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TCU
knocks off Mavericks in scoring barrage The baseball team gave up 12 runs to Texas-Arlington Monday and head coach Lance Brown said he was pleased with the team’s performance because they knocked in 23 runs of their own for an 11-run win. The Frogs (6-7) managed to account for 20 hits off of the Mavericks (7-8) before a crowd of 178 spectators at the TCU Diamond.
The Mavericks managed to stake an early lead on two runs in the first inning off of TCU starter Kyle Shoemaker (2-1), who then stuck out two of the final three batters in the inning. The Frogs half of the first began with a passed ball, strikeout by leadoff hitter Will Lewis who safely made it to first base. He came around to score on a two-RBI double by left fielder Terry Trofholz, who ended the day going 5 for 5 with four RBIs and was just a home run short of the cycle. “Everybody was hitting the ball real well, their pitchers struggled and we just took advantage,” Trofholz said. The powerful offensive performance continued for the Frogs in the second inning with a grand slam by designated hitter Chris Meeks. The bases were loaded after true freshman catcher Kyle Dahlberg got on base because of an error by UTA second baseman K.J. Hendricks. UTA starting pitcher B.J. Brandenberger (0-3) then hit both short stop Levi Robinson and Lewis with pitches. The Frogs continued the onslaught with three runs in the third inning and five runs in both the fifth and six innings. In the sixth, right fielder Jake Duncan, first baseman Walter Olmstead and Dahlberg all hit home runs. The Frogs topped off the day with two runs in the seventh inning. Brown said Olmstead may be getting out of a season-long slump at the plate. With the three hits on the day, Olmstead raised his batting average to .245. Brown said Olmstead took extra batting practice this past week to improve his hitting. “He’s too good a hitter,” Brown said. “Sometimes you get into (a slump) and it’s hard to get out of them.” Brown said Dahlberg performed well on defense and at the plate, garnering a home run with his first hit, in his Horned Frog debut. Brown said Dahlberg will see more time with six games remaining this week. “It was exciting, it was awesome,” Dahlberg said about his unexpected first start and home run. “I got jammed the first time, got jammed the second time, hit it off the end of the bat the other time and finally turned the right part of the bat, thankfully the wind was blowing.” The pitching was the downer for the Frogs giving up 16 hits and 12 runs. The Mavericks scored two runs in the third and one in the fifth. UTA shortstop Ryan Roberts hit a grand slam in the sixth inning and they knocked in three in the eighth. Brown said his main concern is preparing for the upcoming conference schedule. Conference USA play starts March 15 against Southern Miss. “(What)
we are really trying to do is get ourselves ready (for conference
play),” he said.
Aaron Chimbel |
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