TCU Rallies For Walk-Off Win Friday Night

Friday, February 16

Fort Worth, Texas

6:30 p.m.

TCU

1-0

Florida Gulf Coast

0-1

Florida Gulf Coast

TCU

TCU Rallies For Walk-Off Win Friday Night

2/16/2024 11:58:00 PM | Baseball

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Frogs score seven unanswered runs to win

FORT WORTH – The No. 5-ranked TCU Horned Frogs scored seven unanswered runs to rally for the 10-9 win Friday night at Lupton Stadium. Anthony Silva went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs in the season-opener.

The Rundown
Peyton Chatagnier led off the ninth with a walk. His third stolen base of the night had him in scoring position with two out. Jack Arthur raced down the line on a strikeout/wild pitch. The throw down to first was wild and Chatagnier raced around third, sliding safely across home plate with the game-winning run to lock up the come-from-behind win.

TCU's comeback bid began in the seventh with a pair of solo home runs from Anthony Silva and Chase Brunson to make it a 9-5 ballgame.

A four spot in the eighth tied the game at nine. The first five batters reached in the inning. Kurtis Byrne singled to make it a 9-6 ballgame. An RBI-single from Silva followed by a ground out from Karson Bowen pulled the Frogs within one, 9-8. Brunson tied the game with a sacrifice fly to set up the ninth-inning win.

TCU built a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and second, but Florida Gulf Coast rallied with seven unanswered to open up a 7-2 lead. Luke Boyers drove in Bowen in the fifth to make it a 7-3 ballgame, but Mac Moise hit a two-run home run in the top of the sixth to push the lead to six, 9-3.

Payton Tolle started and allowed four runs on three hits in three innings of work. He struck out seven and walked one in the no-decision. Louis Rodriguez fanned two in a scoreless inning of relief.

Zachary Cawyer (1-0) did yeoman's work in relief. He wiggled out of a bases-loaded, nobody out jam in the seventh and allowed just one base runner in the final two innings to earn the win. He finished the night with six strikeouts.

Stat of the Game:
7 - TCU scored seven unanswered runs in the final three innings.

Notes:

TCU is 9-4 in season-openers at Lupton Stadium.
TCU is now 15-7 all-time in home-openers at Lupton Stadium.
TCU moves to 3-0 in season-openers under head coach Kirk Saarloos.
TCU tallied double-digit strikeouts (17) for the first time this season.
TCU stole multiple bases (3) for the first time this season.
TCU tallied double-digit hits (13) for the first time this season.
TCU played flawless defense in the game.
Chase Brunson and Ryder Robinson made their first career starts for the Horned Frogs.
Peyton Chatagnier, Payton Tolle, Zachary Cawyer and Jack Arthur made their TCU debuts.
Payton Tolle made his 14th career start on the mound.
Tolle reached 150 strikeouts in his career in the second inning.
Tolle registered his 100th career hit in the eighth inning.
Chatagnier recorded his first multi-hit game of the season and the 46th of his career.
Anthony Silva tallied his first multi-hit game of the season and the 21st of his career.
Silva collected his first multi-RBI game of the season and the 15th of his career.
Silva hit his first home-run of the season and the eighth of his career.
Chase Brunson tallied his first career hit, a double in the second inning
Brunson hit his first career home-run in the seventh inning.
Brunson notched his first career multi-hit game and multi-RBI game.
Caedmon Parker made his first appearance on the mound since May 10, 2022.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU is now 1-0 on the season. Game 2 against Florida Gulf Coast is set for Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Kole Klecker will get the start for the Horned Frogs. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.