Houston: Early advantage to TCU

By Jonathan Yardley - June 03, 2007

TCU is out to an early 2-0 lead after one inning in Houston this afternoon. The Horned Frogs jumped on Baylor starter Kendal Volz, who was outstanding in last weekend's Big XII Tournament, with a quick succession of opposite-field singles from their Nos. 2-4 hitters. The middle hit was a key hit-and-run called by Jim Schlossnagle, who has been on the money with his (and his opponents') running games this weekend. A groundout with the bases loaded plated a second run, but Volz escaped further damage.

In the bottom of the first, Baylor got two runners on but was unable to advance them, leading to several press-box mentions of TCU's hit-and-run game against Baylor's station-to-station approach. We'll see how this one progresses.

Also, props to St. John's for its walkoff win over VCU; we got to watch that one here in the press box. With that game ending, however, I'm going to go catch some sun and enjoy the atmosphere.