BSB Falls to No. 12 TCU, 11-2

Saturday, March 27

Fort Worth, Texas

2 p.m.

Baylor

TCU

Photo by: Sharon Ellman

BSB Falls to No. 12 TCU, 11-2

3/27/2021 5:52:00 PM | Baseball

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The Bears will look to bounce back tomorrow at 1 p.m.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Baylor fell against No. 12 TCU, 11-2, on Saturday at Lupton Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The Bears (13-9, 1-4 Big 12) will look to take game three against the Horned Frogs (15-7, 2-0 Big 12) tomorrow afternoon.

The Horned Frogs jumped out early and often after putting up a five-spot in the first inning, TCU added two more in the second. In the third frame, the Horned Frogs continued to pour it on with another three runs to make it 10-0.

Later in the game, TCU scratched across another run in the sixth to push the lead to 11-0. In the top of the seventh, Baylor broke up the no hitter when newcomer Antonio Valdez used a pinch hit double for the first hit of the game.

In the top of the ninth, the Bears got on the scoreboard when pinch-hitter Ricky Martinez brought home two runs with a single off the wall in left field.

BU starter Blake Helton (1-2) picked up the loss, while TCU's Austin Krob (3-0) earned the win.

NOTES
• The Bears have lost five of their last six contests.
• Newcomer Chandler Freeman made his first career appearance on the mound.
• True freshman Luke Thompson made his BU debut on the mound in relief and threw 1.2 innings of scoreless baseball.
• True freshman Cam Caley threw two scoreless innings to close out the game.
• Valdez finished 2-for-2 after coming in to pinch hit in the seventh.

QUOTE FROM COACH ROD
"It's easy to be disappointed in regards to how we performed on the mound and in the box but as a coach you have to use these as coaching moments and show them exactly what the expectations are and how they are supposed to look. It wasn't a great day but usually in those bad days there's a lot of coaching moments and if you come away with some takeaways to help coach them in the future, that's what it's all about. It's easy to go out and play when everything is going well but when things go bad you have to learn from it so it doesn't happen again."

WHAT'S NEXT
The series finale will take place on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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