Frogs beat Sooners
By Evan Erwin
Skiff Staff

The baseball team showed confidence and composure Tuesday night when it went into the ninth inning down a run to the No. 27 Oklahoma Sooners.

With one out and a runner on second, first baseman Chris Neuman hit the first pitch he was offered, up the middle, scoring pinch runner Jeff Reed. Nueman’s RBI tied the score at three and sent the game into extra innings.

TCU’s heroics finally came in the 11th inning. With catcher Justin Hatcher on firstbase, first baseman Jared Lundeen, who has been out since Feb. 9 with a broken hand, drove a single into center. An error by OU centerfielder Reggie Willits allowed Hatcher to come all the way around the bases and score the winning run.

“We were in a no-double situation, so I wasn’t supposed to dive,” Willits said. “It was my job to keep it in front and it kind of skipped to the side. I still got to keep it in front.”

Lundeed came to the plate with the intentions to sacrifice Hatcher to second, but he ended up being the hero.

“I came in relaxed, expecting to bunt, but I didn’t get the first (pitch) down, so coach took the sign off,” Lundeen said. “I guess I just got lucky.”

Head coach Lance Brown wasn’t able to watch TCU’s 17th win of the season, his 499th career win at TCU. Brown got in an argument with firstbase umpire Ken Eldridge in the third inning.

It appeared the argument was settled as Brown was on his way back to the dugout, when Eldridge all of a sudden threw his arm up and gestured toward the clubhouse. After a few more words, Brown took his time going back toward the dugout, even stopping behind the pitchers mound to tie his shoe.

The Frogs play this weekend in a three-game home series against the Houston Cougars.

e.j.erwin@tcu.edu