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Baseball: Falcons fall to TCU, 10-2

by Nick Arseniak

No. 28 TCU broke open a 1-1 tie with six unanswered runs to defeat Air Force 10-2 in a Mountain West Conference baseball game March 17 at Lupton Stadium. The Falcons fall to 5-17, 0-2 while the Horned Frogs improve to 14-6, 2-0.

After Air Force tied the game 1-1 in the top of the fourth, TCU responded with three runs in the fourth, two in the fifth and one in the sixth to jump ahead 7-1.

The Falcons responded with a run in the seventh but the Frogs came right back with three runs in the eighth to pad their lead.

TCU starter Chance Corgan improved to 3-1 on the season, holding the Falcons to one run on three hits in six innings while striking out seven. AFA starter Mitch Brown fell to 1-5 on the season, allowing six runs on nine hits in five innings.

The Falcons used three pitchers in relief. Michael Ruvolo made his fifth relief appearance in the last six games, going one-and one-third innings. Adam Teach and Joe Peterson both pitched one-third innings each.

The Frogs had 13 hits in the game. Leadoff hitter Bryan Kervin led the way for TCU, going 3-for-5 with a run and RBI.

The Falcons had five hits in the game and had a field day on the base paths, stealing six bases. Chay Derbigny stole a pair of bases and doubled for AFA. Addison Gentry also doubled for the Falcons. Ben Ausbun and Daniel Walker had RBI-singles for the Falcons and Geno Salazar had a single.

Air Force and TCU conclude the three game set 1 p.m. March 18.

Source: U.S. Air Force

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