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Eleven Straight! TCU Topples Texas Tech, 7-3
4/9/2021 10:51:00 PM | Baseball
Smith fans 12 in the victory
LUBBOCK, Texas - No. 9 TCU scored six times in the first inning and never looked back as it stretched its winning streak to 11 straight with a 7-3 win over No. 10 Texas Tech Friday night. The Horned Frogs rode a fantastic outing from Russell Smith to improve to 7-0 in Big 12 play.
The Rundown
Russell Smith (6-1) matched his career-high with seven innings pitched. The lefty allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits and fanned 12. He retired the last seven batters he faced , including striking out the final four.
TCU raced out to a 6-0 lead in the first, helped along by a trio of walks. After Luke Boyers and Brayden Taylor walked, Zach Humphreys singled to give the Frogs the 1-0 lead. Gene Wood pushed the lead to two with a groundout to second. A walk to Hunter Wolfe kept the inning alive. Gray Rodgers tripled down the right field line for a 4-0 lead and Phillip Sikes followed with a two-run blast for a 6-0 lead.
The Red Raiders scratched across two runs in the fourth, helped along by two TCU errors. Jace Jung's home run got Texas Tech on the board. Back-to-back two out errors made it a 6-2 ballgame.
TCU took advantage of an error to score an unearned run of its own in the fifth. Rodgers' sacrifice fly drove in Wood for a 7-2 lead.
A lead-off single for Texas Tech in the fifth turned into the final run of the game.
River Riders pitched around a lead-off two base error in the eighth. He fanned two and got a grounder to end the inning. Haylen Green pitched around a lead-off triple, striking out the final three batters to seal the victory.
Stat of the Game:
6 – For the second straight Friday, TCU scored six runs in the first inning.
Notes:
• TCU has a season-long 11 game winning streak, its longest since the 2017 season.
• TCU improved to 13-0 on the season when scoring a run in the first inning.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 20th time this season.
• TCU has homered in 19 games this season.
• TCU has stolen multiple bases in 12 games this season.
• The TCU pitching staff recorded double-digit strikeouts for the 17th time this season.
• Russell Smith recorded double-digit strikeouts for the second time this season.
• Luke Boyers tallied his sixth multi-hit game of the year.
• Boyers has reached safely in 18 straight games.
• Brayden Taylor has reached base safely in eight straight.
• Phillip Sikes has reached safely in 18 straight contests.
• Sikes tallied his ninth multi-RBI game of the season and the 10th of his career.
• Sikes tallied his 11th multi-hit game of the year and the 13th of his career.
• Sikes hit his third home run of the season and the fourth of his career.
• Gray Rodgers picked up his second multi-RBI game of the year and the fifth of his career.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 17 straight contests.
• Sacco stretch his hitting streak to 10 games.
Next Up:
With the victory, TCU improves to 22-7 on the season. TCU and Texas Tech will meet in Game 2 of the series on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. Austin Krob will get the start for the Horned Frogs.
The Rundown
Russell Smith (6-1) matched his career-high with seven innings pitched. The lefty allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits and fanned 12. He retired the last seven batters he faced , including striking out the final four.
TCU raced out to a 6-0 lead in the first, helped along by a trio of walks. After Luke Boyers and Brayden Taylor walked, Zach Humphreys singled to give the Frogs the 1-0 lead. Gene Wood pushed the lead to two with a groundout to second. A walk to Hunter Wolfe kept the inning alive. Gray Rodgers tripled down the right field line for a 4-0 lead and Phillip Sikes followed with a two-run blast for a 6-0 lead.
The Red Raiders scratched across two runs in the fourth, helped along by two TCU errors. Jace Jung's home run got Texas Tech on the board. Back-to-back two out errors made it a 6-2 ballgame.
TCU took advantage of an error to score an unearned run of its own in the fifth. Rodgers' sacrifice fly drove in Wood for a 7-2 lead.
A lead-off single for Texas Tech in the fifth turned into the final run of the game.
River Riders pitched around a lead-off two base error in the eighth. He fanned two and got a grounder to end the inning. Haylen Green pitched around a lead-off triple, striking out the final three batters to seal the victory.
Stat of the Game:
6 – For the second straight Friday, TCU scored six runs in the first inning.
Notes:
• TCU has a season-long 11 game winning streak, its longest since the 2017 season.
• TCU improved to 13-0 on the season when scoring a run in the first inning.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 20th time this season.
• TCU has homered in 19 games this season.
• TCU has stolen multiple bases in 12 games this season.
• The TCU pitching staff recorded double-digit strikeouts for the 17th time this season.
• Russell Smith recorded double-digit strikeouts for the second time this season.
• Luke Boyers tallied his sixth multi-hit game of the year.
• Boyers has reached safely in 18 straight games.
• Brayden Taylor has reached base safely in eight straight.
• Phillip Sikes has reached safely in 18 straight contests.
• Sikes tallied his ninth multi-RBI game of the season and the 10th of his career.
• Sikes tallied his 11th multi-hit game of the year and the 13th of his career.
• Sikes hit his third home run of the season and the fourth of his career.
• Gray Rodgers picked up his second multi-RBI game of the year and the fifth of his career.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 17 straight contests.
• Sacco stretch his hitting streak to 10 games.
Next Up:
With the victory, TCU improves to 22-7 on the season. TCU and Texas Tech will meet in Game 2 of the series on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. Austin Krob will get the start for the Horned Frogs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Smith, Russell (6-1)
L: Micah Dallas (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Sacco, Tommy 1
3B: Rodgers, Gray 1 ; Sikes, Phillip 1
HR: Sikes, Phillip 1
RBI: Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Wood, Gene 1 ; Rodgers, Gray 3 ; Sikes, Phillip 2
SF: Rodgers, Gray 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Boyers, Luke 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Wood, Gene 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1 ; Rodgers, Gray 1 ; Sikes, Phillip 1
SB: Boyers, Luke 2 ; Wood, Gene 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1
Batting:
2B: Cole Stilwell 1 ; Kurt Wilson 1
3B: Kurt Wilson 1
HR: Jace Jung 1
RBI: Jace Jung 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jace Jung 1 ; Cole Stilwell 1 ; Parker Kelly 1
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RBI
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