TCU Tops Northwestern, 9-2

Wednesday, March 22

Fort Worth, Texas

6 p.m.

TCU

12-9

Northwestern

1-14

Northwestern

TCU

TCU Tops Northwestern, 9-2

3/22/2023 9:57:00 PM | Baseball

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Boyers and Fontenelle homer for TCU

FORT WORTH – A six-run fifth inning broke open a close game as TCU ran away with a 9-2 victory over Northwestern Wednesday night at Lupton Stadium. Braeden Sloan pitched six solid innings in picking up his first career win, while Luke Boyers and Cole Fontenelle each homered for the Horned Frogs.

The Rundown
Two batters into the bottom of the first TCU had a 1-0 lead. Luke Boyers was hit by the pitch, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Austin Davis hit a sacrifice fly to give the Frogs the lead.

After Northwestern tied the game in the third, TCU grabbed its lead back in the fourth. Tre Richardson led off the inning with a base hit. Two batters later TCU had a 2-1 lead as Richardson scored on an Elijah Nunez ground out.

The Frogs broke the game open in the fifth, scoring six times on four hits. Anthony Silva led off the inning with a base hit and Boyers followed with a home run to right for a 4-1 lead. Back-to-back two out walks set the stage for Nunez who tripled for a 6-1 lead. Cole Fontenelle followed with a two run home run and TCU had an 8-1 lead.

Two errors in the seventh gifted TCU its ninth run. Northwestern scored in the ninth to account for the final score.

Braeden Sloan (1-2) navigated base runners in each of his first four innings of work, but after a lead-off walk in the fourth, he retired nine of the last 10 batters he faced to get the game into the seventh inning. Sam Stoutenborough, Garrett Wright and River Ridings pitched the final three innings.

Stat of the Game:
6 – TCU scored six times in the fifth inning to break open a close game. Four of the six runs scored came with two outs in the inning.

Notes:
• TCU registered double-digit hits (10) for the eighth time this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the 16th time this season.
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the sixth time this season.
• TCU has homered in eight straight games.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the ninth time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the seventh time this season.
• Luke Boyers hit his third home run of the season and the 10th of his career.
• Boyers tallied his fourth multi-hit game of the season and the 31^st of his career.
• Boyers collected his fourth multi-RBI game of the year and the 21^st of his career.
• Austin Davis has reached safely in seventh straight games.
• Karson Bowen caught his eighth runner stealing this season.
• Elijah Nunez recorded his fourth multi-RBI game of the year and the 14^th of his career.
• Cole Fontenelle hit his third home run of the season.
• Fontenelle has reached safely in 13 straight games.
• Fontenelle collected his fourth career multi-RBI game.
• Anthony Silva tallied his third career multi-hit game.

Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 12-9 on the season. TCU will host Kansas in a three game series starting Friday night. The series opener against the Jayhawks is set for 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.