TCU Stretches Win Streak To Ten

Tuesday, April 6

Stephenville, TX

3 p.m.

TCU

21-7

Tarleton State

9-21

TCU

Tarleton

TCU Stretches Win Streak To Ten

4/6/2021 8:01:00 PM | Baseball

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Taylor homers for fourth straight game

STEPHENVILLE, Texas - No. 9 TCU built an early lead on its way to picking up a 13-9 win at Tarleton State on Tuesday afternoon. The victory is the 10^th straight for the Horned Frogs. Brayden Taylor homered and drove in four runs. River Ridings picked up his first career win in relief.

The Rundown
TCU opened the scoring with three runs in the first. Elijah Nunez drew a lead-off walk and two batters later scored on a Brayden Taylor base hit. Hunter Wolfe scored on a throwing error and Kurtis Byrne singled to make it a 3-0 game.

Three more runs crossed the plate in the second aided by four wild pitches. Wolfe collected the only RBI of the frame, grounding out to drive in Nunez.

The Texans got on the board in the bottom of the second, but TCU responded with two runs in the third to extend the lead to seven, 8-1. Phillip Sikes' two run triple highlighted the inning.

Tarleton pulled within one, 8-7, over the next two innings. In the third, the Texans scored five two out runs. A solo home run in the fourth made it a one run game.

That's as close as Tarleton would get as TCU answered with four in the fifth and one in the sixth. Sikes doubled home another two out run and Taylor followed with a three run home run for a 12-7 lead. Three errors in the sixth gifted the Frogs its final run of the game.

River Ridings (1-0) took over in the fifth after Tarleton had made it a 12-9 ballgame. He went 1 2/3 innings in earning his first career win. The freshman allowed two hits, walked two and struck out one. Garrett Wright pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Haylen Green closed out the game for the Frogs.

Stat of the Game:
4 – Brayden Taylor hit his eighth home run of the season. He has homered in four straight games.

Notes:
• TCU has a season-long 10 game winning streak.
• TCU has homered in 18 games this season.
• TCU has stolen multiple bases in 11 games this season.
• Elijah Nunez posted his eighth career multi-hit game.
• Hunter Wolfe stretched his hitting streak to nine games.
• Wolfe posted his eighth multi-hit game of the season and the 26th of his career.
• Gene Wood has reached safely in 10 straight games.
• Phillip Sikes has reached safely in 17 straight contests.
• Sikes tallied his eighth multi-RBI game of the season and the ninth of his career.
• Sikes tallied his 10th multi-hit game of the year and the 12th of his career.
• Brayden Taylor notched his ninth career multi-hit game and his ninth career multi-RBI contest.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 16 straight contests.
• Sacco stretch his hitting streak to ninth games.

Next Up:
With the victory, TCU improves to 21-7 on the season. TCU wraps up its eight game road trip with a three game series at nationally-ranked Texas Tech. Friday's first pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.