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TCU Scores Early And Often As The Frogs Took The Big 12 Series Finale From Texas

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TCU scored early and often in picking up a 15-7 win over Texas in the series finale on Monday afternoon. Kurtis Byrne homered and drove in five to lead the Horned Frogs' offensive outburst.

The Rundown 
Facing a 2-0 deficit after the top of the first, TCU wasted little time responding. Elijah Nunez led off the frame with a base hit and scored easily on an Anthony Silva double. With the bases-loaded and two out, Austin Davis lined a single to center to give the Frogs a 3-2 lead.
 
TCU gave itself some breathing room in the third on the strength of a two out, three run home run off the bat of Kurtis Byrne.
 
The Frogs exploded for seven runs on seven hits in the fourth to open up a 13-2 lead. Davis got the scoring started with an RBI single. Byrne singled home two runs to make it a 9-2 ballgame. 
 
After a wild pitch brought home another run, Tre Richardson singled to right for an 11-2 lead. Brayden Taylor hit a sacrifice fly and Silva's second hit of the inning drove in Richardson.
 
TCU responded to two Texas fifth inning runs with two of its own. Logan Maxwell's first career home run restored TCU's double-digit lead, 15-4. Texas scored twice in the sixth and once in the seventh to account for the final score.
 
Sam Stoutenborough started for the Frogs and tossed 2 1/3 innings. He allowed two unearned runs on two hits. He walked one and struck out four. Cohen Feser (1-0) picked up the win in relief. Ben Abeldt closed out the contest with 2 1/3 scoreless.
 
Stat of the Game
10 – The bottom three (Austin Davis, Logan Maxwell and Kurtis Byrne) in the TCU lineup combined to go 8-for-14 with 10 RBIs.
 
Notes: 
• TCU scored a first inning run for the 18th time this season. 
• TCU scored double-digit runs (15) for the 11th time this season.
• TCU tallied double-digit hits (19) for the 19th time this season.
• TCU homered in a game for the 33rd time this season.
• TCU hit multiple home runs in a game for the 18th time this season.
• Elijah Nunez has reached safely in 15 straight contests.
• Nunez stretched his hitting streak to eight games.
• Nunez tallied his 11th multi-hit game of the season and the 35th of his career.
• Tre Richardson has reached safely in 17 straight games.
• Richardson collected his 17th multi-hit game of the season and the 52nd of his career.
• Brayden Taylor has reached safely in 10 straight contests.
• Anthony Silva tallied his 12th career multi-hit game and his 10th career multi-RBI contest.
• Austin Davis recorded his 14 multi-hit game of the year and the 58th of his career.
• Davis notched his fifth multi-RBI game of the year and the 19th of his career.
• Logan Maxwell hit his first career home run.
• Maxwell tallied his fourth multi-hit game of the season and the seventh of his career.
• Maxwell recorded his first multi-RBI game of the year and the fifth of his career.
• Kurtis Byrne hit his fourth home run of the season and the 10th of his career.
• Byrne tallied his third multi-hit game of the year and the 21st of his career.
• Byrne collected his sixth multi-RBI game of the season and the 16th of his career.
 
Next Up:                        
With the win, TCU improves to 24-20 overall and 8-10 in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs continue their homestand Tuesday night against UTRGV. First pitch against the Vaqueros is set for 6 p.m. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.