GoFrogs: Barzilli Clutch to Lead TCU Past Gonzaga

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GoFrogs: Barzilli Clutch to Lead TCU Past Gonzaga

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FORT WORTH — TCU got a clutch, go-ahead base hit from Elliott Barzilli in the eighth inning and beat Gonzaga, 4-3, taking control of the NCAA Fort Worth Regional at Lupton Stadium on Saturday night.

Jeffrey Bohling’s three-run home run in the sixth inning gave the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead, but Barzilli delivered a two-out, two-RBI single with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to give the Horned Frogs the lead.

The Rundown
Barzilli’s heroics were set up by one-out singles from Austen Wade and Cam Warnerand a two-out, infield single from Luken Baker that loaded the bases. Barzilli then laced an 0-1 pitch into right field to give the Frogs a 4-3 lead.

TCU (44-15) starter Jared Janczak cruised through the first five innings, allowing just one hit, but in the sixth Gonzaga (36-20) got two solid singles from Nick Brooks and Sam Brown, putting two runners on base for Bohling, the WCC Player of the Year. The junior then sent his eighth home run of the year onto the right field terrace, giving the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead.

The Frogs pulled Janczak two batters later, ending his night after 5.2 innings in which he allowed three runs on five hits and struck out seven.

Ryan Burnett (2-1) pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless baseball in relief of Janczak and was the beneficiary of Barzilli’s go-ahead base hit as he grabbed his second win of the season.

Durbin Feltman came out of the TCU bullpen and grabbed a two-inning save as he induced a game-ending double play groundball to erase the only base runner he allowed. The save was the seventh of the season for Feltman.

Gonzaga starter Eli Morgan (10-3) suffered the loss after allowing four runs on nine hits in 7.2 innings pitched in which he struck out eight Frogs. Wyatt Mills threw 1.1 innings in relief without allowing a run on two hits.

Barzilli also played a big part in TCU’s first run as he doubled off the top of the left center wall with one out in the second inning. He then advanced to third on a Josh Watson single and scored when Dane Steinhagen beat out a high throw on the back end of a potential double play ball.

Wade’s triple off the right field wall set up TCU’s second run as Warner followed with a single through the left side of a drawn in Gonzaga infield, doubling the Frogs’ lead at 2-0 in the third inning.

Stats of the Game
5 —
 TCU won for the fifth time this season when trailing after seven innings.

20 — TCU is now 20-5 at Lupton Stadium in NCAA postseason play, including 16-3 in NCAA Regional play.

Next Up
Gonzaga will take on Arizona State in Sunday’s 2 p.m. elimination game. The Bulldogs defeated the Sun Devils, 5-1, in the first game of the regional back on Friday.

TCU will take on the winner of that game in Sunday’s NCAA Fort Worth Regional championship at 6:30 p.m. If TCU losses the game, Monday’s “if necessary” game would be played at 3 p.m.

TCU Notes
• TCU is now 27-18 all-time in NCAA Regional play and 40-31 in all NCAA postseason games.
• TCU scored first for the 31st time this season.
• TCU has scored two or more runs in an inning 103 times this season.
• TCU is now 8-6 in one-run games this season.
• TCU is 36-0 when leading after eight innings this season.
• TCU is now 17-2 on Saturday this season
• Dane Steinhagen’s second-inning RBI was his 50th, giving TCU two players with 50 RBI (Baker) for the first time since the 2010 season.
• Luken Baker has reached base safely in 31 straight games.
• Luken Baker has hit safely in seven straight games.
• Luken Baker posted his 23rd multiple-hit game of the season.
• Elliott Barzilli posted his 27th multiple-hit game of the season.
• Elliott Barzilli posted his 16th multiple-RBI game of the season.
• Austen Wade has reached base safely in 10 straight games.
• Austen Wade posted his 18th multiple-hit game of the season.
• Cam Warner posted his 20th multiple-hit game of the season.
• Josh Watson has reached base safely in five straight games.

Gonzag Notes
• Eli Morgan posted his seventh game of at least eight strikeouts this season.
• Eli Morgan lost back-to-back starts for the first time all season.
• Eli Morgan pitched at least 7.0 innings for the 10th time this season. He now has 111.0 innings pitched this season, tying for fifth most innings pitched in a single-season in Gonzaga history.
• Sam Brown has reached base safely in 30 straight games, the Zags second longest streak since 2008.
• Taylor Jones has 26 doubles this season, the second most in the nation, and one away from tying the program’s single-season record.
• Gonzaga has 128 doubles this season, also one short of the single-season program record.


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