— With the help of six errors and countless other miscues, North Carolina State blew a seven run lead Monday and was eliminated from the NCAA baseball tournament in a 9-8 loss to No. 7 Texas Christian in 10 innings.

The Wolfpack built an 8-1 lead midway through the eighth inning, but two errors, three walks and a passed ball allowed the Horned Frogs to score six unearned runs in an 11-batter frame.

TCU completed their seven-run comeback in the ninth inning to force extras after a single by Derek Odell was followed by a sacrifice bunt, a balk and a dropped third strike.

TCU got more help in the 10th inning when a pick-off attempt by reliever Curt Britt went to the wall. A sacrifice bunt and a single by pinch hitter Elliott Barzilli later and the Horned Frogs walked-off with a 9-8 win.

In the final three innings, NC State pitchers walked five, balked twice, had one wild pitch and committed one error. The defense behind them committed four more errors as the Horned Frogs scored seven unearned runs on just 5 hits.

The once-safe 7-run lead came in chunks for NC State.

After difficult shadows and a wide strike zone plagued hitters on each side early, the Wolfpack were able to break through in the third inning with the 8-9-1 hitters setting the table.

A double by Josh McLain, a hit-by-pitch by Jake Fincher and an RBI single from Logan Ratledge provided early offense for NC State. Fincher later scored on an Andrew Knizner groundout and Ratledge came around on a Chance Shepard double to give NC State a 3-0 lead.

NC State’s lead reached 4-0 in the fourth on a Bubby Riley home run to centerfield that just cleared the glove of TCU centerfielder Cody Jones.

The early advantage didn’t give Wolfpack starter Johnny Piedmone any longer of a leash on the night. After giving up a run in the bottom of the fourth, Piedmonte was lifted in favor of Will Gilbert who retired the side and went on to throw 2.1 innings of shutout ball.

Leading 4-1 in the eighth, NC State exploded for four more runs on a two-run single by Fincher and back-to-back wild pitches that plated McLain and Fincher.

Jon Olczak entered in the seventh and pitched into the eighth when TCU began their comeback. Tommy DeJuneas came on with two outs and the bases loaded in the eighth, but walked two batters and watched the floodgates open before giving way to Travis Orwig. Olczak was responsible for five runs on the night – all unearned.

TCU had their chances early in the game, but twice had runners thrown out at third base with less than two outs. The first time came in the 1-run fourth that could have been a lot bigger. The second time came in the sixth as they had two on in a three-run game.

TCU advances to host Texas A&M in the super regionals after the Aggies defeated Cal 3-1 earlier in the day.