TCU Powers Past San Diego; Clinches Series

Sunday, March 12

Fort Worth, Texas

1 p.m.

TCU

9-6

San Diego

6-8-1

San Diego

TCU

TCU Powers Past San Diego; Clinches Series

3/12/2023 5:21:00 PM | Baseball

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Taylor, Davis and Byrne homer for TCU

FORT WORTH – A trio of home runs in the late innings helped No. 10 TCU to a 5-4 win over San Diego Sunday afternoon at Lupton Stadium. The victory clinches the series for the Horned Frogs.

The Rundown
Facing a 2-0 deficit in the sixth, TCU's bats finally came alive. With one on and nobody out, Brayden Taylor launched his fourth home run of the season to right, tying the game at two. A couple batters later, the Horned Frogs were on top courtesy of an Austin Davis home run to left.

TCU continued the power surge in the seventh. After a two-out walk to Taylor and a pitching change, Kurtis Byrne ambushed the first offering and sent it sailing over the left center field fence for a 5-2 TCU lead.

San Diego did not go quietly into the night as the Toreros made it interesting in the ninth. A bases-loaded, two out single made it a 5-4 game. Louis Rodriguez got a fly out to end the game, locking up his second save in as many days.

The Torerors picked up solo runs in the second and sixth innings. A lead-off double came around to score in the second, while a two out error in the sixth turned into a 2-0 lead.

Cam Brown allowed a run on three hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out five in the no-decision. Sam Stoutenborough (1-0) earned the win in relief. He allowed an unearned run on one hit in 1 2/3 innings.

Stat of the Game:
3 – TCU hit a season-high three home runs in the game. TCU has homered in six of its last seven games.

Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the 10th time this season.
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the third time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits for the sixth time this season.
• Sam Stoutenborough registered his first win in a TCU uniform
• Louis Rodriguez collected his second career save.
• Tre Richardson tallied his eighth multi-hit game of the year and the 43^rd of his career.
• Richardson stretched his hitting streak to six games.
• Brayden Taylor hit his fourth home run of the season and the 29^th of his career.
• Taylor collected his sixth multi-hit game of the year and the 48^th of his career.
• Taylor notched his third multi-RBI game of the season and the 30^th of his career.
• Kurtis Byrne hit his first home run of the season and the seventh of his career.
• Byrne tallied his second multi-hit game of the year and the 20^th of his career.
• Byrne posted his second multi-RBI game of the season and the 12^th of his career.
• Austin Davis hit his third home run of the season and the eighth of his career.
• David Bishop collected his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the 21^st of his career.
• Cole Fontenelle recorded his second multi-hit game of the season and the fourth of his career.

Next Up:
With the victory, TCU improves to 9-6 on the season. TCU will hit the road for four straight games starting Tuesday night at Texas State. First pitch against the Bobcats is set for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN+.