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TCU Closes Regular Season With Extra-Inning Win
5/17/2025 8:01:00 PM | Baseball
Brunson tallies three hits in the win
SALT LAKE CITY – TCU scored twice in the 11th inning to pick up an 8-6 win over Utah in the regular season finale at Smith's Ballpark. Chase Brunson led the offense with three hits and scored the go-ahead run in the 11th inning. Nate Stern tossed two scoreless in relief.
The Rundown
Chase Brunson doubled with one out in the 11th and was on third after a wild pitch. A walk and stolen base by Nolan Traeger followed. With a 3-0 count, the Utes intentionally walked Anthony Silva to load the bases. Isaac Cadena worked a walk to drive in the go-ahead run. Jack Bell followed with a sacrifice fly for an 8-6 lead.
Nate Stern pitched around a one-out single in the bottom of the 11th. He finished his outing with two scoreless, allowing two hits and striking out four to improve to 3-1 on the year.
TCU built a 5-1 lead through six innings of play. The Frogs opened the scoring with two outs in the first. Cole Cramer tripled ahead of a no-doubt home run off the bat of Noah Franco for a 2-0 lead. Silva singled to lead off the second and scored on a Bell base knock to make it 3-1.
The Frogs struck for two more runs in the sixth, taking advantage of back-to-back walks to Cadena and Bell to lead off the inning. Colton Griffin singled home Cadena and a Sawyer Strosnider sacrifice fly made it a 5-1 ballgame.
Utah battled back with a trio of two-out runs in the seventh to pull within a run. A one out walk in the ninth led to they tying run as the Utes picked up back-to-back singles. Franco stranded the winning run at third with a strikeout.
In the 10th, the Frogs regained the lead, 6-5, after a lead-off single by Bell. Two wild pitches around a long fly ball out off the bat of Cole Eaton allowed Bell to score the go-ahead run. The Utes battled back again to tie the game. A lead-off double scored on a two out base hit to knot the game at six, sending it to the 11th.
Mason Brassfield started and allowed four runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. Louis Rodriguez allowed a run on a walk and struck out two in two innings of work.
Stat of the Game:
3 – TCU scored three of its eight runs in extra innings.
Notes:
• TCU played in its 15th extra-inning game of the season and improved to 4-1 in those games.
• TCU is now 11-2 in extra-inning games under the guidance of head coach Kirk Saarloos.
• TCU homered in a game for the 35th time this season.
• TCU scored first for the 32nd time this season.
• TCU scored in the first inning for the 23rd time this season.
• TCU stole a base in a game for the 38th time this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 19th time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 24th time this season.
• Colton Griffin tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the year and the 22nd of his career.
• Sawyer Strosnider has reached safely in 11 straight games.
• Cole Cramer has reached safely in seven straight games.
• Noah Franco hit his 10th career home run.
• Franco tallied his 19th career multi-hit game and his 12th career multi-RBI game.
• Chase Brunson has reached safely in nine straight.
• Brunson tallied his 17th multi-hit game of the season and the 27th of his career.
• Nolan Traeger extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
• Anthony Silva extended his hitting streak to nine games.
• Silva collected his 13th multi-hit game of the season and the 49th of his career.
• Jack Bell extended his hitting streak to six games.
• Bell tallied his fifth career multi-hit game and eighth career multi-RBI game.
Next Up:
With the win, TCU finishes the regular season 37-17 overall and 19-11 in league play. TCU has secured the three seed in the upcoming Phillipps 66 Big 12 Championships. The Horned Frogs will have a bye in the tournament and will play the fourth game on Thursday night slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. They will play the winner of the No. 6 seed vs. No. 11 seed contest. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
The Rundown
Chase Brunson doubled with one out in the 11th and was on third after a wild pitch. A walk and stolen base by Nolan Traeger followed. With a 3-0 count, the Utes intentionally walked Anthony Silva to load the bases. Isaac Cadena worked a walk to drive in the go-ahead run. Jack Bell followed with a sacrifice fly for an 8-6 lead.
Nate Stern pitched around a one-out single in the bottom of the 11th. He finished his outing with two scoreless, allowing two hits and striking out four to improve to 3-1 on the year.
TCU built a 5-1 lead through six innings of play. The Frogs opened the scoring with two outs in the first. Cole Cramer tripled ahead of a no-doubt home run off the bat of Noah Franco for a 2-0 lead. Silva singled to lead off the second and scored on a Bell base knock to make it 3-1.
The Frogs struck for two more runs in the sixth, taking advantage of back-to-back walks to Cadena and Bell to lead off the inning. Colton Griffin singled home Cadena and a Sawyer Strosnider sacrifice fly made it a 5-1 ballgame.
Utah battled back with a trio of two-out runs in the seventh to pull within a run. A one out walk in the ninth led to they tying run as the Utes picked up back-to-back singles. Franco stranded the winning run at third with a strikeout.
In the 10th, the Frogs regained the lead, 6-5, after a lead-off single by Bell. Two wild pitches around a long fly ball out off the bat of Cole Eaton allowed Bell to score the go-ahead run. The Utes battled back again to tie the game. A lead-off double scored on a two out base hit to knot the game at six, sending it to the 11th.
Mason Brassfield started and allowed four runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. Louis Rodriguez allowed a run on a walk and struck out two in two innings of work.
Stat of the Game:
3 – TCU scored three of its eight runs in extra innings.
Notes:
• TCU played in its 15th extra-inning game of the season and improved to 4-1 in those games.
• TCU is now 11-2 in extra-inning games under the guidance of head coach Kirk Saarloos.
• TCU homered in a game for the 35th time this season.
• TCU scored first for the 32nd time this season.
• TCU scored in the first inning for the 23rd time this season.
• TCU stole a base in a game for the 38th time this season.
• TCU stole multiple bases in a game for the 19th time this season.
• TCU played errorless baseball for the 24th time this season.
• Colton Griffin tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the year and the 22nd of his career.
• Sawyer Strosnider has reached safely in 11 straight games.
• Cole Cramer has reached safely in seven straight games.
• Noah Franco hit his 10th career home run.
• Franco tallied his 19th career multi-hit game and his 12th career multi-RBI game.
• Chase Brunson has reached safely in nine straight.
• Brunson tallied his 17th multi-hit game of the season and the 27th of his career.
• Nolan Traeger extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
• Anthony Silva extended his hitting streak to nine games.
• Silva collected his 13th multi-hit game of the season and the 49th of his career.
• Jack Bell extended his hitting streak to six games.
• Bell tallied his fifth career multi-hit game and eighth career multi-RBI game.
Next Up:
With the win, TCU finishes the regular season 37-17 overall and 19-11 in league play. TCU has secured the three seed in the upcoming Phillipps 66 Big 12 Championships. The Horned Frogs will have a bye in the tournament and will play the fourth game on Thursday night slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. They will play the winner of the No. 6 seed vs. No. 11 seed contest. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stern, Nate (3-1)
L: Conaway, Mateus (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Strosnider, Sawyer 1 ; Brunson, Chase 2
3B: Cramer, Cole 1
HR: Franco, Noah 1
RBI: Griffin, Colton 1 ; Strosnider, Sawyer 1 ; Franco, Noah 2 ; Cadena, Isaac 1 ; Bell, Jack 2
SF: Strosnider, Sawyer 1 ; Bell, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cramer, Cole 1 ; Franco, Noah 1 ; Brunson, Chase 1 ; Traeger, Nolan 1 ; Silva, Anthony 1 ; Cadena, Isaac 1 ; Bell, Jack 2
SB: Traeger, Nolan 1 ; Silva, Anthony 1 ; Cadena, Isaac 2
Batting:
2B: Carpenter, Kaden 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 1
RBI: Roellig, Austen 1 ; Jackson, Core 1 ; Quinn, Tyler 1 ; Carpenter, Kaden 1 ; Long, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roellig, Austen 3 ; Digiorno, Drake 1 ; Kilgore, Cal 1 ; Panaro, Santino 1
SB: Roellig, Austen 2 ; Jackson, Core 1
HBP: Panaro, Santino 2
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