Saturday, March 26
Fort Worth, Texas
2 p.m.
TCU
17-5, 4-1
14
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Kansas State
11-10, 0-2
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TCU
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TCU Topples Kansas State, 14-5
3/26/2022 7:19:00 PM | Baseball
FORT WORTH  – Twice TCU rallied from multi-run deficits to secure the series victory with a 14-5 win over Kansas State Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium. Tommy Sacco homered twice and drove in six to lead the Horned Frogs, who improved to 8-0 at home this year.
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The Rundown
After Kansas State opened up a 2-0 lead, TCU battled back to tie the game in third. David Bishop worked a bases-loaded walk and Tommy Sacco delivered a sacrifice fly to tie the game.
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TCU found itself in a 5-2 deficit after the fourth. Sacco's first home run of the game opened the floodgates with two outs in the fifth. A hit batter and a Luke Boyers base hit put the tying runs on base for Logan Maxwell, who doubled to tie the game at five.
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In the sixth, TCU sent 13 batters to the plate and eight scored for a 13-5 lead. Two walks around a David Bishop base hit loaded the bases for Sacco. He put the Frogs in front with a grand slam to right. Elijah Nunez and Brayden Taylor pushed the lead to six, 11-5, with bases-loaded walks. Bishop and Rodgers drove in the final two runs of the inning with sac flies.
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Kurtis Byrne led off the seventh with his second home run of the season to account for the final score.
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Cam Brown started and allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits and four walks. Tommy Vail (1-0) picked up the win with three shutout innings of relief. He allowed two hits, walked one and struck out two. Connor Oliver and Drew Hill each tossed a scoreless inning to lock up the win.
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6 – Tommy Sacco drove in a career-high six runs in the win. It's the most RBIs in a game since Luke Baker drove in six at Kansas on April 14, 2018.
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Notes:Â
• TCU improved to 8-0 at home this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the 11th time this season
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the sixth time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 11th time this season.
• TCU drew double-digit walks for the fourth time this year.
• TCU scored double-digit runs for the eighth time this year.
• Elijah Nunez has reached safely in 17 straight games.
• Luke Boyers, Tommy Sacco and Brayden Taylor have reached safely in 12 straight games.
• David Bishop has reached safely in all 22 games.
• Bishop tallied his ninth career multi-RBI game.
• Gray Rodgers has reached safely in seven straight games.
• Tommy Sacco stretched his hitting streak to nine games.
• Sacco hit his fourth and fifth home runs of the season and now has seven in his career.
• Sacco's two home run game is the first of his career and the first since Phillip Sikes did it against Kansas on April 23, 2021.
• Sacco posted his ninth multi-hit game of the year and the 22nd of his career.
• Sacco collected his sixth multi-RBI game of the season and the 16th of his career.
• Kurtis Byrne tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the year and the sixth of his career.
• Byrne hit his second home run of the game and the third of his career.
• Luke Boyers stretched his hitting streak to eight games.
• Logan Maxwell posted his second career multi-hit game and his third career multi-RBI game.
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Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 17-5 on the season and 4-1 in Big 12 play. TCU will go for the series sweep Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. Brett Walker will make the start for the Horned Frogs. The contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
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The Rundown
After Kansas State opened up a 2-0 lead, TCU battled back to tie the game in third. David Bishop worked a bases-loaded walk and Tommy Sacco delivered a sacrifice fly to tie the game.
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TCU found itself in a 5-2 deficit after the fourth. Sacco's first home run of the game opened the floodgates with two outs in the fifth. A hit batter and a Luke Boyers base hit put the tying runs on base for Logan Maxwell, who doubled to tie the game at five.
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In the sixth, TCU sent 13 batters to the plate and eight scored for a 13-5 lead. Two walks around a David Bishop base hit loaded the bases for Sacco. He put the Frogs in front with a grand slam to right. Elijah Nunez and Brayden Taylor pushed the lead to six, 11-5, with bases-loaded walks. Bishop and Rodgers drove in the final two runs of the inning with sac flies.
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Kurtis Byrne led off the seventh with his second home run of the season to account for the final score.
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Cam Brown started and allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits and four walks. Tommy Vail (1-0) picked up the win with three shutout innings of relief. He allowed two hits, walked one and struck out two. Connor Oliver and Drew Hill each tossed a scoreless inning to lock up the win.
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6 – Tommy Sacco drove in a career-high six runs in the win. It's the most RBIs in a game since Luke Baker drove in six at Kansas on April 14, 2018.
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Notes:Â
• TCU improved to 8-0 at home this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the 11th time this season
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the sixth time this season.
• TCU outhit its opponent for the 11th time this season.
• TCU drew double-digit walks for the fourth time this year.
• TCU scored double-digit runs for the eighth time this year.
• Elijah Nunez has reached safely in 17 straight games.
• Luke Boyers, Tommy Sacco and Brayden Taylor have reached safely in 12 straight games.
• David Bishop has reached safely in all 22 games.
• Bishop tallied his ninth career multi-RBI game.
• Gray Rodgers has reached safely in seven straight games.
• Tommy Sacco stretched his hitting streak to nine games.
• Sacco hit his fourth and fifth home runs of the season and now has seven in his career.
• Sacco's two home run game is the first of his career and the first since Phillip Sikes did it against Kansas on April 23, 2021.
• Sacco posted his ninth multi-hit game of the year and the 22nd of his career.
• Sacco collected his sixth multi-RBI game of the season and the 16th of his career.
• Kurtis Byrne tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the year and the sixth of his career.
• Byrne hit his second home run of the game and the third of his career.
• Luke Boyers stretched his hitting streak to eight games.
• Logan Maxwell posted his second career multi-hit game and his third career multi-RBI game.
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Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 17-5 on the season and 4-1 in Big 12 play. TCU will go for the series sweep Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. Brett Walker will make the start for the Horned Frogs. The contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Vail, Tommy (1-0)
L: Jurecka, Landry (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Rugely, Cash 1 ; Nicoloff, Josh 1 ; Goodwin, Nick 1 ; Mitchell, Justin 1
HR: Hughes, Dominic 1 ; Culpepper, Kaelen 1
RBI: Johnson, Dominic 1 ; Hughes, Dominic 1 ; Culpepper, Kaelen 2
SH: Hughes, Dominic 1 ; Culpepper, Kaelen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hughes, Dominic 1 ; Salinas, Orlando 1 ; Mitchell, Justin 2 ; Culpepper, Kaelen 1
SB: Goodwin, Nick 1
HBP: Phillips, Cayden 1 ; Mitchell, Justin 1
PO: Culpepper, Kaelen 1
Batting:
2B: Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Maxwell, Logan 2
HR: Sacco, Tommy 2 ; Byrne, Kurtis 1
RBI: Nunez, Elijah 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Bishop, David 2 ; Rodgers, Gray 1 ; Sacco, Tommy 6 ; Byrne, Kurtis 1 ; Maxwell, Logan 2
SF: Bishop, David 1 ; Rodgers, Gray 1 ; Sacco, Tommy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nunez, Elijah 2 ; Taylor, Brayden 1 ; Bishop, David 1 ; Rodgers, Gray 1 ; Sacco, Tommy 2 ; Byrne, Kurtis 3 ; Boyers, Luke 2 ; Maxwell, Logan 1 ; Brown, Porter 1
HBP: Byrne, Kurtis 1
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