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GoFrogs: Skoug Lifts TCU Past Oklahoma State, 6-5
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FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU used a two-out rally in the seventh to push across the go-ahead run in a 6-5 victory over No. 16 Oklahoma State Saturday night at Lupton Stadium. Evan Skoug’s second hit of the night drove in the game-winning run.
The Rundown
Runs came in bunches for both squads, but it was a pair of one-run innings for TCU that proved to be the difference.
TCU jumped out to a four-run lead in the third. Austen Wade got things going with a hustle, one-out double in the third. Cam Warner put the Frogs on top with a base hit up the middle. Josh Watson extended the lead to two with a two-out single. The Oklahoma State infield gifted the Frogs a pair of runs with two errors on a ball hit by Nolan Brown.
Oklahoma State answered with a five-spot in the top of the sixth. The Cowboys loaded the bases with nobody out. Jon Littell cut the lead in half with a two-run single and Cade Cabbiness tied it with a 2-run triple. An error put the Cowboys in front, 5-4.
The Frogs battled back to tie the game in the bottom of the frame. Luken Baker opened the inning with a base hit and moved to third on a dropped fly ball in right. Nolan Brown’s grounder to second tied the game.
In the seventh, Wade worked a two-out walk and moved to second on a Warner base hit. Skoug came through with a base hit up the middle to drive in Wade with the eventual game-winning run.
Trey Morris (1-0) picked up his first career win in relief of Nick Lodolo. He allowed an unearned run on two hits in two innings of work. Haylen Green struck out two in a perfect eighth inning. Durbin Feltman pitched around a one-out single in the ninth for his sixth save of the season.
Stat of the Game
4 – TCU scored four of its six runs with two outs in the game. The Frogs have now score 62 two-out runs this season.
Notes:
• TCU has trailed in 16 of 21 games this season and come back to win 11 of those games.
• TCU has scored multiple runs in an inning 33 times this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit strikeouts for the 11th time this season.
• TCU scored first for the eighth time this season.
• TCU improved to 6-0 against ranked teams this season.
• Evan Skoug tallied his third multi-hit game of the year and the 43rd of his career.
• Austen Wade has reached base safely in 10 straight games.
• Cam Warner pushed his hitting streak to five games.
• Warner tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the season and the 30th of his career.
• Durbin Feltman improved to 15-for-15 in save opportunities in his career.
Next Up:
With the win, TCU improves to 16-5 overall and 4-1 in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs will go for the series sweep Sunday afternoon in another nationally televised game on ESPN2. Brian Howard’s first pitch is set for 1 p.m.
