⚾️ No. 20 TCU Takes Game One Against Kansas

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Kansas Jayhawks dropped the collection opener to the No. 20 ranked TCU Horned Frogs 15-6 on Friday evening at Hoglund Ballpark. Redshirt senior outfielder Caleb Upshaw hit his team-leading eleventh dwelling run of the season.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Cam Brown (4-2)
Last line: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 SO

Loss: Daniel Hegarty (6-5)
Last line: 5.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO

HOW IT HAPPENED
• TCU (30-18, 14-8) scored three unearned runs within the first inning after two fielding errors.
• Kansas responded with a five-run second inning. Upshaw hit a solo dwelling run to steer off the inning. Then, an RBI groundout by Tavian Josenberger and a bases-loaded hit by pitch evened the rating at 3-3.
• Nolan Metcalf would come up subsequent and ship a two-out, two-run single to place KU forward 5-3.
• The Horned Frogs tied the sport again up within the fifth inning with a two-run single by Kurtis Byrne and took a 6-5 lead within the sixth on an RBI groundout by Tommy Saco.
• Within the seventh, TCU added two extra runs to push the rating to 8-5.
• Metcalf led off the underside of the seventh inning with a solo dwelling run to chop the deficit to 8-6.
• TCU would go on to seal the sport with 5 runs within the eighth and two runs within the ninth.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Nolan Metcalf: Metcalf went 2-for-4 with a house run and three RBIs. The house run was his seventh of the season. Metcalf now has 16 multi-hit video games and 12 multi-RBI contests.

QUOTABLE
“It was a very disappointing efficiency by our workforce defensively. That’s the one factor now we have executed rather well nearly your complete season. Final week we performed pretty much as good as you’ll be able to play defensively. When Danny (Daniel Hegarty) is on the mound pitching to contact, it’s important to catch each floor ball and he pitched to contact and we kicked the ball round. We might have had a very nice lead. We nonetheless had alternatives, however their pitcher got here in and actually shut us down.” – Head Coach Ritch Value

UP NEXT
Kansas (20-30) will play No. 20 TCU in sport two of the collection on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for two p.m. CT. The sport will probably be streamed on Large 12 NOW on ESPN+ and dwell audio will be heard on the Jayhawk Sports activities Community.