Frogs’ win streak continues
Baseball team goes to 4-1 with win
over UTA
By Evan Erwin
Skiff Staff

TCU improved its overall record to 4-1 and increased its winning steak to four games in an 11-4 win against Texas-Arlington Tuesday.

In the past, the Frogs have struggled against the Mavericks. UTA has won four out of the last six games including TCU’s season opener.

The Frogs batted .432 at the plate. That output allowed them to put up 11 runs against a team that only allowed the Frogs to score three runs nine days ago.

The game was deadlocked at 4-4 in the seventh inning when the Frogs called upon senior shortstop Shaft Elkouri in the form of a safety squeeze. Elkouri completed the bases loaded squeeze to score sophomore outfielder Jake Duncan from third. The run, driven in by Elkouri, kickstarted a four-run inning that brought the score to 8-4. From there, the Frogs didn’t look back, scoring three in the eighth and shutting out the Mavericks in the eighth and ninth innings.

“I felt like it took the momentum from them and gave it to us,” senior outfielder Chris Meeks said.

He said the team knew the importance of the game.

The win was just huge emotionally for us,” Meeks said. “We talked about how big of a difference it is to be 4-1 rather than 3-2.”

Not only did the game improve TCU’s record, it allowed, different players to see the field.

Freshman Zach Thomas made his collegiate debut when he replaced junior Ramon Moses in the eighth. Thomas took advantage of his opportunity when he hit an RBI double down the rightfield line.

“I played this summer, but it’s nothing like the real deal,” Thomas said. “It was just like old times.”

The Frogs, who now have a four-game winning streak, will look to ride their momentum into this weekend, when they face Southeast Louisiana in a three-game weekend series.

Evan Erwin
e.j.erwin@tcu.edu