TCU’s Run at Big 12 Championships Ends

Friday, May 24

Arlington, Texas (Globe Life Field)

9 a.m.

TCU

33-21

Kansas

31-22

TCU

Kansas

TCU’s Run at Big 12 Championships Ends

5/24/2024 1:41:00 PM | Baseball

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TCU hits five home runs in the game

ARLINGTON, Texas – TCU rallied back from a 9-0 deficit to tie the game at 10, but an eighth inning home run by Kansas proved to be the difference in an 11-10 Jayhawk win in an elimination game at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship game at Globe Life Field. Kurtis Byrne hit two home runs in the game and drove in four.

The Rundown
After a disastrous first inning for the Horned Frogs that found them facing a 9-0 deficit, TCU fought back to eventually tie the game at 10. The comeback began with a trio of runs with two outs in the second. Jack Basseer got the Frogs on the board with his first home run of the season. Two batters later, Karson Bowen hit one off the foul pole in left to make it a 9-3 ballgame.

Three more runs crossed the plate in the third on Kurtis Byrne's first home run of the game to pull the Frogs within three, 9-6. Kansas got a run back in the bottom of the inning after the first two reached. Colt Taylor took over on the mound and got a double play ball to minimize the damage, but a run was able to score for a 10-6 Kansas lead.

Byrne's second home run of the game with one out in the fifth made it a 10-7 game. The comeback was complete with three runs in the seventh. Chase Brunson grounded into a bases-loaded double play to pull the Frogs within two. Luke Boyers' two-run blast tied the game at 10.

The Frogs worked out of a sticky situation in the seventh as the Jayhawks loaded the bases with two outs. Facing a 3-2 count, the Frogs went to the bullpen. Braeden Sloan (4-4) came on and got the strikeout to end the inning. It was not to be as Kansas retook the lead with a one out solo home run in the eighth.

Chase Hoover started and was touched four seven runs on three hits in 2/3 of an inning. Taylor gave the Frogs 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. He allowed a hit, walked one and struck out two.

Stat of the Game:
9 - Kansas scored nine runs in the first inning, doing so on five hits, three walks and two hit batters.

Notes:

TCU fell to 17-7 all-time at Globe Life Field.
TCU is now 60-37 all-time in conference tournaments.
TCU moved to 29-15 all-time in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships.
TCU is now 25-16 in elimination games at the conference tournament.
TCU fell to 25-1 on the season when it scores six or more runs in a game.
TCU scored double-digit runs for the 10th time this season.
TCU out-hit its opponent for the 30th time this season.
TCU registered double-digit hits (12) for the 21st time this season.
TCU homered in a game for the 26th time this season.
TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the 13th time this season.
TCU matched its season-high with five home runs in the game.
TCU turned two double plays in the contest.
TCU played errorless baseball for the 26th time this season.
Sam Myers has reached safely in 17 straight games.
Myers posted his 17th career multi-hit game.
Anthony Silva collected his 16th multi-hit game of the year and the 36th of his career.
Kurtis Byrne and Karson Bowen have reached safely in 11 straight games.
Byrne hit his seventh and eighth home runs of the season and now has 24 in his career.
Byrne's two home run game was the second of his career.
Byrne tallied his 16th multi-hit game of the year and the 46th of his career.
Byrne tallied his 12th multi-RBI game of the season and the 33rd of his career.
Jack Basseer hit his first home run as a Horned Frog and the sixth of his career.
Basseer posted his second multi-hit game of the season and the 21st of his career.
Luke Boyers hit his seventh home run of the season and the 21st of his career.
Boyers collected his sixth multi-RBI game of the season and the 32nd of his career.
Karson Bowen hit his sixth home run of the season and the 12th of his career.
Bowen posted his seventh multi-RBI game of the season and the 19th of his career.

Next Up:
With the loss, TCU falls to 33-21 on the season. TCU will await to learn its postseason fate which will be revealed on the NCAA Tournament selection show set for Monday at 11 a.m. on ESPN2.