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AP: TCU rallies for CWS berth, 6-5 over Pepperdine
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU had already tied the game in the top of the ninth when No. 9 batter Kyle Bacak came to the plate with a runner on third base.
With a 1-0 count, Bacak got the sign that sent the Horned Frogs back to the College World Series, executing a suicide squeeze bunt as the Horned Frogs rallied for a 6-5 victory over Pepperdine on Monday.
"I really wasn't thinking about a squeeze or anything like that," he said. "It kind of caught me by surprise at first, but it made sense."
The Frogs (47-16), the visiting team in Game 3 despite hosting the super regional, started the ninth with three consecutive hits off Pepperdine closer Eric Karch (4-2) that included Dylan Fitzgerald's tying RBI double. There was an infield popout before Bacak bunted as Jerrick Suiter, who had reached on a high-chopping infield single, charged home from third. ...
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/09/5886752/tcu-rallies-for-cws-berth-6-5.html#storylink=cpy
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU had already tied the game in the top of the ninth when No. 9 batter Kyle Bacak came to the plate with a runner on third base.
With a 1-0 count, Bacak got the sign that sent the Horned Frogs back to the College World Series, executing a suicide squeeze bunt as the Horned Frogs rallied for a 6-5 victory over Pepperdine on Monday.
"I really wasn't thinking about a squeeze or anything like that," he said. "It kind of caught me by surprise at first, but it made sense."
The Frogs (47-16), the visiting team in Game 3 despite hosting the super regional, started the ninth with three consecutive hits off Pepperdine closer Eric Karch (4-2) that included Dylan Fitzgerald's tying RBI double. There was an infield popout before Bacak bunted as Jerrick Suiter, who had reached on a high-chopping infield single, charged home from third. ...
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/09/5886752/tcu-rallies-for-cws-berth-6-5.html#storylink=cpy
