Baseball: Cramer’s sacrifice fly leads to walk-off win over UTSA

The Horned Frogs defeat the Roadrunners 5-4 to move to 22-8 on the season.

Cole Cramer delivered a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning to help the TCU baseball team clinch a 5-4 walk-off win over UTSA in midweek action Tuesday evening. Six Horned Frogs combined to strike out 10 Roadrunner batters, with righty Cohen Feser firing the final three frames to earn his first win of the season. TCU (22-8, 5-4 Big 12) has won six of its last seven games and will continue conference play against BYU this weekend.

Trever Baumler started for the Horned Frogs and threw a scoreless first inning, striking out one batter. TCU took the lead in the bottom of the second inning, where Anthony Silva scored on a wild pitch to spark a three-run frame that included an RBI groundout from Sam Myers and an RBI single from Preston Gamster. The Roadrunners earned one run back in the top of the third inning before taking the lead with three runs in the top of the fifth inning.

Isaac Cadena evened the score in the bottom of the fifth inning, crushing a solo homer over the right-field wall on a 2-2 pitch. UTSA nearly broke the game open in the top of the sixth inning, but back-to-back clutch strikeouts from lefty Gianluca Shinn left the bases loaded. Feser took over on the mound in the seventh inning and held the Roadrunners to one hit while striking out three batters. Karson Bowen sparked TCU’s walk-off win with a double in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jack Arthur entered as a pinch runner, advancing to third on a passed ball before Cramer’s sacrifice fly brought him home to seal the TCU victory.

The Horned Frogs finished with 10 hits in Tuesday’s win. Bowen and Cadena each went 2 for 5 to lead the TCU offense, while Noah Franco drew two walks and reached base three times. Mason Bixby pitched the second and third innings, striking out three batters and limiting the Roadrunners to one run. Kaden Smith followed with a scoreless frame in the fourth.