UCLA
3-3
TCU
7-0
Bruins Drop Finale at TCU
February 25, 2024 | Baseball
FORT WORTH, Texas โ The No. 20-ranked UCLA baseball team absorbed a seven-inning 13-3 loss to No. 5 TCU on Sunday afternoon at Lupton Stadium.
The run-rule victory completed a weekend sweep of the Bruins (3-3) by the host Horned Frogs (7-0).
TCU jumped out to a big lead early after batting around in a five-inning first inning and never looked back. The Horned Frogs moved ahead 7-0 after a two-spot in the second, and moved into run-rule territory with another five-run frame in the sixth.
The Bruins were led on offense by junior shortstop Cody Schrier, who went 2-3 with a solo home run and two RBIs. Graduate catcher Quintt Landis added a pair of singles โ his first multi-hit game as a Bruin โ and a run scored.
The game largely hinged on the first inning, as the Bruins couldn't capitalize on a prime scoring opportunity before TCU responded with the go-ahead crooked number in the bottom half.
UCLA got the first three batters of the game aboard โ via two walks and an error โ to load the bases with nobody out. However, TCU starter Zack Morris came back with a strikeout of the next batter, and then induced an inning-ending double play to get out of the frame undamaged.
Leadoff man Peyton Chatagnier then led off the bottom of the first with a solo homer, and the Horned Frogs went on to string together five more hits for four runs during the inning.
Chatagnier (3-5, two runs) and catcher Karson Bowen (3-3, HR, five RBIs) had the biggest days offensively for TCU.
The Bruins return home for a five-game week, starting on Tuesday against Nevada at 5 p.m. PT.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Morris, Zack (1-0)
L: Barnett, Michael (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Salgado, AJ 1
HR: Schrier, Cody 1
RBI: Schrier, Cody 2 ; Cholowsky, Roch 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Reyes, Daylen 1 ; Schrier, Cody 1 ; Landis, Quintt 1
Batting:
2B: Maxwell, Logan 2 ; Basseer, Jack 1
HR: Chatagnier, Peyton 1 ; Bowen, Karson 1
RBI: Chatagnier, Peyton 1 ; Maxwell, Logan 1 ; Byrne, Kurtis 1 ; Bowen, Karson 5 ; Myers, Sam 2 ; Green, Brody 1
SF: Bowen, Karson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chatagnier, Peyton 2 ; Maxwell, Logan 3 ; Byrne, Kurtis 2 ; Basseer, Jack 1 ; Bowen, Karson 2 ; Brunson, Chase 1 ; Myers, Sam 1 ; Robinson, Ryder 1
CS: Chatagnier, Peyton 1
HBP: Maxwell, Logan 1 ; Basseer, Jack 1
