The sixth-seeded Utah Utes pulled off their second consecutive upset and dealt the No. 1 seed TCU Horned Frogs a 9-7 loss at the 2009 Conoco Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship Wednesday night. With the win, the Utes become the first No. 6-seed to knock off the league's No. 1 seed MWC tournament history. Utah pounded out 15 hits and was carried by a six-run fourth inning for the unexpected victory before 2,112 fans.

"This is a good club and we got snake-bitten for about three weeks where we had no luck and we didn't get it done," Utah coach Bill Kinneberg said. "Maybe it's our turn right now."

Utah (23-28) withstood several rallies down the stretch to stun the nation's No. 10-ranked team. The Utes advance to meet San Diego State at 7 p.m. CT Thursday with the winner moving to the championship round. The Frogs (35-15) fall into the loser's bracket and will play at 3 p.m. CT Thursday against the winner of the 11 a.m. elimination game between No. 2 New Mexico and No. 3 BYU.

"They played really well and we did a lot of things really bad," said TCU head coach Jim Schlossnagle, whose team had three errors. "I really like their team and I've always liked their team. ...We sure did lay an egg in front of a good crowd."

Utah trailed 4-2 but tallied a six-run fourth inning. The Utes started the inning with three consecutive singles and after a fielder's choice RBI by Nick Kuroczko, freshman C.J. Cron blasted a two-run double off Trent Appleby. Later in the inning, Cooper Blanc added a two-run single as five different Utes drove in runs during the game.

TCU chipped away at Utah's lead with two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth.

Utes starter Brian Budrow went six innings and allowed 11 hits and had six strikeouts. Reliever Greg Krause finished the game going 2 1/3 innings and allowed one unearned run and had four strikeouts to earn his fourth save of the season.

But the Frogs battled down the stretch and a Utah miscue in the eighth sent the tying run to the plate with two outs. Blanc misplayed Matt Carpenter's flyout to center field which could have ended the inning. Instead, Taylor Featherson scored and Carpenter advanced to third. Matt Vern then struck out looking to end the inning against Krause, who retired the Frogs in order in the ninth.

The Frogs were led at the plate by right fielder Chris Ellington, who went 3-for-5 with three RBI.