TCU Holds On For 8-5 Win Over UTA

Tuesday, March 1

Fort Worth, Texas

6 p.m.

TCU

7-1

UT Arlington

2-5

UT Arlington

TCU

TCU Holds On For 8-5 Win Over UTA

3/1/2022 10:37:00 PM | Baseball

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Victory is sixth straight for TCU

FORT WORTH – No. 16 TCU ran its winning streak to six games with an 8-5 win over UT Arlington Tuesday night at Lupton Stadium. Brayden Taylor homered and drove in four in the victory. Cam Brown fanned a career-high nine.

The Rundown
UTA opened up a 2-0 lead in the first with four straight one-out hits. Cam Brown induced an inning-ending 3-6-1 double play and the offense rewarded him with a three spot in the bottom of the inning, taking a lead it would never relinquish.

Brown (2-0) went on to retired 15 in a row and 16 of his last 17 batters faced to get the game into the seventh. He finished the game allowing two runs on five hits and striking out nine.

Brayden Taylor's first home run of the season tied the game at two. David Bishop was hit by a pitch and was standing on third after a wild pitch and error with one out. Tommy Sacco delivered a sacrifice fly for a 3-2 TCU lead.

Three more runs crossed the plate for TCU in the second as the lead grew to 6-2. Taylor ripped a two-out, two-run single and eventually scored on a wild pitch.

Taylor's third hit of the game opened the fifth and turned into the seventh run of the game on a Sacco base hit. An errant pick-off throw in the eighth with two on pushed the Horned Frogs' lead to five, 8-3.

In the ninth, the Mavericks attempted a comeback as they had the tying runs on base with one out thanks to two errors and a pair of walks. River Ridings came on and struck out the final two batters of the game to secure the win.

Stat of the Game:
15 – Cam Brown retired 15 straight batters from the first through sixth innings. He retired 16 of the last 17 batters he faced.

Notes:
• TCU hit a home run in a game for the fourth time this season.
• TCU scored a first inning run for the seventh time this season.
• TCU surrendered first inning runs for the first time this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases for the fourth time this season.
• The TCU pitching staff registered double-digit strikeouts (14) for the sixth time this season.
• Caedmon Parker made his collegiate debut in the seventh inning.
• Brayden Taylor has reached safely in 17 straight games dating back to last season.
• Taylor hit his first home run of the season and the 13^th of his career.
• Taylor collected his fourth multi-hit game of the season and the 27^th of his career.
• Taylor tallied his second multi-RBI game of the season and the 16^th of his career.
• David Bishop has reached safely in all eight games.
• Gray Rodgers has now reached base safely in his last 19 games played.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in all eight games this season.
• Sacco collected his fourth multi-hit game of the season and the 17^th of his career.
• Sacco notched his second multi-RBI contest of the year and the 12^th of his career.
• River Ridings recorded his fifth career save.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 7-1 on the season. The Horned Frogs will hit the road for four straight in the state of Kentucky. First up is a three game series at Kentucky that kicks off Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised on SEC Network+.