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K-State Falls to TCU in Big 12 Semifinals
May 27, 2023 | Baseball
ARLINGTON, Texas – K-State's run in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship came to an end Saturday with a 6-3 defeat to TCU in the semifinal round at Globe Life Field.
K-State (35-24), who reached the semifinal round of the conference tournament for the third consecutive year, will learn its NCAA Tournament fate on Monday, May 29 at 11 a.m. The selection show will be broadcast on ESPN2.
"Obviously not the way you want to go out in the tournament," head coach Pete Hughes said after the game. "I would have signed up for a red-hot offense getting only three hits today before the game, but we put them over at third base. We've been playing clean defense all year long, just didn't get the job done today."
The Wildcats held the Horned Frogs, a team that was averaging 15 runs on 18 hits per game in the tournament this year, to just three hits in the semifinals.
Brady Day, a native of Hampstead, N.H., recorded a game-high three hits as he went 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored while junior Nick Goodwin led with two RBI.
Collin Rothermel (1-3) took the loss allowing four runs (three earned) on three hits with one strikeout and three walks.
"I thought he played relaxed on a big stage with good composure against a really good offense," Hughes commented on Rothermel's start.
"He started to look tired there at the end, but he executed his pitches and stayed out of three ball counts, for the most part. They really swung often to get a win."
Senior Owen Boerema made his first relief as a Wildcat where he struck out four to bring his season total to 95. The Litchfield, Minn., product's 95 punch outs tie fourth in the school's single-season records.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Rothermel held TCU scoreless through three innings as the San Diego, Calif., native allowed just one hit while retiring the side in the second and third.
Pelletier put the Wildcats on the bord in the fourth when he squared and sent his sixth homer of the season 394-feet out to right field.
TCU took advantage of an error from behind the plate to level the score at 1-all in the bottom of the inning.
Cash Rugely and Brady Day each singled to lead off the Cats' two-run fifth where the duo came around on Goodwin's fourth hit of the tournament.
Kurtis Byrne's solo homer trimmed the Cats lead to one until a sacrifice fly to center tied the game for the second time.
The Horned Frogs' starter Stoutenborough, who allowed just four earned runs in his last four starts, was relieved in the sixth by Ben Abeldt.
TCU sent five batters to the plate in the sixth to grab a one-run lead, 4-3, but an overturned call ruled in favor of the Wildcats pulled K-State off the field.
The Litchfield, Minn., product fanned four consecutive batters to earn his 95th strikeout of the year while striking out the side in the seventh.
The Frogs exploited the Cats third error to add a pair of insurance runs to seal the game.
INSIDE THE BOX
The Wildcats will learn their postseason fate on Monday, May 29, as the entire 64-team field of the 2023 NCAA Tournament will be announced. The selection show will broadcast on ESPN2 at 11 a.m. CT while the 16 regional sites will be released on Sunday, May 28 at 7:30 p.m.
K-State (35-24), who reached the semifinal round of the conference tournament for the third consecutive year, will learn its NCAA Tournament fate on Monday, May 29 at 11 a.m. The selection show will be broadcast on ESPN2.
"Obviously not the way you want to go out in the tournament," head coach Pete Hughes said after the game. "I would have signed up for a red-hot offense getting only three hits today before the game, but we put them over at third base. We've been playing clean defense all year long, just didn't get the job done today."
The Wildcats held the Horned Frogs, a team that was averaging 15 runs on 18 hits per game in the tournament this year, to just three hits in the semifinals.
Brady Day, a native of Hampstead, N.H., recorded a game-high three hits as he went 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored while junior Nick Goodwin led with two RBI.
Collin Rothermel (1-3) took the loss allowing four runs (three earned) on three hits with one strikeout and three walks.
"I thought he played relaxed on a big stage with good composure against a really good offense," Hughes commented on Rothermel's start.
"He started to look tired there at the end, but he executed his pitches and stayed out of three ball counts, for the most part. They really swung often to get a win."
Senior Owen Boerema made his first relief as a Wildcat where he struck out four to bring his season total to 95. The Litchfield, Minn., product's 95 punch outs tie fourth in the school's single-season records.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Rothermel held TCU scoreless through three innings as the San Diego, Calif., native allowed just one hit while retiring the side in the second and third.
Pelletier put the Wildcats on the bord in the fourth when he squared and sent his sixth homer of the season 394-feet out to right field.
TCU took advantage of an error from behind the plate to level the score at 1-all in the bottom of the inning.
Cash Rugely and Brady Day each singled to lead off the Cats' two-run fifth where the duo came around on Goodwin's fourth hit of the tournament.
Kurtis Byrne's solo homer trimmed the Cats lead to one until a sacrifice fly to center tied the game for the second time.
The Horned Frogs' starter Stoutenborough, who allowed just four earned runs in his last four starts, was relieved in the sixth by Ben Abeldt.
TCU sent five batters to the plate in the sixth to grab a one-run lead, 4-3, but an overturned call ruled in favor of the Wildcats pulled K-State off the field.
The Litchfield, Minn., product fanned four consecutive batters to earn his 95th strikeout of the year while striking out the side in the seventh.
The Frogs exploited the Cats third error to add a pair of insurance runs to seal the game.
INSIDE THE BOX
- K-State scored three runs on 12 hits and committed three errors with 10 left on base
- TCU scored six runs on three hits with one error committee and three left on base
- TCU scored the game-winning run on the Cats 35th season double play
- Eight Wildcats produced a hit; three with multiple
- Day went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored a run
- Goodwin drove in a game-high two-RBI
- Day reached base in four consecutive plate appearances
- Rothermel (1-3) was credited the loss allowing four runs (three eanred)
- Rothermel held TCU to just three hits in his five innings
- Boerema threw three scoreless innings in relief with four strikeouts
- Abeldt (2-3) earned the victory in relie
- K-State moves to 21-26 all-time in the Big 12 Championship tournament
- Boerema tied fourth in the single-season records with 95 strikeouts
- Saturday marked the fifth meeting between the Cats and Frogs this season
- TCU leads the all-time series 30-13; 4-1 in conference tournament action
The Wildcats will learn their postseason fate on Monday, May 29, as the entire 64-team field of the 2023 NCAA Tournament will be announced. The selection show will broadcast on ESPN2 at 11 a.m. CT while the 16 regional sites will be released on Sunday, May 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Abeldt, Ben (2-3)
L: Rothermel, Collin (1-3)
Batting:
HR: Pelletier, Raphael 1
RBI: Goodwin, Nick 2 ; Pelletier, Raphael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rugely, Cash 1 ; Day, Brady 1 ; Pelletier, Raphael 1
SB: Pena, Roberto 1
CS: Lodice, Kyan 1
HBP: Day, Brady 1
Batting:
3B: Maxwell, Logan 1
HR: Byrne, Kurtis 1
RBI: Fontenelle, Cole 1 ; Richardson, Tre 1 ; Byrne, Kurtis 1 ; Davis, Austin 1
SH: Richardson, Tre 2
SF: Fontenelle, Cole 1 ; Davis, Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bowen, Karson 1 ; Taylor, Brayden 2 ; Fontenelle, Cole 1 ; Byrne, Kurtis 1 ; Maxwell, Logan 1
SB: Bowen, Karson 2 ; Taylor, Brayden 1
HBP: Taylor, Brayden 1
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