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Jake Eissler flirts with perfection but TCU's scoreless-innings streak finally ends

BY STEFAN STEVENSON
sstevenson@star-telegram.com

How do you top a staff-wide scoreless stretch? You flirt with perfection.

That's exactly what TCU right-hander Jake Eissler did Saturday afternoon in the Horned Frogs' 4-3 win against Lamar at Lupton Stadium.

In his first start of the season (and second of his career), the sophomore from Littleton, Colo., overpowered the Cardinals with a career-high 12 strikeouts and faced the minimum 18 batters over six innings.

Even the lone hit surrendered by Eissler was erased.

Read more at http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article210489374.html
 
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