TCU
11-7, 1-1
Arizona State
13-5, 1-1
Arizona State Evens Series Saturday
3/15/2026 12:45:00 AM | Baseball
Franco tallies four hits in the game
The Rundown
TCU took an early 1-0 lead in the second inning. Brady Dallimore led off the inning with a base hit and scored on a two-out Lucas Franco single.
The Sun Devils sent 12 men to the plate in the third and scored nine times to break the game open. With one out, seven straight batters reached as ASU built a 5-1 lead. The big blow in the inning was a two-out grand slam.
TCU didn't go quietly, pushing across five runs in the top of the fourth. The first seven batters in the inning reached. Jack Arthur drove in the first run of the frame. Rob Liddington lined a bases-loaded single into left for two more runs. Sawyer Strosnider worked a bases-loaded walk forcing a pitching change. The reliever did his job, getting a double play and a ground out to end the inning.
Arizona State got an unearned run back in the fourth and added three more runs in the sixth on a pair of home runs. Another miscue in the seventh extended the Sun Devil lead to 14-6.
Jack Bell led off the eighth with his first home run of the season and Sawyer Strosnider drove in a two-out run to make it a 14-8. ASU's final run came on a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Lance Davis (0-3) took the loss after allowing six runs on eight hits in 2 1/3 innings.
Stat of the Game:
9 – Arizona State scored nine times in the third.
Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the 13th time this season.
• TCU was outhit by its opponent for the 10th time this season.
• TCU scored first in a game for the 11th time this season.
• Colton Griffin has reached safely in nine straight games.
• Sawyer Strosnider has reached safely in 34 straight games dating back to last season.
• Strosnider tallied his fifth multi-RBI game of the season and the 18th of his career.
• Nolan Traeger has reached safely in 12 straight games.
• Jack Bell hit his first home run of the season and the seventh of his career.
• Rob Liddington has reached safely in 10 straight games.
• Liddington collected his third multi-RBI game of the year and the 21st of his career.
• Lucas Franco recorded his fourth career multi-hit game.
Next Up:
With the loss, TCU falls to 11-7 on the season and 1-1 in Big 12 play. The rubber match of the series is set for Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. (CT). Trever Baumler will get the start for the Frogs. The contest will be televised on ESPN+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Penn, Taylor (3-0)
L: Davis, Lance (0-3)
Batting:
HR: Bell, Jack 1
RBI: Bell, Jack 1 ; Strosnider, Sawyer 2 ; Arthur, Jack 1 ; Franco, Lucas 1 ; Liddington, Rob 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Bell, Jack 2 ; Arthur, Jack 1 ; Dallimore, Brady 1 ; Franco, Lucas 1 ; Gargett, Kyuss 1 ; Liddington, Rob 2
HBP: Arthur, Jack 1
Batting:
2B: Hairston, Landon 1
HR: Hairston, Landon 1 ; Michel, Garrett 1 ; Toigo, Dean 1
RBI: Hairston, Landon 4 ; Briggs, Brody 1 ; Moutzouridis, PJ 2 ; Longo, Dominic 1 ; Smaldino, Dominic 1 ; Michel, Garrett 3 ; Toigo, Dean 2
SF: Briggs, Brody 1 ; Moutzouridis, PJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zavorek, Beckett 2 ; Hairston, Landon 1 ; Briggs, Brody 1 ; Moutzouridis, PJ 1 ; Longo, Dominic 2 ; Roellig, Austen 2 ; Smaldino, Dominic 1 ; Michel, Garrett 3 ; Toigo, Dean 2
