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no-hits Hawaii-Hilo, team’s winning streak hits seven Before the TCU baseball team departed for Hawaii, head coach Lance Brown said that the Horned Frogs had a chance to win all six games if the team played well, but he pointed out that Rice, ranked No. 2 by Baseball America, was not able to do that. “So I don’t know what our odds are,” Brown said. Apparently, the odds were pretty good. The Frogs (20-9, 11-2 Western Athletic Conference) swept Hawaii (11-16, 6-12) and Hawaii-Hilo (4-22, 3-15 WAC) last week, outscoring the two programs 51-21 and running its winning streak to seven games. After being picked to finish sixth in the WAC preseason coaches’ poll, the Frogs are in second place, two games behind first-place Rice (25-6, 14-1 WAC). The Frogs are 4 1/2 games ahead of Fresno State (20-13, 6-6 WAC) and Nevada (16-13, 7-7 WAC). Brown said he was not surprised by the Frogs’ quick start. “It is more of a surprise we were picked sixth than us being in second place,” he said. The biggest win of the week came Friday against Hawaii-Hilo, when senior pitcher Chris Bradshaw threw a no-hitter, which earned him WAC baseball Pitcher of the Week and Collegiate Baseball “Louisville Slugger” National Player of the Week honors. Bradshaw was originally scheduled to start Thursday, but because of a sore arm, he did not start until Friday. Before Friday’s game, he was joking with senior catcher Jason Price about throwing a no-hitter. “I was hurt, and I didn’t have my best stuff, and I told him, ‘I hope you don’t mind, but I am going to throw a no-hitter,’” Bradshaw said. “I can’t believe I did it.” Bradshaw struck out 10 Vulcans and walked zero to earn his sixth win of the season. He allowed only three base runners. Brown said Bradshaw’s pitches were average, but he was able to locate his them well. “His stuff looked the same as it always does,” Brown said. “(The difference was) he was able to throw the ball where ever he wanted.” Bradshaw said the no-hitter didn’t sink in until he got to the hotel. “I got to the hotel and had a little trouble going to sleep,” Bradshaw said. “When I went to bed, I went through the whole game in my head.” Brandon
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