TCU Powers Past Oklahoma State, 9-8

Friday, April 16

Fort Worth, Texas

6:30 PM

TCU

24-9, 8-2

Oklahoma State

21-8-1, 6-4

Oklahoma State

TCU

TCU Powers Past Oklahoma State, 9-8

4/17/2021 12:06:00 AM | Baseball

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Frogs homer four times in the win

FORT WORTH – Gene Wood's three run home run in the sixth put No. 10 TCU in front to stay as the Horned Frogs rallied for a 9-8 victory over No. 12 Oklahoma State Friday night at Lupton Stadium. Gray Rodgers, Phillip Sikes and Tommy Sacco also homered in the contest.

The Rundown
TCU got the scoring started in the second on a two-run home run from Gray Rodgers, but Oklahoma State battled to tie the game in the third. A balk brought home the Cowboys first run of the game and a two-out single from Max Hewitt tied the game.

The Frogs opened up another two run lead, 4-2, scoring twice on a Phillip Sikes triple in the fourth. The Cowboys answered with three in the following frame to take a 5-4 lead. All three runs scored with two outs in the fifth.

A walk followed by an error in the sixth set the table for Gene Wood and he came through with a three run blast to right center to give the Horned Frogs a 7-5 lead. Oklahoma State pulled back within one in the seventh, but Haylen Green came on and struck out Alix Garcia to end the inning with the tying run standing on first.

Back-to-back home runs from Sikes and Tommy Sacco gave TCU it's largest lead of the night, 9-6. The Frogs would need all nine as Oklahoma State made it a 9-8 ballgame with a two out, two run double in the eighth. Green retired the final three batters he faced to lock up his eighth save of the year.

Charles King (4-1) picked up the win in relief of Austin Krob. King allowed a run on four hits in 1 1/3 innings of work. Krob was touched for five runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out five in the no-decision. River Ridings struck out the only batter he faced.

Stat of the Game:
4 – TCU hit four home runs in the game. The Horned Frogs have homered in nine straight games. They improved to 12-1 in games in which they hit multiple home runs.

Notes:
• TCU improved to 2-2 in one-run games this season.
• TCU has homered in 23 games this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 17th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 19th time this year.
• TCU stole multiple bases for the 16th time this season.
• Brayden Taylor has reached base safely in 12 straight.
• Gene Wood hit his seventh home run of the season and the 13^th of his career.
• Wood tallied his sixth multi-hit game of the year and the 19^th of his career.
• Wood notched his ninth multi-RBI game of the year and the 15^th of his career.
• Hunter Wolfe has reached safely in 14 straight games.
• Wolfe recorded his 11^th multi-hit game of the year and the 29^th of his career.
• Gray Rodgers tallied his fifth multi-RBI game of the season and the eighth of his career.
• Rodgers collected his seventh multi-hit game of the year and the 14th of his career.
• Rodgers hit his third home run of the season and the fifth of his career.
• Phillip Sikes has reached safely in 22 straight contests.
• Sikes notched his 13th multi-hit game of the year and the 15th of his career.
• Sikes tallied his 10^th multi-RBI game of the year and the 11^th of his career.
• Sikes hit his fourth home run of the season and the fifth of his career.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 21 straight contests.
• Sacco hit his first home run of the season and the second of his career.
• Elijah Nunez has reached safely in nine straight.

Next Up:
With the win, the Horned Frogs improve to 24-9 on the season and 8-2 in Big 12 play. Game 2 of the series is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Russell Smith will get the start for the Horned Frogs. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.