TCU Opens Homestand With Win

Tuesday, April 13

Lupton Stadium

6:30 p.m.

TCU

23-9

Tarleton State

12-23

Tarleton St.

TCU

TCU Opens Homestand With Win

4/13/2021 10:52:00 PM | Baseball

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Rodgers drives in two runs

FORT WORTH – TCU returned to the win column with a 10-2 victory over Tarleton State Tuesday night at Lupton Stadium. The Horned Frogs scored in five of their last six offensive innings to rally for the win.

The Rundown
Tarleton opened up a 2-0 advantage in the first three innings. In each frame, the lead-off batter reached and eventually scored.

TCU knotted the game at two in the third. Tommy Sacco led off the inning with a walk and scored on a two out Phillip Sikes double. Brayden Taylor followed with a game-tying double.

Gene Wood was hit by a pitch to open the fourth and after two stolen bases, he scored easily on a Gray Rodgers sacrifice fly for a 3-2 lead.

Two more runs crossed the plate in the fifth as the lead grew to three, 5-2. Wood singled home Taylor and eventually scored on a Rodgers base hit. TCU added a two-out run on a Rodgers base hit in the seventh.

Zach Humphreys singled home Sikes in the eighth and Conner Shepherd launched a three-run pinch hit home run to account for the final score.

Marcelo Perez (1-0) picked up the win in relief. He allowed a run on three hits, walked one and struck out one in 3 2/3 innings. Haylen Green tallied the final five outs of the game, registering three strikeouts to pick up his seventh save of the season.

Stat of the Game:
8 – Conner Shepherd's home run in the eighth made it eight straight games with a home run for TCU. The pinch hit home run was the fourth of the season for the Frogs.

Notes:
• TCU has homered in 22 games this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 16th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 18^th time this year.
• TCU score double-digit runs for the 12^th time this year.
• TCU stole multiple bases for the 15^th time this season.
• Elijah Nunez has reached safely in eight straight.
• Phillip Sikes has reached safely in 21 straight contests.
• Sikes notched his 12^th multi-hit game of the year and the 14^th of his career.
• Brayden Taylor has reached base safely in 11 straight.
• Taylor tallied his 11th career multi-hit game.
• Hunter Wolfe has reached safely in 13 straight games.
• Conner Shepherd hit his fourth home run of the season and the 21^st of his career.
• Shepherd notched his fifth multi-RBI game of the year and the 19^th of his career.
• Gray Rodgers tallied his fourth multi-RBI game of the season and the seventh of his career.
• Rodgers collected his sixth multi-hit game of the year and the 13^th of his career.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 20 straight contests.

Next Up:
With the win, the Horned Frogs improve to 23-9 on the season. TCU will continue its homestand this weekend when it hosts Oklahoma State in a three game series. Friday's series opener is set for 6:30 p.m. All three games will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.