TCU Falters In Saturday's Loss

Saturday, June 11

College Station, TX

8:00 PM

TCU

46-16

Texas A&M

49-15

Texas A&M

TCU

TCU Falters In Saturday's Loss

6/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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June 12, 2016

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- A three-run first inning for Texas A&M set the tone as the Aggies staved off elimination with a 7-1 win over TCU on Saturday night. The stage is now set for a winner-take-all game three on Sunday night.

The Rundown
Texas A&M's J.B. Moss opened the scoring with a home run on a 1-0 pitch and the Aggies never looked back. With a pair of base runners on and two out in the first, an error kept the inning alive, leading to a pair of runs as the Aggies took a 3-0 lead.

TCU had a chance to cut into the Aggie lead in the second after a lead-off double from Luken Baker. He was standing on third with one out, but Aggie starter Kyle Simonds got a pair of groundouts to strand Baker at third.

After the first, Mitchell Traver (1-2) settled down, holding the Aggies hitless until the sixth inning when Jonathan Moroney stuck with a one-out home run to push the lead to four. A two-out double from Austin Homan added another run in the sixth.

TCU had a chance to get back in the game in the seventh after a pair of walks. Evan Skoug opened the inning with a free pass. Elliott Barzilli drew a one-out walk to put two base runners on for the first time in the game. Simonds got a pair of hard line drive outs to end the inning without a run scoring.

Texas A&M tacked on a pair of runs in the eighth on solo home runs to take a 7-0 lead.

The Frogs cracked the scoreboard in the eighth, picking up their only run of the game. Austen Wade drew a two-out walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. With two on, Skoug bounced a single up the middle to drive in Wade to make it a 7-1 ballgame.

Stat of the Game
2 -- TCU's first error of the postseason led to a pair of unearned runs in Texas A&M's three-run first inning.

Notes
• TCU fell to 42-32 in the NCAA Tournament.
• TCU fell to 8-8 in NCAA Super Regionals.
• TCU fell to 5-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in College Station.
• TCU allowed the first run in a game for the 29th time this season.
• TCU allowed a first inning run for jus the 14th time this season.
• TCU allowed a season-high four home runs in the game.
• TCU fell to 27-4 in games decided by five or more runs.
• Luken Baker has reached base safely in 34 straight games.
• Luken Baker stretched his hitting streak to 10 games.
• Cam Warner and Elliott Barzilli have reached base in seven straight games.
• Evan Skoug collected his 18th multi-hit game of the season and the 37th of his career.
• Ryan Merrill has reached base safely in six straight games.

Next Up
With the loss, TCU falls to 46-16 on the season. The NCAA College Station Super Regional will come down to a game three on Sunday night at 8. The game will be televised on ESPN2.