TCU Blanks Houston; Evens Series

Saturday, March 29

Houston, Texas

6:30 p.m.

TCU

20-8, 4-4

Houston

15-11, 3-5

TCU

Houston

TCU Blanks Houston; Evens Series

3/29/2025 11:40:00 PM | Baseball

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Strosnider homers twice and drives in five

HOUSTON – TCU's pitching trio of Caedmon Parker, Kade Eudy and Jax Traeger combined to blank Houston as the Horned Frogs evened the Big 12 series with a 12-0 win on Saturday night at Schroeder Park. Offensively, Sawyer Strosnider homered twice and drove in five as part of a four-hit night.

The Rundown
Making his first start since March 7, Caedmon Parker (2-0) held Houston to just two hits, walked two and struck out three over five scoreless. Kade Eudy contributed three scoreless, walking three and striking out two. Jax Traeger struck out the final three batters of the game after allowing a base hit and a walk to start the ninth. Only one Cougar base runner advanced to third in the game.

TCU got the scoring started early. Sawyer Strosnider doubled with one out and raced home on an errant pick-off throw to second to give the Frogs a 1-0 lead in the first.

The Horned Frogs tacked on three more runs in the second. Karson Bowen singled to drive in Anthony Silva and Strosnider launched a two-run homer to left for a 4-0 lead.

After being held in check for four innings, TCU exploded for eight runs over its final three at-bats. Strosnider scored his third run of the night on a wild pitch in the seventh. Noah Franco's two-out, bases loaded single pushed the lead to 7-0 in the eight.

A five-run ninth inning was highlighted by Strosnider's second home run of the game. Bowen was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to drive in the first run of the frame. After Sam Myers hit a sacrifice fly, Strosnider capped the scoring with a three-run blast.

Stat of the Game:
14 – TCU drew 14 free passes in the game. The Houston pitching staff issued 10 walks and hit four batters.

Notes:
• TCU registered its second shutout on the season and its second in the last three games.
• TCU scored first for the 17^th time this season.
• TCU scored a first inning run for the 12^th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 16^th time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 15^th time this season.
• TCU scored double-digit runs for the eighth time this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the 17^th time this season.
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the 10^th time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 11^th time this season.
• TCU turned one double play in the game.
• Sawyer Strosnider hit his fourth and fifth home runs of his career.
• Strosnider hit multiple home runs in a game for the second time this season.
• Strosnider registered his 13^th career multi-hit game and his ninth career multi-RBI game.
• Cole Cramer has reached safely in 17 straight games.
• Noah Franco registered his ninth career multi-hit game and his sixth career multi-RBI contest.
• Chase Brunson has reached safely in 27 straight games.
• Anthony Silva has reached base safely in 29 straight games.
• Silva registered his 150^th career hit in the game.
• Jack Bell collected his first career multi-hit game.
• Karson Bowen tallied his fourth multi-RBI game of the season and the 24^th of his career.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 20-8 overall and 4-4 in Big 12 play. The rubber match of the series is set for Sunday afternoon at 1. Noah Franco will get the start for the Horned Frogs. The game will be televised on ESPN+.