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TCU Opens Regional With Victory
6/4/2021 11:19:00 PM | Baseball
Krob fans a career-high 13 batters
FORT WORTH – The TCU offense exploded for a combined 11 runs in the seventh and eighth to pick up a 12-4 victory in its opening game of the NCAA Fort Worth Regional. Austin Krob turned in a dominating performance on the mound with a career-high 13 strikeouts over eight innings. Brayden Taylor and Luke Boyers homered for the Horned Frogs.
The Rundown
After allowing two runs in the first inning, Austin Krob settled in and turned in a career performance. He fanned 13 over eight innings and surrendered four runs on seven hits.
Krob had a stretch of 10 straight retired from the second through fifth. In the sixth, the lefty got an inning-ending double play with runners on the corners to end the inning, keeping it a 2-1 ballgame.
Brayden Taylor cut the deficit in half in the first with a two out home run. The game stayed 2-1 until the seventh when TCU struck for six runs.
Porter Brown singled to open the frame and back-to-back walks to Zach Humphreys and Taylor loaded the bases. Hunter Wolfe gave the Frogs a 3-2 lead with a base hit. Gray Rodgers lined a two out single into center for a 5-2 lead. Luke Boyers capped the scoring with a two run home run for a 7-2 advantage.
Five more runs crossed the plate in the eighth, all coming with two outs. Phillip Sikes singled home two runs. Elijah Nunez doubled home a run and Tommy Sacco gave the Frogs a 10-run lead with a two run single.
McNeese scored two runs in the ninth, but Harrison Beethe got a ground out to end the game.
Stats of the Game:
2 – Freshmen Luke Boyers and Brayden Taylor homered for the Horned Frogs. It's the 20th time this season TCU has hit multiple home runs in a game. TCU is 15-5 in those contests.
Notes:
• TCU improved to 56-38 all-time in NCAA postseason.
• TCU is now 34-20 all-time in NCAA Regionals.
• TCU improved to 21-3 at Lupton Stadium in NCAA Regional play.
• TCU has homered in 35 games this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 28th time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 34th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 32nd time this season.
• TCU scored double-digit runs for the 18th time this season.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts for the 27th time this year.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 27th time this season.
• Porter Brown stretched his hitting streak to eight games.
• Brown has reached safely in 11 straight contests.
• Zach Humphreys has reached safely in 30 straight contests.
• Brayden Taylor hit his 11th home run of the season.
• Taylor tallied his 22nd career multi-hit game.
• Hunter Wolfe collected his 18th multi-hit game of the year and the 36th of his career.
• Wolfe posted his 13th multi-RBI game of the season and the 24th of his career.
• Phillip Sikes picked up his 22nd multi-hit game of the year and the 24th of his career.
• Sikes tallied his 18th multi-RBI game of the season and the 19th of his career.
• Luke Boyers picked up his seventh career multi-RBI game and his 11th career-multi-hit game.
• Boyers hit his first career home run.
• Tommy Sacco tallied his seventh multi-RBI game of the year and the 10th of his career.
Next Up:
With the win, TCU is now 41-17 on the season. The Horned Frogs will advance in the winner's bracket and will face the region's three seed, Dallas Baptist. Russell Smith will get the start for the Frogs. First pitch against the Patriots is set for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN3.
The Rundown
After allowing two runs in the first inning, Austin Krob settled in and turned in a career performance. He fanned 13 over eight innings and surrendered four runs on seven hits.
Krob had a stretch of 10 straight retired from the second through fifth. In the sixth, the lefty got an inning-ending double play with runners on the corners to end the inning, keeping it a 2-1 ballgame.
Brayden Taylor cut the deficit in half in the first with a two out home run. The game stayed 2-1 until the seventh when TCU struck for six runs.
Porter Brown singled to open the frame and back-to-back walks to Zach Humphreys and Taylor loaded the bases. Hunter Wolfe gave the Frogs a 3-2 lead with a base hit. Gray Rodgers lined a two out single into center for a 5-2 lead. Luke Boyers capped the scoring with a two run home run for a 7-2 advantage.
Five more runs crossed the plate in the eighth, all coming with two outs. Phillip Sikes singled home two runs. Elijah Nunez doubled home a run and Tommy Sacco gave the Frogs a 10-run lead with a two run single.
McNeese scored two runs in the ninth, but Harrison Beethe got a ground out to end the game.
Stats of the Game:
2 – Freshmen Luke Boyers and Brayden Taylor homered for the Horned Frogs. It's the 20th time this season TCU has hit multiple home runs in a game. TCU is 15-5 in those contests.
Notes:
• TCU improved to 56-38 all-time in NCAA postseason.
• TCU is now 34-20 all-time in NCAA Regionals.
• TCU improved to 21-3 at Lupton Stadium in NCAA Regional play.
• TCU has homered in 35 games this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 28th time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 34th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 32nd time this season.
• TCU scored double-digit runs for the 18th time this season.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts for the 27th time this year.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 27th time this season.
• Porter Brown stretched his hitting streak to eight games.
• Brown has reached safely in 11 straight contests.
• Zach Humphreys has reached safely in 30 straight contests.
• Brayden Taylor hit his 11th home run of the season.
• Taylor tallied his 22nd career multi-hit game.
• Hunter Wolfe collected his 18th multi-hit game of the year and the 36th of his career.
• Wolfe posted his 13th multi-RBI game of the season and the 24th of his career.
• Phillip Sikes picked up his 22nd multi-hit game of the year and the 24th of his career.
• Sikes tallied his 18th multi-RBI game of the season and the 19th of his career.
• Luke Boyers picked up his seventh career multi-RBI game and his 11th career-multi-hit game.
• Boyers hit his first career home run.
• Tommy Sacco tallied his seventh multi-RBI game of the year and the 10th of his career.
Next Up:
With the win, TCU is now 41-17 on the season. The Horned Frogs will advance in the winner's bracket and will face the region's three seed, Dallas Baptist. Russell Smith will get the start for the Frogs. First pitch against the Patriots is set for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN3.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Krob, Austin (8-1)
L: Foster, Cameron (1-4)
Batting:
RBI: Fisbeck, Nate 1 ; Dickerson, Jake 1 ; Hext, Cooper 2
SF: Dickerson, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Harden, Payton 1 ; Rasbeary, Clayton 1 ; Dickerson, Jake 1 ; Obregon, Tre' 1
HBP: Rasbeary, Clayton 1
Batting:
2B: Wolfe, Hunter 1 ; Sikes, Phillip 1 ; Nunez, Elijah 1
HR: Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Boyers, Luke 1
RBI: Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 2 ; Sikes, Phillip 2 ; Rodgers, Gray 2 ; Boyers, Luke 2 ; Nunez, Elijah 1 ; Sacco, Tommy 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Porter 1 ; Humphreys, Zach 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 3 ; Wolfe, Hunter 2 ; Sikes, Phillip 1 ; Rodgers, Gray 2 ; Boyers, Luke 1 ; Nunez, Elijah 1
SB: Wolfe, Hunter 1 ; Sacco, Tommy 1
HBP: Rodgers, Gray 1
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