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Baseball
team uncertain about Sooners The TCU baseball team (5-6) is set to play Oklahoma (7-2) Wednesday after winning its first weekend series of the year. But heading into the contest, head coach Lance Brown said he is unsure of what the Sooners have in stock for the Frogs. Heading into the contest, TCU head coach Lance Brown said that he is unsure what Oklahoma has as competition.
“I don’t think they have anybody back from last year,” Brown said. “So we virtually won’t have any idea except getting the stats and seeing whose done well and who hasn’t.” Despite the lack of knowledge of the OU baseball team, the Frogs have momentum heading into the game, with many positive factors taken from this past weekend. The team, after losing two one-run games earlier in the week, had a weekend sweep over Sam Houston State. In the first game, the Frogs showed their offensive muscle, winning 12-0. Against the three Bearkat pitchers, the team scored 12 runs on 14 hits, with two of the hits being outstanding home runs. Even with all the offensive production, the game belonged to sophomore pitcher Clayton Jerome. Jerome went the full 9 innings, giving up no runs. He gave up one walk, five hits, and struck out seven and did it all on only 101 pitches. “We talked to him about going into this game and throwing as few pitches as you can,” Brown said. “There just haven’t been that many people hit him all year, and didn’t last year, but a lot of times he just throws so many pitches.” Jerome said that his defense makes it simple for him to pitch well. “The defense is always solid,” Jerome said. “It’s easy to go out there and be confident when you have guys out there you know are going to make the play.” In Sunday’s contest, the Frogs had a four-run, eight inning rally to beat the Bearkats 10-8. In two games last week against Texas Tech, the Frogs made late game comebacks, only to fall one run short in both. Brown said that the team never has doubt when coming back in games. “There isn’t a chance that they will give up,” Brown said. “They may not come back, but they won’t give up.” “It’s basically the way we play,” junior second basemen Will Lewis said. “Never say die.” Lewis hit his third home run of the season in Saturday’s game. He has been flexible in the lineup and playing spectacular defense at second base. “No matter where I’m at, I’m going to try to do my job every day,” Lewis said. “I know what my job is.” Another positive was the hitting of junior first basemen Walter Olmstead. Olmstead, who had been struggling, hit 3-for-6 on the weekend, with a home run and five RBIs. “Everybody goes through slumps,” Brown said. “We have played 11 games. Guys in the big leagues go 20 games and get 2 hits, and Walter is way above that.” The Frogs will now look to use all the recent positives and turn it into a victory against Oklahoma. TCU is scheduled to take on the Sooners (7-2) at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday at the TCU Diamond. The game was initially to be played today, but due to inclement weather, the date was changed. Danny
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