TCU Tops Baylor, 8-4, Saturday

Saturday, April 26

Fort Worth, Texas

2 p.m.

TCU

31-12, 14-6

Baylor

26-16, 8-12

Baylor

TCU

TCU Tops Baylor, 8-4, Saturday

4/26/2025 6:01:00 PM | Baseball

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Strosnider and Franco combine four seven hits

FORT WORTH – Another quality start on the mound, this one from Caedmon Parker, guided TCU to an 8-4 win over Baylor Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium. The freshmen duo of Sawyer Strosnider and Noah Franco combined for seven hits and three RBIs.

The Rundown
Caedmon Parker (3-1) was outstanding in his six innings of work, holding Baylor to a run on two hits. He walked one and struck out four. He retired the side in order in three of the six innings and faced more than four just once.

The offense staked Parker to a lead in the second. Chase Brunson reached on a two base error to open the inning and scored on an Anthony Silva sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead.

Jack Arthur led off the fourth with a home run. With two outs and a runner on, four straight Frogs reached. Karson Bowen scored on a wild pitch and Noah Franco delivered an RBI single to make it a 4-0 ballgame.

In the fifth, TCU answered a Baylor run in the top of the inning with three of its own to open up a 7-1 lead. Silva tripled and scored on a Jack Bell base hit. With the bases loaded, Franco singled off the top of the wall in right to drive in two more.

Baylor struck for a trio of two-out runs in the eighth, but Louis Rodriguez took over and got a strike out to end the inning without further damage. After drawing a lead-off walk, Brunson scored on a two-out double from Silva to account for the final score.

Rodriguez ultimately faced four batters and struck out all four to earn his first save of the season.

Stat of the Game:
2 – TCU tallied two triples in the game, bringing their season total to 22, its most since the 2021 season.

Notes:
• TCU has won eight straight Big 12 home games.
• TCU homered in a game for the 29^th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the 24^th time this season.
• TCU scored first for the 26^th time this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 14^th time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 26^th time this season.
• TCU played flawless defense for the 16^th time this season.
• Caedmon Parker registered his second career quality start.
• Louis Rodriguez tallied his first save of the season and the sixth of his career.
• Sawyer Strosnider tallied his 19^th career multi-hit game.
• Strosnider notched is fifth four-hit game of the season.
• Cole Cramer has reached safely in nine straight games.
• Noah Franco extended his hitting streak to seven games.
• Franco posted his 13^th career multi-hit game and his eighth career multi-RBI game.
• Chase Brunson has reached safely in 42 straight games.
• Jack Arthur hit his second home run of the season and the third of his career.
• Arthur tallied his second multi-hit game of the season and the fifth of his career.
• Nolan Traeger has reached base safely in eight straight games.
• Anthony Silva recorded his eight multi-hit game of the season and the 44^th of his career.
• Silva collected his eighth multi-RBI game of the year and the 31^st of his career.
• Jack Bell posted his third career multi-hit game.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 31-12 overall and 14-6 in Big 12 play. TCU and Baylor will meet in the final game of the series Sunday at 1 p.m. Trever Baumler will get the start for the Horned Frogs. The contest will be televised on ESPN+.