TCU
9-5
Gonzaga
7-7
Gonzaga Rallies For Series-Opening Victory
3/12/2021 11:31:00 PM | Baseball
Wood homers and drives in three
The Rundown
A combined 15 runs were scored in the middle innings, but it was six unanswered runs by the Bulldogs in the final four innings that secured the come-from-behind win for Gonzaga.
After falling behind 2-0 in the second, TCU scored four unanswered runs to take a 4-2 lead. A bases-load sacrifice fly from Gene Wood in the second cut the deficit in half. Wood hit a two-run home run in the fourth to give the Frogs a 3-2 lead. A Luke Boyers ground out drove in Hunter Wolfe for a two run lead.
Gonzaga picked up five runs in the fifth to regain the lead, 7-4. Again, the Frogs had an answer, scoring four times in the bottom of the frame. Tommy Sacco hit a sacrifice fly and Brayden Taylor came through with a two out, bases loaded double to put the Frogs back on top, 8-7.
Andrew Orzel hit a bases-loaded double to flip the score in Gonzaga's favor, 10-8, in the sixth. All the damage was done after the first two outs of the inning were recorded.
The Bulldogs tacked on three insurance runs in the final two innings to put the game out of reach.
Charles King started and allowed three runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked one. Riley Cornelio (0-1) took the loss after surrendering three runs on two hits in 2/3 of an inning.
Stat of the Game:
10 – Gonzaga scored 10 of its 13 runs with two outs in the game.
Notes:
• TCU drew double-digit walks for the fourth time this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the seventh time this season.
• TCU registered a stolen base in a game for the eighth time this season.
• The opposition scored first for just the fourth time this season.
• TCU was outhit for the sixth time this season.
• Luke Boyers and Hunter Wolfe have reached safely in all 14 games.
• Brayden Taylor has reached safely in nine straight games.
• Taylor tallied his fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
• Gene Wood hit his first home run of the season and the seventh of his career.
• Wood posted his first multi-RBI game of the year and the seventh of his career.
• Phillip Sikes collected his seventh multi-hit game of the season and the ninth of his career.
Next Up:
TCU drops to 9-5 on the season. The series against Gonzaga continues Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Russell Smith will get the start for the Horned Frogs. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: MULLAN, Bradley (1-0)
L: Cornelio, Riley (0-1)
Batting:
2B: MACHTOLF, Jack 1 ; ORZEL, Andrew 1 ; STERLING, Grayson 1 ; STONE, Tyler 1
HR: LUND, Stephen 1
RBI: MORRISON, Guthrie 2 ; LUND, Stephen 2 ; MACHTOLF, Jack 1 ; ORZEL, Andrew 3 ; STERLING, Grayson 1 ; STONE, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MORRISON, Guthrie 2 ; LUND, Stephen 2 ; HARRIS, Brett 3 ; MACHTOLF, Jack 1 ; ORZEL, Andrew 1 ; STERLING, Grayson 2 ; STONE, Tyler 1 ; KOBAYASHI, Kanta 1
SB: MORRISON, Guthrie 1 ; HARRIS, Brett 1
HBP: MACHTOLF, Jack 1 ; KOBAYASHI, Kanta 1
Batting:
2B: Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Sacco, Tommy 1
HR: Wood, Gene 1
RBI: Boyers, Luke 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 3 ; Wood, Gene 3 ; Sacco, Tommy 1
SF: Wood, Gene 1 ; Sacco, Tommy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nunez, Elijah 1 ; Boyers, Luke 1 ; Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Sikes, Phillip 2 ; Wood, Gene 2 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1
SB: Taylor, Brayden 1
HBP: Wood, Gene 1
