FORT WORTH, Texas — Cole Fontenelle went 3 for 4 with a double, a solo homer and two runs to help TCU beat Indiana State 6-4 Saturday to sweep the best-of-3 Fort Wort Super Regional.
TCU (41-22), which beat the Sycamores 4-1 in Game 1 on Friday night, clinched a berth in the College World Series for the sixth time in program history and will head back to Omaha for the first time since making four straight appearances in the CWS from 2014-17.
Tre Richardson hit an RBI single that sparked a five-run bottom of the fourth inning and scored the go-ahead run when Anthony Silva hit a single to right that made it 3-2. Luke Boyers followed with an RBI double and Silva scored on a groundout by Austin Davis to cap the inning and give the Horned Frogs a three-run lead.
Fontenelle hit a two-out solo shot in the fifth to give TCU a 6-2 lead but Miguel Rivera answered with an RBI double in the top of the sixth and then scored on a groundout by Seth Gergely to trim Indiana State’s deficit to 6-4.
Starter Sam Stoutenborough (5-0) gave up three runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings to get the win for TCU. Ben Abeldt came on in the sixth and allowed four hits — including two doubles — and two walks but just one run in 2 2/3 innings of relief before Garrett Wright came on in the ninth and gave up a lead-off single to Grant Magill before retiring the side to earn his fifth save of the season.
Adam Pottinger drew a two-out walk in the top of the first inning that moved Randal Diaz to second base before Keegan Watson and Rivera hit back-to-back RBI singles to give Indiana State (45-17)
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