TCU Closes Trip With Victory at UTSA

Wednesday, March 10

San Antonio, TX

6 PM

TCU

9-4

UTSA

5-3

TCU

UTSA

TCU Closes Trip With Victory at UTSA

3/10/2021 10:10:00 PM | Baseball

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Shepherd homers for TCU

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – TCU scored three times in the first and rode the lead to a 6-3 victory over UTSA on Wednesday night. Cam Brown went five innings in his second career start, while Conner Shepherd homered and drove in two.

The Rundown
Elijah Nunez singled and Luke Boyers drew a walk to lead off the game. Zach Humphreys doubled down the line to drive in the first run of the game. A bobble in right allowed Boyers to score for a 2-0 lead. Conner Shepherd grounded out to push the lead to 3-0.

UTSA took advantage of a lead-off double and a passed ball to score its first run of the game, cutting the TCU lead to two, 3-1.

With one swing of the bat, Shepherd restored the three run advantage with a lead-off home run in the fourth.

After UTSA made it a two-run game with a solo home in the fifth, TCU responded with two in the sixth. Back-to-back two out singles from Phillip Sikes and Hunter Wolfe drove in the insurance runs.

The Roadrunners hit a two-out solo home run in the sixth to account for the final score.

Cam Brown (2-0) allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits. He walked two and struck out four to earn the win. Dalton Brown retired both batters he faced. Jacob Speaker allowed a run on a hit in an inning of work while striking out three. River Ridings picked up the final out of the seventh and Haylen Green retired all six batters he faced to finish the game.

Stat of the Game:
6 – Haylen Green retired all six batters he faced, striking out four, to earn his first save of the season.

Notes:
• TCU improved to 4-0 when scoring in the first inning.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the eighth time this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the sixth time this season.
• TCU picked up a stolen base in a game for the seventh time this season.
• Luke Boyers and Hunter Wolfe have reached safely in all 13 games.
• Elijah Nunez tallied his fifth career multi-hit game.
• Conner Shepherd hit his first home run of the season and the 18^th of his career.
• Shepherd registered his third multi-RBI game of the season and the 17^th of his career.
• Brayden Taylor has reached safely in eight straight games.
• Wolfe tallied his second multi-hit game of the year and the 20^th of his career.

Next Up:
TCU improves to 9-4 on the season. The Horned Frogs will open a four game homestand Friday night when Gonzaga comes to town. The series opener is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. All three games will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.