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Baseball
team’s bats stall in loss to Oklahoma, Frogs’ record falls
to 20-13 Before the TCU baseball team played against Oklahoma at the L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, Okla. Tuesday night, it was looking to erase the memory of being swept last weekend in its three-game series against top-ranked Rice. But after losing to the Sooners, 9-5, TCU is now in the midst of a four-game losing streak, its longest of the season.
Freshman pitcher Clayton Jerome started the game for the Frogs. In the first inning, Oklahoma jumped out to a 4-0 lead. he Frogs got two doubles in the third inning from sophomores Walter Olmstead and Mike Settle to score their first run. unior catcher Jonathan Marshall followed with his second home run of the season and picked up his second and third RBIs to cut the lead to 4-3. The Frogs took their first lead of the game, 5-4, in the third inning but failed to score again in the game. In the third, Oklahoma picked up an unearned run and went on to score runs in the fifth, sixth and eighth innings. Senior Chris Frazier picked up the loss in relief. He allowed three runs on five hits in three innings of work. He’s 0-2 this season. For the game, the TCU managed nine hits and two errors. The Sooners picked up 13 hits. On Feb. 20, the Frogs won 6-1 against the Sooners behind the pitching of senior David Tombrella. The Frogs’ all-time record against Oklahoma fell to 20-46. TCU’s record fell for the season fell to 20-13 and stands at 11-5 in the Western Athletic Conference. When playing away from the TCU Diamond, the Frogs are 8-5. With the win, the Sooners ended their six-game losing streak. They have an overall record of 11-22 and are 9-9 when playing at home. The Frogs open a four-game series Thursday on the road against the Nevada Wolf Pack at 5:15 p.m. The first game is a make up for a game that was originally schedule for March 11. This will be the Frogs’ second of five games played in six days. Kelly
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