TCU Comes Up Short In 5-4 Loss

Friday, May 7

Fort Worth, Texas

7:30 PM

TCU

33-11, 15-4

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37-11, 14-5

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TCU Comes Up Short In 5-4 Loss

5/8/2021 12:28:00 AM | Baseball

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Wolfe tallies three hits in the game

FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU got the tying run to third base in the ninth but couldn't get him home in dropping a 5-4 decision to No. 6 Texas Friday night at Lupton Stadium. TCU rallied three different times to tie the game, but a solo home run in the eighth was the difference.

The Rundown
Texas had a 1-0 lead three batters into the game. With a runner on third and only one out, Russell Smith fanned the next two to minimize the damage.

TCU took advantage of a two-out error in the first to tie the game as Zach Humphreys scored on a Gene Wood base hit.

A two out double in the fourth put the Longhorns back in front, 2-1. Again, the Horned Frogs battled back to tie the game in the bottom of the inning. Conner Shepherd led off the frame with a triple and scored on a Phillip Sikes ground out.

The see-saw battle continued as Texas scratched across single runs in the fifth and sixth, only to see TCU answer with solo tallies in the sixth and seventh to tie the game at four. Hunter Wolfe singled home Sikes to make it a 4-3 game after six. Elijah Nunez scored the game-tying run on a Humphreys sacrifice fly.

Texas took its final lead on a two-out home run from Mike Antico.

Smith started and allowed two runs on four hits in four innings of work. He walked three and struck out three in the no-decision. Charles King was touched for two runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings. Drew Hill (2-1) struck out a career-high six batters over three innings. He gave up a run on five hits.

Stat of the Game:
11 – TCU stranded 11 runners on base in the loss.

Notes:
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 27^th time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 24th time this season.
• TCU fell to 15-1 when scoring a first inning run this season.
• TCU is now 3-4 in one-run ballgames.
• Brayden Taylor has reached base safely in 23 straight.
• Taylor stretched his hitting streak to 14 games.
• Zach Humphreys has reached safely in 16 straight.
• Humphreys stretched his hitting streak to nine games.
• Phillip Sikes has reached safely in 33 straight contests.
• Hunter Wolfe has reached safely in eight straight games.
• Wolfe collected his 15^th multi-hit game of the season and the 33^rd of his career.

Next Up:
With the loss, the Horned Frogs fall to 33-11 on the season and 15-4 in Big 12 play. TCU and Texas will square off in game-two of the series on Saturday at 2 p.m. Austin Krob will get the nod for the Horned Frogs. The contest will be televised on ESPNU.