Lucky No. 13! TCU Blanks ACU, 4-0

Tuesday, March 5

Fort Worth, Texas

6 p.m.

TCU

13-0

Abilene Christian

8-6

Abilene Christian

TCU

Lucky No. 13! TCU Blanks ACU, 4-0

3/5/2024 9:33:00 PM | Baseball

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TCU has won 17 straight at home

FORT WORTH – No. 5 TCU extended its winning streak to 13 games with a 4-0 victory over Abilene Christian on Tuesday night at Lupton Stadium. Payton Tolle and Chase Brunson homered for the Horned Frogs.

The Rundown
Six Horned Frog pitchers combined to hold Abilene Christian to just four hits in recording TCU's first shutout of the season. Caedmon Parker (1-0) got the start and allowed two hits, walked two and struck out three in his two innings of work.

Jax Traeger, Chase Hoover and Louis Rodriguez each turned in scoreless innings. Hunter Hodges and Kyle Ayers each struck out three in their two innings on the mound.

Offensively, Payton Tolle got the Frogs started with a one-out, solo home run in the second. Chase Brunson connected on a two-run shot with two outs in the fourth to extend the TCU lead to 3-0.

The Horned Frogs tacked on an insurance run without the benefit of a hit in the seventh. Brunson walked with one out and two wild pitches later was standing on third. Brody Green's sacrifice fly made it a 4-0 game.

Stat of the Game:
17 - TCU has won 17 straight home games dating back to the 2023 campaign.

Notes:

The 13 game winnings streak is tied for the third-longest winning streak in program history (1994).
The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts (13) for the ninth time this season.
TCU outhit its opponent for the 10th time this season.
TCU homered in a game for the seventh time this season.
TCU hit multiplier home runs in a game for the fifth time this season.
TCU registered its first shoutout of the season.
TCU's last shutout came against Abilene Christian on March 7, 2023.
Payton Tolle hit his second home run of the season and the 18th of his career.
Chase Brunson hit his career third home run.
Brunson tallied his third career multi-RBI game.
Ryder Robinson extended his hitting streak to seven games.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 13-0 on the season. TCU opens Big 12 play on the road at Kansas Friday night. The series opener is slated for a 6 p.m. first pitch. The contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.