Baseball: TCU takes midweek matchup against Texas State

Seven pitchers combined to lead the Horned Frogs to a 5-3 victory on Tuesday.

Seven pitchers combined to hold Texas State to five hits on Tuesday evening, when the Horned Frog baseball team went to San Marcos and brought home a 5-3 victory over the Bobcats in nonconference action. Louis Rodriguez, Zack James, Kaden Smith, Kole Klecker, Nate Stern, Noah Franco and Cohen Feser combined to strike out 14 batters and limit the Texas State offense to two walks. Stern totaled a team-high five strikeouts on the mound for the Horned Frogs (13-4), who begin Big 12 play against Arizona State this weekend.

With the score tied at 1-1 in the top of the third inning, TCU surged ahead after an RBI single from shortstop Anthony Silva, who drove the ball into left-center field and drove home Chase Brunson. Texas State evened the score again in the bottom of the third inning, but the Horned Frogs answered after third baseman Colton Griffin laced an RBI single in the top of the fourth inning to give TCU the lead again. A fielding error in the top of the fifth inning allowed second baseman Jack Bell to reach and bring home Silva, making the score 4-2.

Leading 4-3 after the Bobcats tallied a run in the bottom of the sixth inning, TCU added a much-needed insurance run in the top of the eighth inning, where Bell belted a solo shot over the left-center field wall on a 3-1 count to give the Horned Frogs a two-run cushion. TCU finished with 10 hits in the game, with Griffin going 3-for-5 from the lead-off spot. Right fielder Sawyer Strosnider went 2-for-3, while Franco drew two walks and added one hit.