TCU Clinches Series; Tops Houston, 6-2

Friday, March 29

Fort Worth, Texas

6:30 p.m.

TCU

19-7, 4-7

Houston

15-11, 4-7

Houston

TCU

TCU Clinches Series; Tops Houston, 6-2

3/29/2024 10:42:00 PM | Baseball

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Tolle fans 13 in the contest

FORT WORTH – Another terrific outing from Payton Tolle on the mound spearheaded TCU to a 6-2 win over Houston Friday night at Lupton Stadium. Tolle fanned 13 batters in 8 2/3 innings and on the offensive side, Chase Brunson had two hits and drove in three.

The Rundown
Payton Tolle (3-1) fell an out shy of his second straight complete game. He finished the night allowing two runs on three hits. He walked one and struck out 13 over 8 2/3 innings. Through the first eight innings, Tolle allowed just two base runners, both coming in the third. A lead-off home run in the ninth broke up a string of 16 straight batters retired.

TCU opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the third. Peyton Chatagnier doubled with one out and scored on a Chase Brunson base hit. With two outs, Logan Maxwell lined a single up the middle to plate Brunson for a 2-0 lead.

The Frogs added a run in the third on a Karson Bowen sacrifice fly that drove in Anthony Silva, who had led off the inning with a double.

Chatagnier keyed another run-scoring inning as he opened the seventh with a triple. Brunson collected his second RBI-single of the game to make it a 4-0 ballgame.

Three straight hitters reached to open up the eighth. Kurtis Byrne doubled and scored on a Silva base hit. With the bases loaded and two outs, Brunson worked a walk to extend the lead to 6-0.

Houston picked up a pair of runs in the ninth to account for the final score. Zachary Cawyer allowed a hit and struck out a batter in his 1/3 of an inning.

Stat of the Game:
16 - Payton Tolle retired 16 straight from the third through eighth inning.

Notes:

TCU scored double-digit hits (12) for the 13th time this season.
TCU scored first for the 18th time this year.
TCU outhit its opponent for the 14th time this season.
TCU registered double-digit strikeouts (14) for the 16th time this season.
TCU played flawless defense for the 12th time this season.
Payton Tolle registered his third straight quality start and the 16th of his career.
Chase Brunson has reached safely in 11 straight games.
Brunson collected his sixth career multi-hit game and his fifth career multi-RBI contest.
Logan Maxwell has reached safely in 25 straight games dating back to last season.
Maxwell tallied his 10th multi-hit game of the season and the 19th of his career.
Anthony Silva has reached safely in 16 straight.
Silva tallied his 10th multi-hit game of the year and the 31st of his career.
Luke Boyers registered his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the 44th of his career.
Peyton Chatagnier tallied his seventh multi-hit game of the year and the 52nd of his career.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 19-7 overall and 4-7 in Big 12 play. The final game of the series is set for Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Kole Klecker will get the start for the Horned Frogs. The contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.