Corvallis Regional: TCU's Season Comes to a Close in Corvallis

On Saturday, the TCU Horned Frogs played their final game of the 2025 season, as they fell to the Oregon State Beavers by a score of 7-2. The Frogs exited the tournament early despite being in serious conversations to be one of the nation's top 16 seeds. Instead, Kirk Saarloos and his squad would see an unfortunate end to a season on the road in Corvallis.

The Recap

For the 2nd day in a row, the Frogs weren't the ones setting the tone from the very first pitch. In the TCU's first at-bat in the top of the 1st, all three Frog hitters went down via the strikeout. Mason Brassfield, who had become a reliable arm for the TCU pitching staff, ran into trouble early with a 1-out double and a walk.

When runners get on with less than two outs, especially in the postseason, baseballs just seem to find their way out of the ballpark more often than not. That's exactly what happened as Beaver's catcher, Wilson Weber, smashed a home run over the center-field fence to put up a crooked number on the scoreboard.

Dax Whitney, the Oregon State starting pitcher, settled in on the mound from the very beginning as he made the first six outs himself via the punchout. Whitney would eventually accumulate a career-high number of strikeouts (12) against the Frogs.

In the 2nd, the Beavers extended their lead with a solo-homerun by Trent Caraway. Once again, Whitney struck out the side despite a Chase Brunson double and a Nolan Traeger walk.

Midway through the 2nd inning, Brassfield left the game with Braeden Sloan taking over on the mound. Despite Sloan limiting the Beavers to one run, things would only get worse in the 3rd as the Beavers nearly doubled their lead with another 3-run inning that included homers by AJ Singer and Tyce Peterson.

It wasn't until the 5th inning that the Frogs found the scoreboard as Isaac Cadena launched a ball over the scoreboard to cut the deficit to 5.