After allowing four first inning runs a week ago to LSU, Howard struggled mightily against a good UC Irvine team Friday night, surrendering eight first inning runs before the second out was recorded. Howard was pulled after facing ten batters, to whom he allowed eight hits and surrendered one walk. He was charged with all eight runs. Freshman Jake Eissler replaced Howard and inherited some trouble, but pitched his way mostly out of the jam by holding UCI to just one it and recording the final two outs of the frame. Eissler cruised until the fifth inning, holding UCI to just one baserunner over the next three innings.
TCU Baseball Starts Slow, Falls to UCI on the Road
