TCU
0-1
Vanderbilt (Globe Life Field)
1-0
No. 15 TCU Routs No. 10 Vanderbilt
2/17/2023 8:08:00 PM | Baseball
TCU scores 10 two-out runs in the victory
The Rundown
Trailing 3-2 Luke Boyers opened the sixth inning with a base knock. Tre Richardson singled and Austin Davis worked a two out walk to load the bases. Elijah Nunez ripped a bases-clearing double to flip the scoreboard in favor of the Horned Frogs. Two pitches later, Brayden Taylor launched a two-run shot to right for a 7-3 lead.
Four more two out runs came around to score in the seventh. With two on and two out, Anthony Silva's first career hit was a 2-run double for a 9-3 advantage. Davis and Nunez followed with run-scoring hits to make it an 11-3 ballgame
TCU and Vanderbilt traded runs early. The Frogs led 1-0 on a Kurtis Byrne sacrifice fly, but runs for Vanderbilt in the second and third had the Commodores in front 2-1. Richardson tied the game with a two-out double in the fourth. A bases-loaded walk in the sixth gave Vandy the 3-2 lead.
Luke Savage (1-0) took over with two on and two out in the sixth. He finished the game, allowing a run on three hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings to pick up the win in relief. Ryan Vanderhei started for the Frogs and allowed three runs on two hits. He struck out three and didn't walk a batter in five innings of work.
Stat of the Game:
10 – TCU scored 10 of its 11 runs with two outs. Nine of the two out runs came in the sixth and seventh innings.
Notes:
• TCU improved to 2-0 in season openers under the guidance of head coach Kirk Saarloos.
• TCU is now 2-2 in the College Baseball Showdown.
• TCU tallied double-digit runs (11) and double-digit hits (12).
• TCU played errorless baseball.
• TCU stole three bases in the game.
• Austin Davis, Cole Fontenelle, Tre Richardson and Ryan Vanderhei made their TCU debuts.
• Anthony Silva made his first career start.
• Elijah Nunez has reached safely in 19 straight games dating back to last season.
• Nunez posted his 25th career multi-hit game and his 12th career multi-RBI game.
• Brayden Taylor has homered in four straight games dating back to last year.
• Taylor hit his first home run of the season and the 25th of his career.
• Taylor has reached safely in 16 straight dating back to last season.
• Taylor posted his 28th career multi-RBI game and his 43rd career multi-hit game.
• Kurtis Byrne has reached safely in 14 straight dating back to last season.
• Tre Richardson collected his 36th career multi-hit game.
• Silva notched his first career multi-RBI game.
Next Up:
TCU is 1-0 on the season. Play in the College Baseball Showdown continues Saturday as TCU will take on No. 8 Arkansas. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m. The game will be televised on FloSports.TV.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Savage, Luke (1-0)
L: Sam Hliboki (0-1)
Batting:
3B: Davis Diaz 1
HR: Jonathan Vastine 1
RBI: Enrique Bradfield Jr 1 ; Parker Noland 1 ; RJ Austin 1 ; Jonathan Vastine 1
SF: Enrique Bradfield Jr 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Calvin Hewett 1 ; Jonathan Vastine 1 ; Davis Diaz 2
SB: Calvin Hewett 1
CS: Jonathan Vastine 1
HBP: Calvin Hewett 2 ; Davis Diaz 1
Batting:
2B: Nunez, Elijah 1 ; Byrne, Kurtis 1 ; Bishop, David 1 ; Richardson, Tre 1 ; Silva, Anthony 1
HR: Taylor, Brayden 1
RBI: Davis, Austin 1 ; Nunez, Elijah 4 ; Taylor, Brayden 2 ; Byrne, Kurtis 1 ; Richardson, Tre 1 ; Silva, Anthony 2
SF: Byrne, Kurtis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Davis, Austin 2 ; Nunez, Elijah 2 ; Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Bishop, David 1 ; Boyers, Luke 2 ; Fontenelle, Cole 1 ; Richardson, Tre 1 ; Silva, Anthony 1
SB: Davis, Austin 1 ; Nunez, Elijah 1 ; Silva, Anthony 1
HBP: Byrne, Kurtis 1 ; Boyers, Luke 2 ; Fontenelle, Cole 1 ; Silva, Anthony 1
