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GoFrogs: TCU Drops Opener At Oklahoma State
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State staked itself to an early 2-0 lead and TCU mustered just five hits against Cowboy starter Thomas Hatch in a 9-0 loss Friday night.
The Rundown
TCU had a base runner in seven of the nine innings, but a trio of pick-offs and a double play squelched any momentum the Frogs were trying to muster.
The Frogs best chance to get on the board came in the ninth inning after a one-out, two-base error had Ryan Johnson standing on second. A wild pitch moved him to third, but a strikeout ended game.
Oklahoma State broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the third. The first two Cowboys reached on a single and a walk. With one out, a grounder to the right side pushed across the go-ahead run. A two-out hit from Garrett Benge made it a 2-0 game.
The Cowboys stretched their lead in the fifth inning. A lead-off double from J.R. Davis had Oklahoma State in business. He scored on a Corey Hassel base hit to make it a 3-0 game. A one-out error proved costly as the Cowboys punched across a trio of two-out runs to open up a 6-0 advantage.
A lead-off single in the sixth turned into the Cowboys seventh run of the game and two unearned runs in the seventh accounted for the final score.
Jared Janczak (4-3) was charged with the loss after surrendering five runs (three earned) on six hits in three innings of work.
Stat of the Game
7 – TCU mustered just seven base runners in the contest. Only one advanced into scoring position.
Notes
• TCU was outhit for just the ninth time this season.
• TCU was shutout for the second time this season. It was the first time TCU has been held off the board twice in a season since 2014.
• Jared Janczak registered his first career pick-off in the fifth inning.
• Cam Warner pushed his hitting streak to four games.
• Luken Baker and Evan Skoug have reached base safely in eight straight games.
• Luken Baker collected his 13th multi-hit game of the season.
Next Up
TCU (27-9, 9-4) and Oklahoma State (24-13, 8-5) will meet in game two of the three game series Saturday afternoon at 4. The game will be televised on FSSW+. Brian Howard will go for TCU and face the Cowboys’ Trey Cobb.