TCU
9-5
Gonzaga
7-7
Gonzaga Rallies For Series-Opening Victory
3/12/2021 11:31:00 PM | Baseball
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Bulldogs tacked on three insurance runs in the final two innings to put the game out of reach.
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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.Â
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10 – Gonzaga scored 10 of its 13 runs with two outs in the game.
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Notes:Â
• 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.
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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+.
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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
