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Complete Game Effort Leads TCU To Victory
5/4/2019 3:11:00 PM | Baseball
King throws second complete game of the season
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Charles King was brilliant in throwing his second complete game of the season as TCU guaranteed the series victory over No. 17 West Virginia with a 6-1 win. Josh Watson hit a lead-off homer as part of a three hit game.
The Rundown
Josh Watson led off the game with his seventh home run of the season.
West Virginia looked poised to tie the game in the bottom of the first after a two-out double with a runner on first. Unlucky for the Mountaineers, the ball bounced over the fence for a ground-rule double, forcing the runner back to third. King got a ground out to end the frame, preserving TCU's 1-0 lead.
TCU put up two runs in the third to increase its lead to 3-0. Watson opened the inning with a base hit and moved to second on an Austin Henry single. Alex Isola came through with a two-out double to drive in both runners.
Another two runs crossed the plate in the fourth. After drawing a walk, Adam Oviedo raced home on a double down the line off the bat of Zach Humphreys. Two batters later, Humphreys scored on a Jake Guenther groundout for a 5-0 lead.
Johnny Rizer and Isola traded doubles in the fifth to extend the Frogs' advantage to 6-0.
The Mountaineers took advantage of a lead-off error in the seventh to plate their only run of the game. It could have been more as they had runners on the corners with nobody out, but King retired three straight with a pair of strikeouts around a ground out to hold West Virginia to the one run.
King ultimately retired the final nine batters he faced in the game to secure the victory.
Stat of the Game:
33 – Charles King (4-2) faced just 33 batters in tossing his second complete game of the season. He finished allowing an unearned run on four hits. He walked one and struck out eight.
Notes:
• Cody Jones hit TCU's last lead-off home run against Sacred Heart on May 29, 2015.
• TCU homered in a game for the 23rdtime this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 26th time this season.
• Jake Guenther has reached base safely in all 45 games.
• Josh Watson hit his seventh home run of the season and the 27thof his career.
• Watson collected his 17th multi-hit game of the year and the 66thof his career.
• Austin Henry has reached safely in 17 straight games.
• Henry tallied his 16thmulti-hit game of the year.
• Alex Isola recorded his seventh multi-RBI game of the year and the ninth of his career.
• Isola registered his 10thmulti-hit game of the season and the 11thof his career.
• Johnny Rizer tallied his 19thmulti-hit game of the year and the 28thof his career.
Next Up:
With the victory, TCU improves to 26-19 overall and 8-9 in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs will go for the series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Noon. Brandon Williamson will get the ball for the Horned Frogs.
The Rundown
Josh Watson led off the game with his seventh home run of the season.
West Virginia looked poised to tie the game in the bottom of the first after a two-out double with a runner on first. Unlucky for the Mountaineers, the ball bounced over the fence for a ground-rule double, forcing the runner back to third. King got a ground out to end the frame, preserving TCU's 1-0 lead.
TCU put up two runs in the third to increase its lead to 3-0. Watson opened the inning with a base hit and moved to second on an Austin Henry single. Alex Isola came through with a two-out double to drive in both runners.
Another two runs crossed the plate in the fourth. After drawing a walk, Adam Oviedo raced home on a double down the line off the bat of Zach Humphreys. Two batters later, Humphreys scored on a Jake Guenther groundout for a 5-0 lead.
Johnny Rizer and Isola traded doubles in the fifth to extend the Frogs' advantage to 6-0.
The Mountaineers took advantage of a lead-off error in the seventh to plate their only run of the game. It could have been more as they had runners on the corners with nobody out, but King retired three straight with a pair of strikeouts around a ground out to hold West Virginia to the one run.
King ultimately retired the final nine batters he faced in the game to secure the victory.
Stat of the Game:
33 – Charles King (4-2) faced just 33 batters in tossing his second complete game of the season. He finished allowing an unearned run on four hits. He walked one and struck out eight.
Notes:
• Cody Jones hit TCU's last lead-off home run against Sacred Heart on May 29, 2015.
• TCU homered in a game for the 23rdtime this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 26th time this season.
• Jake Guenther has reached base safely in all 45 games.
• Josh Watson hit his seventh home run of the season and the 27thof his career.
• Watson collected his 17th multi-hit game of the year and the 66thof his career.
• Austin Henry has reached safely in 17 straight games.
• Henry tallied his 16thmulti-hit game of the year.
• Alex Isola recorded his seventh multi-RBI game of the year and the ninth of his career.
• Isola registered his 10thmulti-hit game of the season and the 11thof his career.
• Johnny Rizer tallied his 19thmulti-hit game of the year and the 28thof his career.
Next Up:
With the victory, TCU improves to 26-19 overall and 8-9 in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs will go for the series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Noon. Brandon Williamson will get the ball for the Horned Frogs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: King, Charles (4-2)
L: Wolf, Jackson (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Henry, Austin 1 ; Rizer, Johnny 1 ; Isola, Alex 2 ; Humphreys, Zach 1
HR: Watson, Josh 1
RBI: Watson, Josh 1 ; Guenther, Jake 1 ; Isola, Alex 3 ; Humphreys, Zach 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Watson, Josh 2 ; Henry, Austin 1 ; Rizer, Johnny 1 ; Oviedo, Adam 1 ; Humphreys, Zach 1
SB: Shepherd, Conner 1
Batting:
2B: Inman, Marques 1
RBI: Hudson, Tristen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gonzalez, Ivan 1
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