TCU
36-16, 17-7
Kansas State
31-21, 10-14
TCU Falls In Regular Season Finale
5/22/2021 8:13:00 PM | Baseball
K-State scores seven times in the ninth
The Rundown
With one out in the ninth, five straight Kansas State batter reached base as it erased a four run deficit. Chris Ceballos hit a walk-off three run home run to complete the comeback for the Wildcats.
TCU opened the scoring with four runs in the first. Porter Brown led off the inning with a home run to center. With two runners in scoring position, Hunter Wolfe grounded out to drive in Brayden Taylor for a 2-0 lead. Phillip Sikes hit a two run home run to make it a 4-0 game.
Kansas State battled back in its half of the first to tie the game. Two home runs and a sacrifice fly knotted the contest at four. Charles King got a double play ball to end the inning.
TCU regained the lead in the fourth on a Porter Brown sacrifice fly. Two more runs crossed the plate in the seventh as the lead grew to three, 7-4. Zach Humphreys doubled home Porter Brown and he scored on a Wolfe ground out.
The Frogs final run of the contest came in the ninth on a Taylor RBI-single.
King was outstanding in relief. He tossed eight innings of scoreless baseball. He allowed only five hits and struck out a career high nine batters.
Stat of the Game:
7 – Kansas State scored seven runs in the ninth inning to rally for the win.
Notes:
• TCU fell to 14-6 on the road this season.
• TCU scored first for the 32nd time this season. The Horned Frogs are 27-5 in those games.
• TCU homered in a game for the 33rd time this season.
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the 15th time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 26th time this season.
• Porter Brown's lead-off home run was the first for the Horned Frogs since Josh Watson did it at West Virginia on May 4, 2019.
• Brown hit his third home run of the season and the fourth of his career.
• Brown tallied his eighth multi-RBI contest of the year and the 10th of his career.
• Brown registered his 11th multi-hit game of the season and the 17th of his career.
• Zach Humphreys has reached safely in 23 straight contests.
• Humphreys tallied his 16th multi-hit game of the year and the 44th of his career.
• Phillip Sikes hit his 10th home run of the season and the 11th of his career.
• Sikes tallied his 16th multi-RBI game of the year and the 17th of his career.
• Brayden Taylor posted his 20th career multi-hit game of the season.
• Hunter Wolfe registered his ninth multi-RBI game of the season and the 20th of his career.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 10 straight games.
Next Up:
With the loss, the Horned Frogs fall to 36-16 on the season and finish 17-7 in the Big 12. TCU will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships in Oklahoma City. Opponent and game time will be determined at the conclusion of Saturday's games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Eckberg, Tyler (4-4)
L: Green, Haylen (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 1
HR: Brown, Porter 1 ; Sikes, Phillip 1
RBI: Brown, Porter 2 ; Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 2 ; Sikes, Phillip 2
SH: Nunez, Elijah 1
SF: Brown, Porter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Porter 2 ; Humphreys, Zach 3 ; Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Sikes, Phillip 1 ; Rodgers, Gray 1
SB: Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1 ; Rodgers, Gray 1
Batting:
2B: Thompson, Cameron 1 ; Spurlin, Terrence 1
HR: Thompson, Cameron 1 ; Phillips, Dylan 1 ; Ceballos, Chris 1
RBI: Thompson, Cameron 3 ; Spurlin, Terrence 1 ; Phillips, Dylan 3 ; Ceballos, Chris 3 ; Willman, Kamron 1
SF: Willman, Kamron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thompson, Cameron 2 ; Spurlin, Terrence 1 ; Fowler, Kaden 1 ; Phillips, Dylan 2 ; Goodwin, Nick 1 ; Kokoska, Zach 1 ; Ceballos, Chris 1 ; Littlejim, Caleb 1 ; Johnson, Cole 1
HBP: Ceballos, Chris 1
