TCU baseball erased a four-run deficit with 10 straight runs at DBU, fueled by Sawyer Strosnider’s big swing and shutdown relief pitching.
FORT WORTH - TCU baseball heads into its weekend series with Texas Tech carrying fresh momentum after a wild comeback win over Dallas Baptist.
The Horned Frogs looked headed for a frustrating midweek loss before flipping the game with a late offensive burst, scoring 10 unanswered runs to beat DBU 11-5 on Tuesday night.
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That rally said a lot about where TCU baseball is right now. The Horned Frogs are 14-10, and while the season has included some uneven stretches, this team still has enough power, patience, and bullpen depth to turn a game around quickly.
DBU had control for much of the night. TCU grabbed an early run in the first inning on a Chase Brunson infield single, but the Patriots answered immediately and kept building. By the middle innings, the Frogs were staring at a 5-1 hole and needed somebody to change the tone.
That somebody turned out to be Sawyer Strosnider.
After Preston Gamster reached to start the seventh and Colton Griffin helped spark the inning, Strosnider crushed a three-run homer to even the score at 5-5. It was his ninth home run of the season and one of the biggest swings of TCU’s year so far.
He finished with four RBIs, continuing a strong offensive season that has made him one of the Horned Frogs’ most dangerous bats.
Once TCU pulled even, the pressure shifted fast. The Frogs took advantage of shaky command in the eighth, using walks and a hit batter to push across three more runs and grab the lead for good.
Jack Bell added insurance in the ninth with a two-run homer, while Griffin tripled and later scored to cap the 10-run response.
The bullpen deserves just as much credit as the lineup. Tyler Phenow helped stop the damage in the sixth, and Tanner Sagouspe followed with three hitless innings to close it out.
Nate Stern also gave TCU valuable scoreless work earlier in relief, helping keep the game within reach until the bats woke up.
That combination of timely hitting and clean relief work changed everything.
Now the Horned Frogs return home for a Big 12 showdown against Texas Tech, and they’ll do it with the kind of comeback win that can energize an entire clubhouse.
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