TCU baseball overwhelmed Texas Tech 18-8 Friday night, crushing five home runs and piling up 18 hits in a statement run-rule win at Lupton Stadium.
TCU baseball looked explosive from the opening inning Friday night, and Texas Tech never recovered.
The Horned Frogs hammered five home runs, collected 18 hits, and rolled to an 18-8 run-rule win over the Red Raiders at Lupton Stadium in one of their most complete offensive performances of the season.
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The result gave TCU a needed boost as the Horned Frogs moved to 15-10 overall and 3-4 in Big 12 play.
TCU baseball set the tone immediately. Colton Griffin opened the game with a double and later scored, and the Frogs quickly built a 3-0 lead in the first inning behind timely contact from Sawyer Strosnider, Noah Franco, and Brady Dallimore.
From there, the game turned into a long night for Texas Tech pitching.
The biggest blow came in the third. TCU erupted for eight runs in the inning and blew the game wide open with a string of power swings.
Chase Brunson and Noah Franco launched back-to-back home runs, then Jack Bell added a three-run shot to push the lead into double digits. By the end of the frame, the Horned Frogs had full control.
Strosnider stayed right in the middle of the damage. He drove in multiple runs early, then crushed his 10th home run of the season in the fifth as TCU kept pouring it on. Brunson finished another strong night with more run production, while Bell, Franco, and Cole Cramer all added big swings.
Cramer’s homer was his first of the season, and Franco also connected for his first long ball of the year.
Mason Brassfield gave TCU a solid outing on the mound, working five innings and allowing three runs on six hits while striking out four. That was more than enough support with the offense going wild behind him.
Six Horned Frogs posted multiple hits, and eight different players drove in at least one run.
For TCU, it was the kind of win that can change the feel of a series. The bats were loud, the pressure never stopped, and the Frogs looked every bit like a club capable of making noise in the Big 12.
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