TCU Completes Victory Over Baylor

Saturday, May 25

9 a.m.

TCU

31-25

Baylor

34-17

TCU

Baylor

TCU Completes Victory Over Baylor

5/25/2019 10:53:00 AM | Baseball

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Watson tallies two hits

OKLAHOMA CITY – After an almost 12 hour rain delay, TCU completed its 5-2 victory over No. 18 Baylor Saturday morning in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Brandon Williamson struck out nine in the win.

The Rundown
Brandon Williamson (4-5) was solid in a starting role, tossing seven innings and holding the Bears to just two runs on seven hits. He walked just one and fanned nine.

Adam Oviedo led off the third with a base hit. Hunter Wolfe followed with a triple to put the Frogs on the board. Josh Watson wasted little time making it 2-0 with his first hit of the game. Two batters later, Watson was on third and scored easily on an Austin Henry base hit for a 3-0 lead.

Baylor got a run back in the bottom of the inning as a lead-off triple scored on a sacrifice fly.

TCU answered in the fourth with another run to take a 4-1 lead. Andrew Keefer tripled with one out and scored on a two-out wild pitch.

A two-out rally in the seventh extended TCU's lead to four, 5-1. Wolfe worked a two-out walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. Watson's second hit of the night drove in Wolfe.

The Bears pulled back within three, 5-2, on a lead-off home run from Josh Bissonette.

Upon resuming the game in the eighth inning on Saturday, Haylen Green and Cal Coughlin combined to get the final six outs of the game to lock up the victory. Coughlin allowed two hits and struck out one to record his first save of the season.

Stat of the Game:
31 – The final two innings on Saturday took just 31 minutes to complete.

Notes:
• TCU improved to 2-1 in the Championships and 17-9 overall in the Big 12 Championships.
• TCU is now 48-31 all-time in conference tournament contests.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts for the 22nd time this season.
• TCU tallied two triples in a game for the second time in the championships.
• Josh Watson collected his 21st multi-hit game of the season and the 70th of his career.
• Watson notched his eighth multiple RBI game of the season and the 39th of his career.
• Watson extended his hitting streak to eight games.
• Johnny Rizer picked up his 23rd multi-hit game of the year and the 32nd of his career.
• Andrew Keefer has hit safely in five straight games.
• Conner Shepherd has reached safely in seven straight contests.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 31-25. The Horned Frogs will face Oklahoma State Saturday afternoon. The game will start approximately 30-40 minutes following the conclusion of the Texas Tech-West Virginia game.