
TCU Drops Game 2 At No. 8 Texas Tech
5/17/2019 10:16:00 PM | Baseball
Oviedo tallies three hits; Watson homers
LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 8 Texas Tech evened the series with a 7-2 win over TCU on Friday night at Rip Griffin Park. In the loss, Josh Watson homered and Adam Oviedo recorded three hits.
The Rundown
Gabe Holt led off the game for the Red Raiders with a solo home run. The Frogs tied the game with a solo home run off the bat of Josh Watson in the third.
A pair of runs for Texas Tech in the bottom of the third gave it a lead it would never relinquish. An infield single from Holt scored on a double from Dylan Neuse to break the 1-1 tie. He scored on a base hit to push the advantage to 3-1.
Back-to-back home runs with two outs in the fourth pushed the Texas Tech lead to 5-1.
The Horned Frogs pulled within three, 5-2, with a run in the seventh inning. Alex Isola drew a lead-off walk that was followed by an Andrew Keefer base. With two outs, Adam Oviedo delivered an RBI-single to drive in Isola.
Texas Tech got the run back on a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Another run scored in the eighth to account for the final score.
Charles King (4-3) took the loss after allowing six runs on nine hits. He walked two and struck out two over six innings of work.
Stat of the Game:
3 – TCU had base runners in seven of nine innings, but the Red Raiders turned a trio of double plays to minimize the damage.
Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the 29thtime.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 18thtime this season.
• TCU stole a base in a game for the 31sttime.
• Josh Watson hit his eighth home run of the season and the 28thof his career.
• Adam Oviedo picked up his 11th multi-hit game of the season and the 22nd of his career.
• Andrew Keefer collected his eighth multi-hit game of the year.
• Zach Humphreys has reached base safely in five straight.
Next Up:
With the loss, TCU drops to 29-23 overall and 11-12 in Big 12 play. The regular season concludes on Saturday night with the rubber match. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU. Brandon Williamson will get the start for the Horned Frogs.
The Rundown
Gabe Holt led off the game for the Red Raiders with a solo home run. The Frogs tied the game with a solo home run off the bat of Josh Watson in the third.
A pair of runs for Texas Tech in the bottom of the third gave it a lead it would never relinquish. An infield single from Holt scored on a double from Dylan Neuse to break the 1-1 tie. He scored on a base hit to push the advantage to 3-1.
Back-to-back home runs with two outs in the fourth pushed the Texas Tech lead to 5-1.
The Horned Frogs pulled within three, 5-2, with a run in the seventh inning. Alex Isola drew a lead-off walk that was followed by an Andrew Keefer base. With two outs, Adam Oviedo delivered an RBI-single to drive in Isola.
Texas Tech got the run back on a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Another run scored in the eighth to account for the final score.
Charles King (4-3) took the loss after allowing six runs on nine hits. He walked two and struck out two over six innings of work.
Stat of the Game:
3 – TCU had base runners in seven of nine innings, but the Red Raiders turned a trio of double plays to minimize the damage.
Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the 29thtime.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 18thtime this season.
• TCU stole a base in a game for the 31sttime.
• Josh Watson hit his eighth home run of the season and the 28thof his career.
• Adam Oviedo picked up his 11th multi-hit game of the season and the 22nd of his career.
• Andrew Keefer collected his eighth multi-hit game of the year.
• Zach Humphreys has reached base safely in five straight.
Next Up:
With the loss, TCU drops to 29-23 overall and 11-12 in Big 12 play. The regular season concludes on Saturday night with the rubber match. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU. Brandon Williamson will get the start for the Horned Frogs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kilian, C. (8-2)
L: King, Charles (4-3)

Batting:
HR: Watson, Josh 1
RBI: Watson, Josh 1 ; Oviedo, Adam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Watson, Josh 1 ; Isola, Alex 1
SB: Shepherd, Conner 1

Batting:
2B: Neuse, Dylan 1
HR: Holt, Gabe 1 ; Wilson, Kurt 1 ; Kelly, Parker 1
RBI: Holt, Gabe 1 ; Neuse, Dylan 1 ; Klein, Brian 2 ; Wilson, Kurt 1 ; Kelly, Parker 1 ; Fulford, Braxton 1
SF: Klein, Brian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Holt, Gabe 2 ; Neuse, Dylan 1 ; Warren, Cameron 1 ; Wilson, Kurt 1 ; Kelly, Parker 1 ; Fulford, Braxton 1
SB: Wilson, Kurt 1
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