No. 10 TCU Falls To No. 6 Ole Miss Saturday

Saturday, February 20

Arlington, Texas

3 PM

TCU

0-1

Ole Miss

1-0

Ole Miss

TCU

No. 10 TCU Falls To No. 6 Ole Miss Saturday

2/20/2021 8:48:00 PM | Baseball

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Boyers tallies two hits in collegiate debut

ARLINGTON, Texas – No. 10 TCU dropped a 7-3 decision to No. 6 Ole Miss in its opening game of the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field on Saturday afternoon. Luke Boyers tallied a pair of hits in his collegiate debut.

The Rundown
The bulk of the game's scoring came in the second inning as the teams combined to score seven runs. Ole Miss jumped out to a 4-0 lead, taking advantage of two walks and a hit batter. Ben Van Cleve put the Rebels in front with a two-run double.

TCU battled back to get within a run, scoring three runs in the bottom of the inning. Austin Henry opened the frame with a double. A walk to Gray Rodgers and a two-out infield single from Luke Boyers loaded the bases. Three straight walks to Elijah Nunez, Tommy Sacco and Hunter Wolfe made it a 4-3 ballgame.

The Frogs had multiple opportunities to tie the game, but couldn't come up with the big hit. The best opportunity came in the sixth after a Boyers lead-off single and a walk to Nunez put two on with nobody out. They were both in scoring position with one out, but the Rebels pitched out of the jam.

Ole Miss added two big insurance runs in the seventh as it took advantage of a one-out error to score a pair of unearned runs. A two-out double from Peyton Chatagnier pushed the Rebel lead to 6-3. They added another two-out run in the ninth to account for the final score.

Johnny Ray (0-1) allowed four runs on three hits in three innings of work. He walked three and struck out four. Haylen Green turned in a 3 2/3 innings of work. He was touched for two unearned runs on two hits. He struck out five. Drew Hill pitched the final 2 1/3, allowing a run on four hits and striking out four.

Stat of the Game:
11 – TCU had runners on in all but two innings, but stranded 11 runners, including seven in scoring position.

Notes:
• TCU is now 11-7 in season-openers under head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts, tallying 13 in the game.
• TCU turned a pair of double plays in the game.
• Johnny Ray made the Opening Day start for the second year in a row.
• Luke Boyers and Elijah Nunez started their first career collegiate game.
• Boyers collected his first collegiate hit in the second inning.
• Nunez tallied his first career RBI in the second inning.
• Gene Wood stretch his hitting streak to six games and his reached base streak to seven dating back to 2020.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 14 straight games dating back to last season.
• Haylen Green has not allowed an earned run in his last 22 2/3 innings pitched dating back to the 2019 campaign.

Next Up:
TCU (0-1) will continue to play in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown on Sunday morning. The Horned Frogs will take on No. 7 Mississippi State (1-0) at 11 a.m. The game can be seen live on FloSports.TV.