Tulane erased a 4-0 deficit to shock No. 17 TCU baseball 8-4, snapping the Horned Frogs’ six-game win streak in Fort Worth.
FORT WORTH - The TCU baseball team looked firmly in control Sunday afternoon in Fort Worth ... then everything unraveled.
The No. 17 Horned Frogs built a comfortable four-run cushion before Tulane stormed back with eight unanswered runs, stunning the Horned Frogs 8-4 and ending their six-game winning streak in the opening game of a doubleheader.
What started as another confident performance quickly turned into a frustrating reminder of how quickly momentum can flip in college baseball.
Early on, the Frogs did almost everything right.
TCU jumped ahead in the second inning when Sawyer Strosnider lifted a sacrifice fly to plate the game’s first run.
Moments later, Nolan Traeger ripped an RBI single, giving the Horned Frogs a 2-0 lead and energizing the home crowd.
And the offense kept pushing. In the fourth inning, Rob Liddington crushed a solo home run, his second of the season and the 19th of his career.
One inning later, Strosnider followed suit, blasting his fourth homer of the year to extend the lead to 4-0.
At that point, TCU appeared to have the game comfortably under control.
Starting pitcher Lance Davis was sharp throughout his outing, delivering the first quality start of his career.
The right-hander worked six innings while allowing just two runs (one earned) on three hits, striking out three and keeping Tulane’s lineup largely quiet.
But the Green Wave refused to go quietly.
Tulane cracked the scoreboard with a two-run double in the sixth, trimming the deficit and shifting the energy of the game.
The real damage came in the seventh inning when the Green Wave lineup erupted. The first three hitters reached base and eventually scored, and Tulane grabbed the lead thanks to a bases-loaded walk followed by a sacrifice fly.
Just like that, a comfortable afternoon turned tense.
Tulane added the final blow in the ninth inning with a two-run double, sealing the comeback and handing TCU its first loss of the season when leading after six innings.
Despite the defeat, several Horned Frogs continued impressive streaks.
Strosnider has now reached base in 30 consecutive games, while Chase Brunson has reached safely in all 14 contests this season. Traeger also extended his RBI streak to seven straight games.
Still, the Frogs will remember this one for a different reason ... the day a four-run lead disappeared and Tulane flipped the script.