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Oklahoma Evens Series; Tops TCU 11-7 - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – Oklahoma evened the series with an 11-4 win over TCU Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium. Tommy Sacco, twice, and Luke Boyers homered in the contest.
GoFrogs: Oklahoma Evens Series; Tops TCU 11-7
FORT WORTH – Oklahoma evened the series with an 11-7 win over TCU Saturday afternoon at Lupton Stadium. Tommy Sacco, twice, and Luke Boyers homered in the contest.
The Rundown
Oklahoma took advantage of two walks to open the third and turned it into the game's first runs. Peyton Graham singled home two and scored the third on an errant throw to third for a 3-0 Oklahoma lead. Three more runs crossed the plate for Oklahoma in the fifth as the deficit grew to 6-0.
The Horned Frogs got on the board in the fifth. Porter Brown reached on an infield single and scored on Tommy Sacco's ninth home run of the season to make it a 6-2 ballgame. Oklahoma got the runs back in the sixth, striking for four runs on three hits to extend the lead to 10-2.
Luke Boyers hit a two out, two run home run in the sixth, but again, the Sooners answered with a run in the following inning to make it 11-4.
Sacco's second home run of the game, a three run shot with two outs in the ninth, accounted for the final score.
Marcelo Perez (4-2) took the loss after allowing three runs (two earned) on just one hit. He walked six and struck out two. Tommy Vail turned in 1 2/3 scoreless, retiring all five batters he faced.
Stat of the Game:
17 – The Sooners drew 17 free passes in the game (13 walks, four hit batters).
Notes:
• TCU homered in a game for the 24th time this season.
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the 11th time this year.
• TCU turned three doubles plays in the game.
• TCU outhit its opponents for the 22nd time this year.
• Hunter Teplanszky made his debut on the mound.
• Tommy Sacco hit his ninth and 10th home runs of the season and now has 12 in his career.
• Sacco tallied his second career multi-home run game of the season.
• Sacco registered his ninth multi-RBI game of the year and the 19th of his career.
• Luke Boyers stretched his reached base streak to 15 games.
• Boyers hit his fifth home run of the season and the sixth of his career.
• Boyers collected his 13th multi-hit game of the season and the 24th of his career.
• Boyers tallied his eighth multi-RBI game of the year and the 14th of his career.
• Porter Brown collected his second multi-hit game of the year and the 22nd of his career.
Next Up:
With the loss, TCU falls to 27-18 overall and 13-7 in Big 12 play. The rubber match of the series is set for Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. The contest will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
