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Baseball: Falcons drop 6-0 contest to TCU

Jake Arrieta and Taylor Cragin of TCU combined to hold Air Force to four base hits in a 6-0 loss for the Falcons March 16 in both teams' Mountain West Conference baseball opener at Lupton Stadium. The loss drops AFA to 5-16 on the season and improves the Horned Frogs to 13-6.

Arrieta (4-2) pitched eight innings, striking out 11 batters and allowing four hits. Cragin came on in relief in the ninth and pitched a scoreless inning.

The loss spoiled another strong start from freshman and Austin, Texas, native Alex Truesdale, who fell to 0-3 on the season. Truesdale had held TCU to just three runs through his first six innings before tiring in the seventh. Truesdale finished the day going 6.1 innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits, striking out two.

Freshman Michael Ruvolo pitched the last 1.2 innings in relief for the Falcons, allowing one unearned run.

TCU had 11 hits on the day, led by Keith Conlon, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

Air Force's had base hits from Karl Bolt, Chay Derbigny, Geno Salazar and Daniel Walker. Walker, a Grand Prairie, Texas, native also stole a base and Derbigny also tripled. Salazar doubled to lead off the game.

The Horned Frogs scored a pair of runs in the first and one in the third to go ahead 3-0. The score remained that way until TCU added two runs in the seventh and one more in the eighth.

The Falcons and Frogs return to action March 17 at 2 p.m. CST.

Source: U.S. Air Force

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