Like the Texas weather, TCU baseball's fortunes changed quickly Tuesday in Houston.
Frogs starting pitcher Russell Smith easily retired the first five Rice batters he faced.
But the next five scored.
That was enough to back Rice sophomore Roel Garcia, who retired 16 TCU batters in a row during one stretch and finished by allowing one hit and recording seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings of a 7-3 win in downtown Houston.
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Rice (8-10) started the deciding second-inning rally with a two-out solo home run by Justin Collins.