GoFrogs: Watson’s Big Day Leads TCU Past OSU

Final Stats

STILLWATER – Josh Watson homered as part of a three-hit afternoon and drove in four as TCU evened the series with Oklahoma State Saturday with an 11-6 win.

The Rundown
TCU loaded the bases in the first on two walks and a hit with nobody out. Luken Bakergrounded into a double play, but on the play, Austen Wade scored to give TCU a 1-0 lead.

Oklahoma State stormed back to take the lead in the in the third. With two on and one out, Donnie Walton doubled to deep center to put the Pokes up 2-1.

The Frogs weren’t down long as they put together a little two-out magic to regain a lead they would never relinquish in the fourth. Watson’s eighth home run of the season tied the game at two. Connor Wanhanen was hit by a pitch and stole second. He scored easily on a Dane Steinhagen base hit to give TCU a 3-2 lead.

Two more runs crossed the plate in the fifth as TCU stretched its lead to three, 5-2. Baker drove in Wade for the first of his two RBIs on the day. A wild pitch allowed Skoug to score.

Watson’s strong day at the plate continued in the seventh as he singled home two more runs for a 7-2 lead.

Four runs on six hits in the eighth broke the game open as TCU batted around. RBI singles from Baker and Watson around a bases-loaded walk to Elliott Barzilli pushed the lead to eight, 10-2. Wanhanen’s sacrifice fly capped TCU’s scoring.

Oklahoma State made noise in the last two frames, scoring a quartet of two-out runs, but Guillory’s fourth strikeout ended the game.

Dalton Horton improved to 7-0 on the season after allowing just two runs on five hits in six innings of work.

Stat of the Game
16 – TCU has scored 10 or more runs 16 times this season, the most since the 2010 season.

Notes
• TCU homered in a game for the 24th time this season.
• TCU collected double-digit hits for the 22nd time this season.
• TCU scored double-digit runs for the 16th time this season.
• TCU has scored two-or more runs in an inning 71 times this season.
• TCU has tallied four runs in an inning 28 times this season.
• Cam Warner pushed his hitting streak to five games.
• Luken Baker collected his 14th multi-hit game and his 12th multiple-RBI game of the season.
• Luken Baker and Evan Skoug have reached base safely in nine straight games.
• Josh Watson notched his 10th multiple-RBI game and his 11th multi-hit game of the season.
• Ryan Merrill collected his sixth career multi-hit game.
• Evan Skoug notched his 12th multi-hit game of the season and the 31st of his career.
• Cam Warner picked up his 11th career multi-hit game.

Next Up
With the win, TCU improves to 28-9 overall and 10-4 in league play. The rubber match of the series is slated for Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. The game will be televised on FCS.