Box Score HOUSTON – The Texas State baseball team (4-8) fell 10-0 in eight innings to TCU (8-2) during the second day of the Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.
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Trevis Sundgren (0-2) took the loss after giving up three runs on three hits and two walks in four innings while striking out three. Russell Smith (2-0) threw six shutout innings with 13 strikeouts to pick up the win.
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Other pitchers to see action on the mound for the Bobcats were
Cade Bullinger (0.0 IP),
Cody Farmer (1.0 IP),
Reece Gould (1.2 IP) and
Jonathan Martinez (0.2 IP).
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Tucker Redden and
Justin Thompson were the only batters to record a hit on the night.
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Getting on the scoreboard first was TCU on a sacrifice fly in the second. The Horn Frogs tacked on to their lead with two more runs in the fourth and the fifth to go up 5-0.
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TCU added a run apiece over the next two innings and three more in the eighth to end the game by run-rule.
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In both the third and sixth innings, the Bobcats were able to get two runners on but were unable to bring anybody home.
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Next for TXST is Rice on Sunday at 7 p.m. to conclude the Shriners College Classic.
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