TCU Falls To Arizona In Extras

Saturday, May 24

Arlington, Texas (Globe Life Field)

6 p.m.

TCU

39-18

Arizona

39-18

Arizona

TCU

TCU Falls To Arizona In Extras

5/24/2025 10:36:00 PM | Baseball

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TCU struck out 12 batters

ARLINGTON, Texas – Arizona rallied for a 2-1 win in 10 innings over TCU to claim the Phillips 66 Big 12 Big 12 Championship title. The TCU pitching staff fanned 12 batters in the contest. Jack Bell led the Horned Frogs with two hits.

The Rundown
TCU opened the scoring with a first inning run. Sawyer Strosnider walked, moved to third on a Cole Cramer double and scored on a Noah Franco ground out. TCU managed just five hits the remainder of the game and had just two runners reach second.

The Frogs clung to their lead, dodging bullet after bullet in the contest as Arizona had base runners on in all but three innings. Three times the Wildcats had two in scoring position with one out and three times the Frogs escaped the inning with the lead.

In the third, Gianluca Shinn took over with the bases loaded and one out. He got a pop up and a strikeout to leave them loaded. In the sixth, Braeden Sloan got a shallow fly out and a strikeout to end the threat. Another threat in the eighth was squelched by a strikeout and a ground out. Arizona ultimately left 11 runners on, eight of which were in scoring position.

But it was not to be as a lead-off home run in the ninth tied the game. The Wildcats used a hit-batter in the 10^th to take the lead. Back-to-back one out singles put Arizona in front 2-1. TCU had a chance in the bottom of the inning after a one-out single from Anthony Silva, but he was stranded at second.

Nate Stern made his first collegiate start and went a career-high 2 1/3 innings. He allowed two hits and struck out one. Shinn punched out a career-high seven and walked a batter in 2 2/3 innings. Sloan (3-4) took the loss after allowing two runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out four. Cohen Feser retired both batters he faced in the 10^th.

Stat of the Game:
12 – TCU pitchers fanned 12 batters, including a career-high from Gianluca Shinn, who struck out seven of the nine batters he faced.

All-Tournament Selections: 2B Cole Cramer; 3B Jack Bell; OF Noah Franco; DH Sawyer Strosnider; SP Tommy LaPour

Notes:
• TCU fell to 10-2 in tournament championship games.
• TCU is now 4-2 in Big 12 tournament championships games.
• TCU fell to 62-38 all-time in conference tournament games.
• TCU is now 31-16 in Big 12 tournament games.
• TCU dropped to 20-10 all-time at Globe Life Field.
• TCU played in its sixth extra-inning game of the season and fell to 4-2 in those games.
• TCU is now 11-3 in extra-inning games under the guidance of head coach Kirk Saarloos.
• TCU scored first for the 34^th time this season.
• TCU scored a first inning run for the 25^th time this season.
• Jack Bell extended his hitting streak to nine games.
• Bell tallied his seventh career multi-hit game.
• Sawyer Strosnider has reached safely in 14 straight games.
• Cole Cramer has reached safely in 10 straight games.
• Cramer stretched his hitting streak to seven games.
• Nolan Traeger extended his hitting streak to 13 games.
• Anthony Silva extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

Next Up:
With the loss, TCU falls to 39-18 overall. TCU will await its postseason destination. The NCAA will announce its 16 host sites Sunday night at 7:30 (CT) via social media and on the ESPN bottom line. The field of 64 will be announced Monday during a live show airing on ESPN2 at 11 a.m. (CT).