TCU Rallies For Fourth Straight Win

Saturday, March 8

Fort Worth, Texas

2 p.m.

TCU

11-4

Fresno State

5-9

Fresno State

TCU

TCU Rallies For Fourth Straight Win

3/8/2025 6:42:00 PM | Baseball

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Sloan tosses five shutout innings

FORT WORTH – TCU scored five unanswered runs to rally for a 5-4 win over Fresno State Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium. The Horned Frogs scored three times in the seventh to complete the comeback. Braeden Sloan tossed five scoreless innings in relief.

The Rundown
Breaden Sloan (2-0) out of the bullpen did yeoman's work, allowing the Horned Frogs to stage the comeback. He battled runners on base in all but one inning, but wiggled off the hook each time. He finished the night allowing five hits and striking out seven.

Fresno State built a 4-0 lead, scoring twice in each of the second and third innings. A lead-off double scored on a double play ball to give the Bulldogs the lead. Back-to-back two out hits around a stolen base made it 2-0. In the third, a ball deflected over the fence in right center for a two-run home run.

The comeback started with two outs in the fourth. Nolan Traeger reached on a two out pop up that fell just out of reach of a charging shortstop. Anthony Silva made the missed catch hurt as he lined a two-run home run over the center field fence to cut the deficit in half.

Sloan found himself in trouble in the seventh with runners on the corners and nobody out. The Bulldogs ultimately left the bases loaded as Sloan got a pop up, a strikeout and a ground out to escape the inning.

The momentum carried into the bottom of the inning as TCU struck for three runs to take its first lead of the game. Sam Myers was hit by a pitch to open the inning. He moved to third on a Sawyer Strosnider base hit and scored on a balk to make it a 4-3 game. Isaac Cadena tied the game with a base hit. A wild pitch allowed Colton Griffin to score the game-winning run.

Tommy LaPour started for the Frogs and allowed four runs on six hits. He struck out three in the no-decision.

Stat of the Game:
4 – TCU picked up its second win the season when trailing by four runs. It's the fifth time this year the Frogs have rallied from a multi-run deficit.

Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the ninth time this season.
• TCU registered a stolen base in a game for the 13^th time this year.
• TCU was outhit by its opponent for the seventh time this season.
• TCU played flawless defense for the fifth time this season.
• The pitching duo of Tommy LaPour and Braeden Sloan did not issue a walk in the game.
• The pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts (10) for the eighth time this season.
• Isaac Cadena and Chase Brunson have reached safely in all 15 games.
• Colton Griffin has reached safely in nine straight games.
• Brunson stretched his hitting streaking to nine games.
• Nolan Traeger has reached safely in eight straight games.
• Traeger recorded his fourth career multi-hit game.
• Anthony Silva pushed his hitting streak to seven games.
• Silva hit his second home run of the season and the 13^th of his career.
• Silva registered his third multi-RBI game of the year and the 26^th of his career.
• Sam Myers has reached safely in 31 straight games dating back to last season.
• Sawyer Strosnider registered his sixth career multi-hit game.

Next Up:
Game three between TCU (11-4) and Fresno State is set for Sunday afternoon. Trever Baumler will get the start for the Horned Frogs. First pitch for the game is slated for 1 p.m. The contest will be televised on ESPN+.