FWST: TCU baseball’s win streak snapped at five in messy loss at Texas

Star-Telegram

Texas took advantage of four TCU errors to win 4-3 and snap the Horned Frogs’ winning streak at five in the opener of a Big 12 baseball series Thursday night in Austin.

The Longhorns (10-12, 1-0 Big 12) pushed across runs in the second and third innings to grab a 2-0 lead off TCU freshman starter Luken Baker. Two TCU errors in the third proved costly, and Tres Barrera scored on a one-out single by Patrick Mathis.

TCU (17-4, 3-1) answered with three runs in the fourth as Evan Skoug hit a three-run home run to right field to give the Frogs a 3-2 lead. Austen Wade led off with a walk and moved to third on Connor Wanhanen’s single up the middle to set the stage for Skoug’s blast. …