TCU Opens Home Slate With Victory

Wednesday, February 22

Fort Worth, Texas

6 p.m.

TCU

3-1

UT Arlington

1-4

UT Arlington

TCU

TCU Opens Home Slate With Victory

2/22/2023 10:14:00 PM | Baseball

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Rodriguez collects first career win

FORT WORTH – TCU opened its home slate with a 7-3 win over UT Arlington Wednesday night at Lupton Stadium. Six different Horned Frogs registered an RBI in the game.

The Rundown
Cole Fontenelle's first home run of the season led off the second for TCU as the Frogs grabbed the early lead. Tre Richardson reached on an error and scored on a Karson Bowen base hit to extend the lead to 2-0 after two.

After UTA scratched across solo runs in the third and fourth to tie the game, TCU wasted little time regaining the lead. Fontenelle opened the fourth with a base hit and moved to third on a Richardson double. Fisher Ingersoll put the Frogs in front to stay with a sacrifice fly and Anthony Silva grounded out to make it a 4-2 game.

TCU broke open a close game with two runs in the sixth. Silva collected his second RBI of the night and Anthony Davis hit a sacrifice fly to push the lead to three, 6-3. TCU added an insurance run in the seventh on a Richardson double.

Braeden Sloan started for TCU and allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits in 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Louis Rodriguez (1-0) picked up the win in relief, surrendering a run on three hits and striking out four in 2 2/3 innings. Cam Brown pitched a scoreless inning and Cohen Feser tossed two scoreless to close out the game.

Stat of the Game:
2 – Two freshmen, Karson Bowen and Fisher Ingersoll, each collected their first career hits and first career RBIs.

Notes:
• TCU stole multiple bases (2) in a game for the third time this season.
• TCU registered double digit hits for the third time this season.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts (10) for the second time this season.
• Braeden Sloan made his first career start.
• Fisher Ingersoll made his collegiate debut as the starting designated hitter.
• Louis Rodriguez made his first career appearance in the fourth inning.
• Karson Bowen and Ingersoll each tallied their first career hit and RBI.
• Anthony Davis has registered an RBI in all four games.
• Brayden Taylor has reached safely in 19 straight dating back to last season.
• Taylor tallied his third multi-RBI game of the season and the 45^th of his career.
• Cole Fontenelle hit his first career home run.
• Fontenelle registered his first multi-hit game of the season and the third of his career.
• Tre Richardson collected his third multi-hit game of the season and the 38^th of his career.
• Bowen and Anthony Silva notched their first career multi-hit games.
•Silva tallied his third career multi-RBI game.

Next Up:
TCU improves to 3-1 on the season. The Horned Frogs will host Florida State in a three game series starting Friday night. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.