

TCU broke away with an eight-run lead, scoring five runs in the seventh on five hits led off by Cole Fontenelle's solo blast. In the opening frame, TCU manufactured a pair of runs before the Horned Frogs plated their third on a wild pitch in the fifth. German Fajardo (3-4) was credited the loss allowing three runs (three earned) on five hits with five strikeouts during his 4 2/3 innings. The Wildcats moved to fourth in the league standings with Oklahoma State and Texas tied in second just one game behind West Virginia, who clinched a share of its first Big 12 regular season title.
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Saturday's game marks the fifth rubber match in series history between the two schools with K-State leading 4-0. You can't let a game beat you twice by carrying it over into the next day." "Our guys are resilient and you have to be in this game. "We just played bad enough to give those guys an advantage and they played off the momentum of a really good pitcher having a great outing," Hughes said. His ability to keep us off balance was the key to his outing."Ĭole Johnson's seventh-inning double marked the first hit of the game for the Wildcats (33-21, 13-10 Big 12) as the Horned Frogs (32-22, 12-11 Big 12) held K-State to just four hits. He threw good pitches for strikes and never got deep into counts. "He was really good and composed as a freshman.

"It was a frustrating night for sure, just didn't make adjustments off of Klecker," head coach Pete Hughes said. – TCU freshman starter Kole Klecker threw a no-hitter over his six innings to even the final series of the regular season with K-State, 8-1, at Tointon Family Stadium.
