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GoFrogs: TCU Powers Past Kansas Sunday
FORT WORTH – An eight-run fifth inning propelled TCU to a 14-6 victory over Kansas on Sunday afternoon. The Horned Frogs had nine extra base hits, including three home runs, in locking up the series victory.
The Rundown
TCU found itself facing a 2-0 deficit after the first, but responded with a trio of runs in the second. Josh Watson opened the inning with a base hit and moved to second on a wild pitch. Connor Wanhanen singled to pull the Frogs within one. A Ryan Merrill base hit tied the game at two and Cam Warner’s second hit of the day gave TCU a 3-2 lead.
Kansas battled back in the bottom of the frame to tie the game at three. An unearned run in the third helped the Jayhawks regain the lead, 4-3.
In the fifth, the first eight batters reached for TCU as it blew the game open. Elliott Barzilli opened the inning with a double. Two batters later the bases were loaded forDane Steinhagen, who jumped on the first pitch for a bases-clearing double and a 6-4 TCU lead. Ryan Merrill followed with his first career home run to double up the Jayhawks.
Back-to-back doubles from Austen Wade and Warner extended the lead to five, 9-4.Evan Skoug capped the scoring in the inning with a towering home run to right field for an 11-4 lead.
Kansas got two of the runs back in the bottom of the fifth on a two-out single from Joe Moroney to make it an 11-6 lead.
Josh Watson homered for the seventh time this year in the eighth and two errors in the ninth gifted the Frogs two more runs to account for the final score.
Brian Trieglaff (4-0) picked up the win in relief of Sean Wymer. Ryan Burnett turned in 3 1/3 scoreless innings and Durbin Feltman tossed a scoreless ninth.
Stat of the Game
20 – Cam Warner stretched his hitting streak to 20 games with a base hit in the first. It’s TCU’s 20 game hitting streak since Brance Rivera posted a 27-game streak in 2011.
Notes
• TCU scored double-digit runs for the 13th time this season.
• TCU recorded double-digit hits for the 19th time this season.
• TCU tallied a season-high 18 hits.
• TCU has scored multiple-runs in an inning 59 times this season.
• TCU scored four or more runs in a frame for the 26th time this season.
• Cam Warner stretched his hitting streak to 20 games.
• Cam Warner notched his 10th multi-hit game and his eighth multiple-RBI game of the season.
• Austen Wade has reached base safely in 19 straight games.
• Austen Wade notched his eighth multi-hit game of the year.
• Elliott Barzilli has hit safely and reached base safely in 16 straight games.
• Dane Steinhagen tallied his 11th multi-hit game of the year and the 29th of his career.
• Dane Steinhagen recorded his ninth multiple-RBI game of the season and the 16th of his career.
• Ryan Merrill collected his fifth mutli-hit game and fourth multiple-RBI game of the season.
• Evan Skoug notched his eighth multiple-RBI game of the year and the 21st of his career.
• Josh Watson notched his ninth multi-hit game of the year.
Next Up
With the win, TCU improves to 24-7 and 6-3 in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs return home to open up a four-game homestand. First up is a Tuesday night meeting with Dallas Baptist. Game time is set for 6:30.