals another run for a 5-0 lead.
TCU got back in the game in the fourth, pulling within two, 5-3. Johnny Rizer led off the inning with a home run. Five straight two-out walks brought home two runs as Josh Watson and Jake Guenther each drew a bases-loaded walk.
The Cardinals got a run back in the fifth on a two-out base hit for a 6-3 advantage. A two-out double from Cole Coker in the eighth broke the game open as Lamar took a 9-3 lead.
In the bottom of the eighth, TCU pushed across two runs on two hits. Zach Humphreys scored on a wild pitch and Austin Henry drove in Josh Watson.
Another unearned run for Lamar in the ninth accounted for the final score.
Stat of the Game:
50 – Jake Guenther drew a walk in the fourth inning to extend his on-base streak to 50 games.
Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the 28th time this season.
• TCU has homered in eight straight games.
• TCU drew a season-high 11 walks.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts for the 20thtime this season.
• Johnny Rizer picked up his 20th multi-hit game of the season and the 29th of his career.
• Rizer hit his ninth home run of the year and the 12th of his career.
• Rizer has homered in back-to-back games.
• Austin Henry tallied his 17thmulti-hit game of the season.
Next Up:
With the loss, TCU falls to 28-22 overall. The Horned Frogs will wrap up the regular season at Texas Tech. The series opener is set for Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Erickson, Ryan (2-4)
L: Janczak, Jared (0-3)
Batting:
2B: Girouard, Cole 1 ; Coker, Cole 1 ; Correa, JC 1
RBI: George, Avery 1 ; Coker, Cole 2 ; Correa, JC 2 ; Adames, Robin 2
SH: Coker, Cole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: George, Avery 2 ; Girouard, Cole 3 ; Coker, Cole 1 ; Quirion, Anthony 1 ; Kemp, Chase 1 ; Durand, Reese 1 ; McCall, Rhett 1
HBP: Correa, JC 1 ; Quirion, Anthony 1 ; Kemp, Chase 1 ; McCall, Rhett 1
PO: George, Avery 1

Batting:
HR: Rizer, Johnny 1
RBI: Watson, Josh 1 ; Guenther, Jake 1 ; Henry, Austin 1 ; Rizer, Johnny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Watson, Josh 1 ; Rizer, Johnny 1 ; Shepherd, Conner 1 ; Oviedo, Adam 1 ; Humphreys, Zach 1
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