Epic Finish Sends TCU To Supers

Monday, June 1

Fort Worth, Texas

7:00 PM

TCU

47-12

NC State

36-23

NC State

TCU

Epic Finish Sends TCU To Supers

6/2/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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June 2, 2015

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FORT WORTH - Elliott Barzilli's one-out, RBI-single capped an epic seven-run comeback to give TCU a 9-8 victory over NC State, sending the Horned Frogs to their fifth NCAA Super Regional in the last seven years.

Evan Williams ripped a lead-off single past a diving third baseman to open up the bottom of the 10th. An errant pick-off throw moved him to second with nobody out. Cody Jones walked and Jeremie Fagnan dropped down a sacrifice bunt to put the winning run on third base. Barzilli ripped the first pitch he saw past the drawn-in infield to send Lupton Stadium into a frenzy.

Entering the bottom of the eight, the Frogs found themselves in an 8-1 hole. NC State built its lead with a trio of runs in the third, a solo run in the fourth and a four-run eighth. TCU lone run came in the fourth courtesy of a Keaton Jones two-out single.

Connor Wanhanen reached on a lead-off error in the eighth inning. Another error put runners on the corners with only one out. After a strikeout for the second out of the inning, the wheels came off for the Wolfpack. A walk to Keaton Jones loaded the bases. Garrett Crain legged out an infield single to make it an 8-2 ballgame. Dane Steinhagen drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the third run of the game.

A balk closed the gap to four as Keaton Jones crossed the plate. Cody Jones drew the fourth walk of the inning to reload the bases. Fagnan lined a two-run single into left field to pull the Frogs within two, 8-6. The relay from left was wild allowing Fagnan to move to second. With a runner on third, a passed ball helped the Frogs inch closer as Cody Jones scored to make it an 8-7 ballgame. The Wolfpack got out of the inning, with the one-run lead still in tact.

Brian Trieglaff came on in the ninth and worked a 1-2-3 frame to set up the bottom of the ninth. Odell led off the frame with a base hit and moved to second on a Nolan Brown sacrifice. With one out, the Wolfpack was charged with their second balk of the game allowing Odell to move to third. Keaton Jones struck out, but a passed ball allowed Odell to score the game-tying run, setting up the thrilling finish in the 10th.

Trieglaff (2-0) retired all six batters he faced to pick up the win in relief. Alex Young got the start, allowing four runs on five hits to go along with four strikeouts in four innings of work. Trey Teakell turned in three scoreless frames, giving up four hits and striking out two.

With the victory, TCU improves to 47-12 on the season. The Frogs will face Texas A&M in the NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional beginning Saturday at Lupton Stadium.