The Big 12 has been tough to figure out the past few weeks. (Aaron Fitt)
Takeaways: TCU-LMU/UCLA-Pepperdine
LOS ANGELES — I had a chance to catch two quality midweek games Tuesday before leaving Southern California, watching five innings of UCLA at Pepperdine and then all nine innings of No. 2 TCU’s game at West Coast Conference favorite Loyola Marymount. Plenty of good arms were on display in both games; here are some observations:
• Sophomore lefthander Tyler Alexander is a key piece of TCU’s formidable pitching staff—he went 10-3, 2.36 as a freshman last year and was expected to hold down a rotation spot this spring. But he struggled out of the gate, going 0-1,[…]
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