Horned Frogs Complete Midweek Sweep

Wednesday, March 26

Fort Worth, Texas

6 p.m.

TCU

19-7

UTRGV

17-7

UTRGV

TCU

Horned Frogs Complete Midweek Sweep

3/26/2025 10:05:00 PM | Baseball

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TCU tallies first shutout of the season

FORT WORTH – A quartet of TCU pitchers guided the Horned Frogs to a 4-0 win over UTRGV Wednesday night at Lupton Stadium. The shutout was the first for the Frogs as they completed the midweek series sweep of the Vaqueros. Zack James tossed five shutout innings in the win.

The Rundown
Zack James (3-0) gave the Horned Frogs five strong innings. He allowed just three hits and struck out four. Kaden Smith tossed a scoreless sixth. Nate Stern struck out the side around a pair of walks in his lone inning. Mason Bixby allowed two base runners and struck out two in his two innings on the mound.

Offensively, the Frogs were held in check until the fifth. Anthony Silva led off the frame with a double. A walk to Jack Bell followed. With two outs and both runners in scoring position, Sawyer Strosnider lined a triple off the left field wall to make it a 2-0 lead. Cole Cramer followed with an RBI single.

The Frogs tacked on another run in the sixth, taking advantage of a lead-off walk to Arthur. With the bases loaded, Brody Green grounded into a fielder's choice to drive in the fourth run of the game.

TCU's pitching quartet held the Vaqueros to eight base runners in the game. Twice UTRGV had two runners one, but it could never advance a runner past second base.

Stat of the Game:
500 – Tonight's win was the 500^th victory at Lupton Stadium. TCU is 500-174 all-time at Lupton since it opened in 2003.

Notes:
• TCU improved to 7-0 in midweek games this season.
• TCU has won 14 straight midweek home games dating back to the 2023 season.
• TCU tallied its first shutout of the season.
• TCU did not allow an earned run in the series.
• TCU has not allowed an earned run in its last 26 2/3 innings.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 14^th time this season.
• TCU registered a stolen base in a game for the 19^th time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the ninth time this season.
• Sawyer Strosnider picked up his eighth career multi-RBI game.
• Cole Cramer has reached safely in 15 straight games.
• Cramer has hit safely in nine straight games.
• Noah Franco registered his seventh career multi-hit game.
• Nolan Traeger has reached safely in 17 straight games.
• Traeger stretched his hitting streak to 13 games.
• Anthony Silva has reached base safely in 18 straight games.
• Jack Bell and Jack Arthur have reached safely in five straight.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 19-7 overall. TCU will hit the road for a three game conference series at Houston starting Friday night. Tommy LaPour will get the start for the Horned Frogs. First pitch for the opener is slated for 6:30 p.m. The entire series will be televised on ESPN+.