TCU Walks Away With 7-5 Victory at Abilene Christian

Tuesday, April 11

Abilene, Texas

6:05 p.m.

TCU

21-12

Abilene Christian

23-9

TCU

Abilene Christian

TCU Walks Away With 7-5 Victory at Abilene Christian

4/11/2023 10:37:00 PM | Baseball

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Boyers homers as part of a two-hit game

ABILENE, Texas – A four-run fourth inning helped propel No. 25 TCU to a 7-5 victory at Abilene Christian Tuesday night at Crutcher Scott Field. Luke Boyers homered and drove in two as part of a two-hit game.

The Rundown
Abilene Christian opened the scoring in the first with a run on two hits. TCU quickly tied the game in the second. Anthony Silva doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on a David Bishop ground out to tie the game at home.

Cole Fontenelle put the Horned Frogs on top 2-1 with a sacrifice fly in the third.

Three Wildcat pitchers struggled to find the strike zone in the fourth as TCU worked six walks and scored four times to open up a 6-1 lead. Elijah Nunez, Luke Boyers, Tre Richardson and Fontenelle collected RBIs in the frame.

Abilene Christian picked up two runs each in the fifth and sixth to pull within one, 6-5, but Luke Boyers' lead-off home run in the eighth gave TCU an insurance run and a 7-5 lead.

Louis Rodriguez, after getting touched for two runs in the sixth, struck out the side around a hit batter in the seventh. Hunter Hodges stranded a runner at third in the eighth and Ben Abeldt picked up his first save, pitching around a lead-off hit batter in the ninth.

River Ridings (1-0) earned the win in relief of Braeden Sloan. Ridings took over in the fifth with runners on the corners and one out. He allowed a hit and struck out one. Sloan allowed three runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Stat of the Game:
3 – TCU drew three bases-loaded walks as part of a four-run inning in the fourth.

Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the 27^th time this season.
• TCU has now stolen multiple bases (3) in 20 games this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 15^th time this season.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts (10) for the 15^th time this season.
• With the caught stealing in the ninth inning, TCU's streak of 50 straight stolen bases came to an end.
• Ben Abeldt picked up his first career save.
• Luke Boyers hit his sixth home run of the season and the 13^th of his career.
• Boyers collected his eighth multi-hit game of the year and the 35^th of his career.
• Boyers notched his seventh multi-RBI game of the season and the 24^th of his career.
• Tre Richardson stretched his hitting streak to six games.
• Brayden Taylor has reached safely in 12 straight games.
• Cole Fontenelle has reached safely in 26 straight games.
• Fontenelle tallied his ninth career multi-RBI game.
• Anthony Silva stretched his hitting streak to 14 games.
• Silva tallied his 10th career multi-hit game.

Next Up:
TCU improves to 21-12 on the season. TCU opens a four game homestand Friday night as it takes a break from league play hosting UNC Wilmington for three games. The series opener is slated for a 5 p.m. start at Lupton Stadium.