FWST: No. 11 TCU lets season opener slip away against Loyola Marymount

TCU’s young baseball team welcomed Loyola Marymount to Lupton Stadium for the 2016 season opener, but the Horned Frogs were far too hospitable to their guests Friday.

TCU, ranked No. 11 in the USA Today coaches poll, surrendered six stolen bases, including three in a three-run third, and the Frogs committed two errors in the eighth and ninth innings that allowed the go-ahead run and another in a 5-3 loss in front of a home crowd of 5,116.

“We gave up too many free bases,” TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle said. “The inability to manage the run game was disappointing, but in terms of the first game for a young team against a very good pitcher, I was pretty proud.” …