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TCU Advances In Winner’s Bracket; Topples Texas Tech
5/28/2021 1:43:00 PM | Baseball
Smith fans 10 for the Horned Frogs
OKLAHOMA CITY – TCU scored twice in the first and never looked back as it advanced in the winner's bracket of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship with a 7-2 win over Texas Tech Friday morning at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Russell Smith fanned 10 over six innings of work.
The Rundown
Russell Smith (7-3) was outstanding in his six innings on the mound. He faced more than four batters just once. Twice he worked around a lead-off walk, retiring three straight to strand the runners at first. After allowing a two-run home run in the fifth, he fanned three straight to end the inning. He finished his outing with 10 strikeouts, allowed just three hits and walked three.
Back-to-back doubles from Porter Brown and Zach Humphreys had the Frogs off and running in the first. Hunter Wolfe made it a 2-0 ballgame with a sacrifice fly.
In the third, TCU pushed across two unearned runs to build a 4-0 lead. With runners on the corners, Wolfe reached on an infield single to drive in his second run of the game. An errant throw on the play allowed Brayden Taylor to score from first.
TCU added a run on a wild pitch in the fifth. The Frogs scored twice in the eighth on a Gray Rodgers base hit and a bases loaded walk to Elijah Nunez as the lead grew to five, 7-2.
In the eighth, a one out error and a walk brought the tying run to the plate for Texas Tech. Haylen Green came on and got a grounder and a strikeout to end the inning. He worked around a lead-off single in the ninth to lock up his 12thsave of the season.
Garrett Wright gave the Frogs a solid relief outing, striking out three and issuing just one walk in 1 1/3 innings.
Stat of the Game:
12 – Haylen Green tallied his 12th save of the season. He moves past Robbie Findlay (2004) into fifth for saves in a single season.
Notes:
• TCU improved to 51-32 all-time in conference tournament games and 45-18 under the guidance of head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
• TCU is now 20-10 all-time in the Big 12 tournament.
• TCU moved to 5-3 in neutral site games this season.
• The TCU pitching staff tallied double-digit strikeouts for the 25th time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 31st time this year.
• TCU improved to 17-3 when it scores in the first inning.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 31st time this season.
• Russell Smith fanned double-digit batters for the third time this season.
• Smith tallied his sixth quality start of the season.
• Zach Humphreys has reached safely in 26 straight contests.
• Wolfe registered his 11th multi-RBI game of the season and the 22nd of his career.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 12 straight games.
• Sacco tallied his seventh multi-hit game of the year and the 12th of his career.
Next Up:
With the victory, TCU is now 38-16 on the season. The Horned Frogs will face the winner of the Texas Tech/Kansas State game on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. TCU needs just one more win to advance to Sunday's championship game. Saturday's contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. Austin Krob will get the start for the Horned Frogs.
The Rundown
Russell Smith (7-3) was outstanding in his six innings on the mound. He faced more than four batters just once. Twice he worked around a lead-off walk, retiring three straight to strand the runners at first. After allowing a two-run home run in the fifth, he fanned three straight to end the inning. He finished his outing with 10 strikeouts, allowed just three hits and walked three.
Back-to-back doubles from Porter Brown and Zach Humphreys had the Frogs off and running in the first. Hunter Wolfe made it a 2-0 ballgame with a sacrifice fly.
In the third, TCU pushed across two unearned runs to build a 4-0 lead. With runners on the corners, Wolfe reached on an infield single to drive in his second run of the game. An errant throw on the play allowed Brayden Taylor to score from first.
TCU added a run on a wild pitch in the fifth. The Frogs scored twice in the eighth on a Gray Rodgers base hit and a bases loaded walk to Elijah Nunez as the lead grew to five, 7-2.
In the eighth, a one out error and a walk brought the tying run to the plate for Texas Tech. Haylen Green came on and got a grounder and a strikeout to end the inning. He worked around a lead-off single in the ninth to lock up his 12thsave of the season.
Garrett Wright gave the Frogs a solid relief outing, striking out three and issuing just one walk in 1 1/3 innings.
Stat of the Game:
12 – Haylen Green tallied his 12th save of the season. He moves past Robbie Findlay (2004) into fifth for saves in a single season.
Notes:
• TCU improved to 51-32 all-time in conference tournament games and 45-18 under the guidance of head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
• TCU is now 20-10 all-time in the Big 12 tournament.
• TCU moved to 5-3 in neutral site games this season.
• The TCU pitching staff tallied double-digit strikeouts for the 25th time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 31st time this year.
• TCU improved to 17-3 when it scores in the first inning.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 31st time this season.
• Russell Smith fanned double-digit batters for the third time this season.
• Smith tallied his sixth quality start of the season.
• Zach Humphreys has reached safely in 26 straight contests.
• Wolfe registered his 11th multi-RBI game of the season and the 22nd of his career.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 12 straight games.
• Sacco tallied his seventh multi-hit game of the year and the 12th of his career.
Next Up:
With the victory, TCU is now 38-16 on the season. The Horned Frogs will face the winner of the Texas Tech/Kansas State game on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. TCU needs just one more win to advance to Sunday's championship game. Saturday's contest 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 (7-3)
L: Patrick Monteverde (6-3)
S: Green, Haylen (12)
Batting:
2B: Easton Murrell 1
HR: Nate Rombach 1
RBI: Nate Rombach 2
SH: Easton Murrell 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Easton Murrell 1 ; Nate Rombach 1
CS: Jace Jung 1
Batting:
2B: Brown, Porter 1 ; Humphreys, Zach 1
RBI: Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 2 ; Rodgers, Gray 1 ; Nunez, Elijah 1
SF: Wolfe, Hunter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Porter 2 ; Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1 ; Shepherd, Conner 1 ; Boyers, Luke 1
SB: Sacco, Tommy 1
CS: Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Boyers, Luke 1
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