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TCU Stays Alive; Topples Louisiana - TCU Athletics
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – A career day on the mound for Cam Brown helped TCU stave off elimination in the NCAA College Station Regional Sunday afternoon as TCU picked
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – A career day on the mound for Cam Brown helped TCU stave off elimination in the NCAA College Station Regional Sunday afternoon as TCU picked up a 6-1 win over Louisiana. Brown tossed a career-high eight innings and allowed just an unearned run. Brayden Taylor homered to lead the offensive charge.
The Rundown
Cam Brown (5-3) turned in the performance of his career, tossing eight innings. He allowed just one run (unearned) on five hits, walked two and struck out three. The defense aided the cause, turning a pair of double plays. Brown faced the minimum in four of the eight innings.
TCU opened the scoring in the first on a two run blast off the bat of Brayden Taylor.
An eventful bottom of the first saw Louisiana load the bases on two hits and an error with nobody out. Brown got a force out at home and after walking in a run, settled down to strikeout the next two to keep it a 2-1 lead in favor of the Frogs.
A pair of hit batters in the second led to another TCU run. Elijah Nunez came through with a two out single to restore the two run lead, 3-1. Back-to-back doubles to open the fourth from Gray Rodgers and Porter Brown extended the lead to three, 4-1.
Brown again navigated a bases-loaded, one out situation in the fourth, inducing an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play. From there, the Ragin' Cajuns never brought the tying run to the plate.
TCU picked up two big insurance runs in the eighth. Nunez hit as sacrifice fly to drive in Luke Boyers and Tommy Sacco's two out base knock drove in Rodgers for a 6-1 lead. Drew Hill came on in the ninth to close the game.
Stat of the Game:
114 – Cam Brown threw a career-high 114 pitches over eight innings of work.
Notes:
• TCU improved to 58-41 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
• TCU is now 36-23 all-time in the NCAA Regional.
• TCU scored first for the 33rd time this season.
• TCU scored a first inning run for the 27th time this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the 34th time.
• TCU turned two double plays in the game.
• TCU stole multiple bases (6) for the 26th time this season.
• TCU registered double-digit hits for the 23rd time this year.
• Elijah Nunez has reached safely in 17 straight games.
• Nunez tallied his sixth multi-RBI game of the year and the 11th of his career.
• Brayden Taylor has reached safely in 14 straight.
• Taylor hit his 12th home run of the season and the 23rd of his career.
• Taylor collected his 18th multi-hit game of the year and the 41st of his career.
• Taylor posted his 12th multi-RBI game of the year and the 26th of his career.
• Kurtis Byrne has reached safely in 12 straight.
• Byrne posted his 17th multi-hit game of the season and the 18th of his career.
• Gray Rodgers picked up his 16th multi-hit game of the year and the 38th of his career.
