Something happened in the third of inning of Saturday’s game against Texas Tech. Maybe it was something Jim Schlossnagle or Kirk Saarloos said. Maybe it was a teammate’s words of encouragement or one of the inspiration messages scattered across the dugout walls. Maybe it was pure, dumb, luck. But somehow, the intersection of natural talent and hard work collided Sunday, and the result was the kind of dominating performance we had been expecting, but not yet seen, from the TCU pitching staff.
Haylen Green is a sophomore lefty, a floppy haired, hard-throwing, talented pitcher. In his first start of the season, he scuffled early, allowing the Red Raiders’ potent offense to strike for five runs while getting just six outs.