FWST: TCU hammers Gonzaga twice to win series, regain edge
BY CARLOS MENDEZÂ [email protected]
Friday night must have made TCU mad.
“It seemed like it,†third baseman Elliott Barzilli said with a laugh Sunday after a 16-1 win completed a series victory against Gonzaga. “We don’t like losing. I don’t like losing.â€
No need to worry about that Saturday and Sunday. After a 5-4 loss in the series opener on Friday night, TCU won the next two games by a 26-3 margin, putting up 13 extra-base hits alone.
“Friday night was a tough one for us — we had a couple things not go our way, and tip your cap to that guy who threw well on Friday,†said catcher Evan Skoug, who drove in four runs Sunday and hit his first career triple. “But our big thing this weekend was just win the series. So Saturday, we came out a little [ticked] off, and Sunday we tried to come out with as much energy as possible. We had to come out fired up. That’s exactly what we did.†…