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Freshman Matthew Purke silenced Longhorn bats to carry TCU past Texas 3-1 in the first game of the Austin Super Regional
Texas ace Taylor Jungmann silenced TCU bats, while the Longhorn offense broke out for 12 early runs, as the Austinites cruised to an easy Game Two win. Gil Lebreton recounted the day:
[TCU coach Jim] Schlossnagle was asked what he said to the Frogs after the Longhorns’ seven-run fifth inning.
“What am I going to say?” Schlossnagle asked in return. “We were getting our rear ends beaten.”
But as Schlossnagle quickly added, Texas’ staff ace, sophomore Taylor Jungmann, had more than a little to do with that.
“For the first three innings,” the TCU coach said, “I don’t know if he ever threw his breaking ball for a strike. But we swung at it a lot.”
The rubber match is Sunday at 3:00 P.M. in Austin.
Matthew Purke struck out 11in 7.2 innings to carry TCU past Texas in the first of a three game Super Regional series in Austin. TCU scored its three runs on a wild pitch and two sac flies.
The Horned Frogs can book their ticket to the College World Series with a win Saturday or Sunday.
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Frogs On Their Way To Omaha
TCU won game three of their Austin Super Regional Sunday afternoon 4-1 behind 7.2 shutout innings from Kyle Winkler. The Horned Frogs roughed up Texas’ ace closer Chance Ruffin for three runs on two home runs in his three relief innings and withstood a small late rally from the Longhorns to close it out.
TCU will open the College World Series, which starts on June 19, against Florida State. The Seminoles qualified today with a 7-6 rain delayed win over Vanderbilt.
Oklahoma slugged their way to a 10-7 game two victory in their series with Virginia to force a rubber match Monday.
Jun 13 5:52p by Brett Perryman - 1 comment