Sawyer Strosnider exploded for two home runs and eight RBIs as TCU baseball stormed back to beat New Mexico State before a huge Big 12 showdown with UCF.
FORT WORTH - TCU baseball looked dead in the water early Tuesday. Then Sawyer Strosnider grabbed a bat, lit up Lupton Stadium, and flipped the whole game on its head.
The Horned Frogs erased an early hole and ran away from New Mexico State, rolling to a 16-6 win behind one of the loudest individual performances of the season.
Strosnider was the center of the storm, finishing with two home runs, four hits, and eight RBIs, a stat line that put him in rare company nationally and gave TCU a badly needed jolt before a huge weekend series.
It didn’t start pretty. After TCU grabbed an early lead, New Mexico State punched back hard and briefly had the Frogs reeling.
But instead of folding, TCU kept leaning on pressure, patience, and timely swings. Cole Cramer helped crack the game back open with a triple and multiple RBIs, Colton Griffin delivered key hits in traffic, and Lucas Franco came through when the lineup needed another punch.
Still, this was Strosnider’s night. He kept the comeback moving early, then blew the doors off later. First came a two-run shot that stretched the lead. Then came the knockout blow, a grand slam that turned the afternoon into a runaway.
By the end of the game, Strosnider had reached six home runs this season and pushed his career total to 17, while also extending his on-base streak to 36 straight games dating back to last year.
TCU also got stabilizing work from the bullpen, with Tyler Phenow, Zack James, and Cade Nelson combining for 5.2 innings in relief.
James, now 3-0, tossed two scoreless frames, and Nelson matched him with two clean innings of his own.
The Frogs are now 12-8, and the timing of this breakout matters. Next up is a home Big 12 series against league-leading UCF, which means Tuesday’s offensive eruption wasn’t just fun. It may have been a warning shot.
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