Frog Pitching dominates in 5-2 win vs Southern Miss

In their first Friday evening match to Lupton Stadiumthe Horned frogs grabbed their first arranged victory of the season and defeated the No. 22 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 5-2.

If there is one word to describe this game, it would be “Frogball.” Although the horned frogs did not have the most explosive attack on Friday evening, they made it more than to take advantage of opportunities when they got them by causing chaos on the Basepaths.

TCU got the score started as Isaac Cadena scored at a wild pitch in the 1st inning. Caedmon Parker, TCU’s Friday evening starter“ gave a point on both the 2nd and the 3rd inning, but limited the damage in the innings to keep the frogs within one. The horned frogs tied the game in the 5th when the Southern Miss Werker with runners on the corners switched and scored Cole Cramer.

Parker was established against the 5th inning, while he withdrew seven batters in the 3rd, 4th and 5th innings. Parker ended his outing with 5.0 IP, 4 hours, 2 R, 2 BB and 7 KS. TCU Fans saw Braeden SloanA familiar face when Parker starts, take the hill in the 6th inning. After walking two batters, Sloan continued to work from a jam by getting a strikeout and flyout to keep the Golden Eagles in the collection.

With runners on the corners in the 6th TCU took the lead as Sawyer StroSnsnider Stable 2nd base. A wandering throw by the southern Mrs. Catcher allowed Jack Bell To score from the 3rd base, while StroSnsider is also in the process to the 3rd. Strosnider was the only horned frog in the line-up with a multi-hit game when he went 2 to 4 with 2 singles, one of which set up the Go-Ahead Run for the frogs in the 6th inning.

A sacrifice made by Colton Griffin Extensive the lead from the frogs to AS StroSnsnider scored from the 3rd base. With a 2-run lead, Sloan started to disassemble the Golden Eagles attack with 7 strikeouts in just 4 innings. The Golden Eagles were clearly overwhelmed by Sloan’s off-speed stuff, which resulted in many off-balance fluctuations that turned into outs.

Chase Brunson Was the dagger in this game when he further expanded the TCU lead with a double of the wall, Cramer scored all the way from 1st base.

With a 3-run lead, Sloan continued the door of the Golden Eagles attack to win the victory for the Horned Frogs in game 1 of the 3-game series. Sloan ended the game with 4.0 IP, 0 h, 0 R, 2 BB and 7 ks.

Frogballusa is back in action in Lupton Stadium with the first pitch planned at 1:00 PM Tommy Lapour Is the expected starter for the horned frogs, because they will win the series vs #22 Southern Miss.

TCU head coach Kirk Saarloos