Luken Baker hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the ninth and TCU beat Number 5 national seed Texas Tech 5-3 on Sunday in a College World Series meeting of Big 12 rivals.
The Horned Frogs (48-16) trailed by a run after Hunter Hargrove’s tiebreaking double in the bottom of the eighth. But after reliever Robert Dugger issued a walk to start the ninth and gave up a single to Evan Skoug, Baker sent a towering shot just inside the left-field foul pole into the seats above the bullpen.
Freshman closer Durbin Feltman came on and pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save.
TCU, in the CWS for the third straight year, will play a Bracket 2 winners’ game Tuesday night against Coastal Carolina. The Red Raiders (46-19), who went 0-2 in 2014 in their only other CWS appearance, will try to stay alive against Florida on Tuesday afternoon.
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