Clutch Performances Lead TCU Past Baylor, 3-1

Friday, March 26

Fort Worth, Texas

6:30 PM

TCU

14-7, 1-0

Baylor

13-8, 1-3

Baylor

TCU

Clutch Performances Lead TCU Past Baylor, 3-1

3/26/2021 10:07:00 PM | Baseball

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Humphreys and Wolfe homer for TCU

FORT WORTH – Outstanding pitching from Russell Smith and Haylen Green along with timely hits from Zach Humphreys and Hunter Wolfe led No. 12 TCU to a 3-1 victory over Baylor Friday night at Lupton Stadium. Humphreys drove in two with a triple and a home run in the contest.

The Rundown
Russell Smith (4-1) was outstanding in making his second straight Friday night start. After allowing a lead-off single in the game, the lefty retired 13 straight batters to get the game into the fifth inning. He ultimately retired the side in order in four of his career-high 6 2/3 innings on the mound. Smith allowed four hits and fanned seven in the contest.

TCU opened the scoring in the sixth. Phillip Sikes singled with one out and Zach Humphreys delivered a two-out triple to give TCU the 1-0 lead.

Hunter Wolfe gave the Frogs breathing room, 2-0, with a lead-off home run in the seventh.

Baylor cut the deficit in half in the eighth, taking advantage of two TCU errors to score its lone run of the contest. Haylen Green, who came on in relief in the seventh, minimized the damage with a ground ball to second to end the inning with the tying run on second.

Humphreys restored TCU's two run advantage with a two-out solo home run in the eighth. Green retired the side in order in the ninth to lock up his fourth save of the season.

Stat of the Game:
2 – Two of TCU's three runs scored came with two outs in the inning.

Notes:
• TCU improve to 8-0 in Big 12 openers since joining the league in 2013.
• TCU is now 13-2 in games in which it scores first.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 13th time this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the 12th time this season.
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the sixth time this season.
• TCU has homered in five straight games.
• TCU registered a stolen base in a game for the 15th time this season.
• TCU has not allowed an earned run in its last two contests.
• Zach Humphreys collected his fifth multi-hit game of the year and the 33^rd of his career.
• Humphreys tallied his fifth multi-RBI game of the season and the 29^th of his career.
• Humphreys hit his fifth home run of the season and the 10^th of his career.
• Hunter Wolfe hit his third home run of the season and the 11^th of his career.
• Phillip Sikes has reached safely in 10 straight contests.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in nine straight contests.
• Russell Smith turned in his third quality start of the season and the fifth of his career.

Next Up:
With the victory, TCU improves to 14-7 on the season and 1-0 in Big 12 play. Baylor and TCU will square off in Game 2 of the series on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Austin Krob will take the mound for the Horned Frogs. The contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.