Next Game: Kentucky 2/15/2020 | 2 p.m. KTCU

The TCU Horned Frogs opened the 2020 campaign with a 5-1 victory over Kentucky Friday night at Lupton Stadium.led the team offensively with three RBIs, whilefanned seven over 4 2/3 innings in his first career start at TCU.Ray turned in an outstanding performance on the mound. He fanned seven, including two each in the first three innings, over 4 2/3 innings. The redshirt-freshman allowed a run on just two hits and walked three.Offensively, the Horned Frogs gave Ray a 3-0 lead to work with in the first.worked a walk and moved to second on an infield hit off the bat of. A walk toloaded the bases. An error by the second baseman allowed two runs to score. A sacrifice fly fromextended the lead.Kentucky pulled within two in the fifth after a one-out triple turned into the Wildcats lone run. With the tying runs on base,(1-0) came on to strike out the final batter of the frame.TCU again called on the bullpen to get out of a tight situation as Kentucky had the tying runs in scoring position with two outs in the seventh.got a looking strikeout to end the frame.In the bottom of the inning, the Frogs got some breathing room with a two-run triple off the bat of Shepherd to make it a 5-1 ballgame.took over in the eighth and finished the game. He allowed a hit, a walk and struck out one in his collegiate debut.– TCU was 4-for-4 in stolen bases in the contest. Four different players recorded a stolen base inand• TCU improves to 11-7 in season-openers at Lupton Stadium.• TCU is now 11-6 in season-openers under head coach• The TCU pitching staff registered 11 strikeouts in the game.made his first start at TCU.made his collegiate debut on the mound in the eighth inning.andmade their TCU debuts in the starting lineup.• Sacco, Rodgers and Sikes each recorded their first-career hit.tallied his 11career multi-RBI contest.With the victory, TCU improves to 1-0 on the season. The Horned Frogs and the Wildcats will meet in Game 2 of the series on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.