Without its No. 1 starter, TCU turned to freshman left-hander Nick Lodolo to kick off a series on the mound against Baylor.
He knew what that meant.
“I knew I had to set the tone tonight for the weekend,” he said. “I hadn’t been pitching my best. So tonight, I just came out attacking.”
Lodolo gave up only a run in six innings, striking out five to lead the sixth-ranked Horned Frogs to a 9-4 victory Friday night at Lupton Stadium that kept them in first place in the Big 12.
Evan Skoug and Nolan Brown each drove in two runs, and leadoff hitter Austen Wade was 3-for-3 with two runs scored.