Baseball: TCU knocks off No. 15 Dallas Baptist on the road

The Horned Frogs win 8-5 over the No. 15 rated team in the country.

TCU baseball recorded 10 hits for the fourth consecutive game Tuesday evening, when the Horned Frogs went on the road and knocked off No. 15 Dallas Baptist in a nonconference midweek battle. The TCU offense delivered timely at-bats, while the pitching staff worked around multiple jams to limit the Patriots to five runs despite allowing 12 hits and seven walks. TCU (15-6, 1-2 Big 12) will resume Big 12 play with a series at Texas Tech on Friday.

Junior right-hander Kole Klecker earned the start for the Horned Frogs, throwing two and two-thirds innings on 51 pitches while striking out two batters. Klecker, who missed time to an injury earlier in the season, wiggled around four walks to hold Dallas Baptist to one run on a solo homer in the bottom of the second inning. The Patriots took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning, where Joey Nerat and Jake Bennett each belted solo shots.

Facing a three-run deficit in the top of the fifth inning, TCU rallied for five runs to take control of the game. Sawyer Strosnider brought the Horned Frogs within one, smashing a two-run homer over the left-center field wall. Isaac Cadena followed with a clutch at-bat later in the frame, sending a two-run single into right-center field on an 0-2 count to give TCU a 4-3 advantage in the game. Cole Cramer capped off the five-run frame, smacking an opposite-field, run-scoring double into right field to put the Horned Frogs ahead 5-3.

Dallas Baptist earned one run back on an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning. Holding a 5-4 lead, TCU delivered three runs in the top of the ninth inning, where Anthony Silva laced an RBI single through the right side before Brody Green bashed a two-run homer over the left-field wall. Braeden Sloan closed the game for the Horned Frogs, throwing the final one and one-third innings and working around a solo homer to earn his third save.

Kade Eudy recorded his first win of the season, striking out four batters over two and one-third innings in relief. Mason Brassfield also delivered a clutch relief outing for the TCU side, striking out three batters over one and two-thirds innings. Brody Green and Nolan Traeger each finished with two hits to spark the TCU offense in the win over the Patriots.