{"id":170601,"date":"2026-02-19T01:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/170601\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T01:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:09:40","slug":"late-push-not-enough-as-frogs-drop-final-shriners-showdown-game-to-ut-arlington-tcu-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/170601\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Push Not Enough as Frogs Drop Final Shriners Showdown Game to UT Arlington \u2013 TCU 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TCU Baseball faced UT Arlington in its final game of the Shriners Children\u2019s College Showdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senior Nolan Johnson got the start on the mound for the Horned Frogs, but his outing ended early after he allowed four runs in the first inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Tyler\u00a0Phenow\u00a0came in to relieve Johnson, but the inning was far from over.\u00a0Phenow\u00a0found himself in\u00a0a similar situation, giving up five runs, all unearned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1336282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-18-at-2.37.19-PM-463x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"288\"  \/>Freshman Lucas Franco brings in a run with an RBI single in the top of the third against UT Arlington at Globe Life Field on Feb. 17, 2026. (Photo courtesy of TCU Baseball)<\/p>\n<p>The UT Arlington Mavericks were making contact early, leaving TCU to battle back from a 9\u20130 first-inning deficit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Horned Frogs responded with three runs in the third and three more in the fourth, cutting the score to 9\u20136.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Graduate student Rob Liddington homered in the fifth, bringing the Frogs within two runs of tying the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TCU held the Mavericks scoreless through five innings, but UT Arlington added two unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Frogs\u00a0brought in\u00a0one final run\u00a0in\u00a0the top of the ninth, but it\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0enough to complete the comeback.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both teams finished with 11 hits, but the Mavericks\u2019 early\u00a0offensive\u00a0capitalization\u00a0proved\u00a0crucial\u00a0as they secured the 11\u20138 victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"photocaptioninline\">TCU second basemen Cole Cramer gets caught in a run down between home plate and third base at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. (TCU360\/Tyler Chan)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1336221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LZ5A2661.jpg\" style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0 auto;\" class=\"\" alt=\"Late Push Not Enough as Frogs Drop Final Shriners Showdown Game to UT Arlington\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photocaptioninline\">TCU catcher Nolan Traeger hits the ball at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. (TCU360\/Tyler Chan)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1336220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LZ5A2725.jpg\" style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0 auto;\" class=\"\" alt=\"Late Push Not Enough as Frogs Drop Final Shriners Showdown Game to UT Arlington\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photocaptioninline\">TCU right fielder Sawyer Strosnider hits the ball at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. (TCU360\/Tyler Chan)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1336219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LZ5A2611.jpg\" style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0 auto;\" class=\"\" alt=\"Late Push Not Enough as Frogs Drop Final Shriners Showdown Game to UT Arlington\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photocaptioninline\">TCU third basemen Kyuss Gargett celebrates after hitting a homerun at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. (TCU360\/Tyler Chan)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1336218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LZ5A2835.jpg\" style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0 auto;\" class=\"\" alt=\"Late Push Not Enough as Frogs Drop Final Shriners Showdown Game to UT Arlington\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TCU Baseball faced UT Arlington in its final game of the Shriners Children\u2019s College Showdown.\u00a0 Senior Nolan Johnson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-170601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}