FWST: Hot hitting carries Frogs past BYU

[TopFrog]

FWST: Hot hitting carries Frogs past BYU

By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com

SAN DIEGO -- TCU shook off Wednesday's disappointing start to the Mountain West Conference tournament with a 12-5 elimination-game victory over BYU at Tony Gwynn Stadium.

The Horned Frogs (41-16) meet the loser of Thursday's late game between New Mexico and Utah at 5 p.m. today. If TCU wins, it plays the winner of Thursday's late game at 9 tonight.

Tenth-ranked TCU, the top seed in the tournament, responded to Wednesday's loss by scoring early and often against BYU pitching. The Frogs scored three runs in the first, one in the third and four in the fifth to take an 8-2 lead. Josh Elander hit a two-run homer to right field in the fifth ...

 

[neutral observer]

How things turn around! If only we had Purke, Winkler, and Maxwell healthy!

 

[TopFrog]

While the bats carried the day, huge props to Mitchell and especially Nowell. Nowell has struggled and hasn't been able to log a lot of time on the mound as a result, but he pitched two big innings for us to close out that game and save some arms. Way to go Teddy.