Manhattan Mercury: K-State drops finale to TCU

Manhattan Mercury: K-State drops finale to TCU

By The Mercury
The Kansas State baseball team surrendered six runs in the fifth inning to break open a tie game, and allowed No. 11 TCU to sweep the Wildcats after Saturday’s 9-3 loss at Lupton Stadium.

Despite the tough weekend, the Wildcats still managed to secure the No. 8 seed at the Big 12 Championship this week, where they will face top-seeded Texas Tech on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.

K-State (26-29, 8-16 Big 12) scored first in Saturday’s loss, which it did in all three games of the series, but the Horned Frogs (38-14, 15-9 Big 12) evened it in the fourth before putting up the crooked fifth to decide the game. In that inning, the Wildcats issued two walks, hit two batters and allowed four hits as TCU sent 10 batters to the plate.

For the game, K-State issued nine walks — matching its season-high — in addition to the two hit batters and six hits against. …

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