TCU Evens Series With 3-1 Victory

Saturday, March 11

Fort Worth, Texas

2 p.m.

TCU

8-6-1

San Diego

6-7-1

San Diego

TCU

TCU Evens Series With 3-1 Victory

3/11/2023 5:57:00 PM | Baseball

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Taylor hits third home run of the season

FORT WORTH – Brayden Taylor's first inning home run set the tone as No. 10 TCU evened the series with a 3-1 win over San Diego Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium. Kole Klecker tossed seven innings in his first career home start.

The Rundown
Kole Klecker (3-1) twirled a gem in his second start of the season. He retired the first 14 batters he faced and did not allow a hit until there were two outs in the fifth. The only blemish on his line was a one-out solo home run in the seventh. Klecker finished the afternoon with two hits allowed, one walk and two strikeouts.

Louis Rodriguez took over in the eighth and finished the game to collect his first career save. He retired the side in order in the eighth and had to pitch around a couple base runners in the ninth. His fourth strikeout of the contest ended the game.

Offensively, the Horned Frogs scratched out a trio of runs. Taylor's home run gave the Frogs a 1-0 lead after one. In the third, a lead-off walk to Luke Boyers turned into a 2-0 lead as he scored on a two-out single from Elijah Nunez.

TCU picked up a big insurance run in the eighth to take a 3-1 lead. With two runners in scoring position, Tre Richardson beat out an infield single to drive in Nunez with the final run of the game.

Stat of the Game:
14 – Freshman Kole Klecker retired the first 14 batters he faced in the game. He allowed five base runners in the game.

Notes:
• All three of TCU's runs came with two outs in the inning.
• TCU homered in a game for the ninth time this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the seventh time this season.
• Louis Rodriguez collected his first career save.
• Kole Klecker made his first career start at Lupton Stadium.
• Elijah Nunez collected his fourth multi-hit game of the season and the 28^th of his career.
• Nunez has reached safely in six straight.
• Brayden Taylor hit his third home run of the season and the 28^th of his career.
• Taylor collected his fifth multi-hit game of the year and the 47^th of his career.
• Tre Richardson tallied his team-leading seventh multi-hit game of the year and the 42^nd of his career.
• Richardson stretched his hitting streak to five.

Next Up:
With the victory, TCU improves to 8-6 on the season. The rubber match between the Horned Frogs and the Toreros is set for Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. Cam Brown will get the start for the Frogs. The contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.