TCU
Fresno State
Baseball Avoids Sweep, Defeat Fresno State 10-1
4/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
FORT WORTH, Texas (April 9) - David Tombrella made his first start of the season count for TCU, as he held Fresno State to six hits in TCU's 10-1 win Sunday at the TCU Diamond. The Frogs improve to 14-25 overall, 5-9 in Western Athletic Conference play. Fresno State, ranked 17th by Collegiate Baseball, drops to 27-10 overall, 10-5 in the WAC.
Tombrella's first 18 appearances of the season had been in relief. He scattered the six hits over seven innings, allowing only one run in the seventh. Fresno State threatened in the first, loading the bases with two outs. But, Tombrella forced a fly out to end the inning, leaving all three runners stranded. Fresno State left nine men on the bases and grounded into two double plays.
While Tombrella was holding the Fresno State bats quiet, the Bulldogs were using nine pitchers. Fresno State starter Nick Moran allowed two runs in 3.2 innings. After Moran, head coach Bob Bennett went to the bullpen eight times. The first six relief pitchers each faced three batters or less.
After both teams were held scoreless in the first three innings, TCU put a couple of runs on the board in the fourth. Jason Price's two-out walk got it started for the Frogs. Marshall Wilson and Mike Settle then delivered consecutive doubles down the left field line and the Frogs had a 2-0 lead.
TCU broke the game open in the fifth, scoring five runs on three walks, a hit batsmen and four hits, the biggest a two-run double by Price. Cade Harris, Wilson and Jeff Reed all produced run-scoring singles in the inning. Reed, a freshman right fielder, reached twice in the inning as he walked and singled.
In the game, Reed singled three times and walked twice as he reached base in all five plate appearances. Wilson also reached base all five times, picking up two singles, one double, a walk and he was hit by a pitch. Reed, Price, Wilson and Settle each drove in two runs for the Frogs. The Frogs added three insurance runs in the seventh on three hits, including a RBI-single by Reed. TCU relief pitcher Stan Newton struck out four men in two innings pitched.
