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Tommy Edman hit into a fielder’s choice grounder in the next at-bat, but some heads-up baserunning by Freeman in a rundown between third base and home plate still got the team’s other two baserunners into scoring position.

TCU reliever Louis Rodriguez did a good job limiting the damage, getting a strikeout, a fielder’s choice and a flyout, but USC had taken a 3-0 lead and never looked back.

A fielder’s choice from Soto in the next at-bat led to a run.

Betts grounded into a fielder’s choice and reached via an error on a should-have-been 6-3 putout.

Bryan Reynolds drove in the run with a fielder’s choice ground ball to first baseman Freddie Freeman before right-hander Evan Phillips came on the retire the next two batters.