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Preview: vs. Texas State - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU (3-0) continues its season-opening nine game homestand Tuesday night when it hosts Texas State (3-0).
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FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU (3-0) continues its season-opening nine game homestand Tuesday night when it hosts Texas State (3-0).
INSIDE THE GAME
Tuesday, February 20 • 6 p.m.
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM
Starter: LHP Ben Hampton
TCU NOTABLES
• For the first time since the 2020 season, TCU swept its season-opening weekend.
• TCU held steady as a top six team in all the polls.
• Twice TCU rallied from six runs down to win. It's the first time since 2017 that TCU has come back from a six-run deficit.
• TCU outscored FGCU 14-0 in the final three innings.
• TCU sits second in the Big 12 with its .351 batting average over the first weekend of the season.
• TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks ninth nationally with eight home runs on the season.
• TCU had more walks than strikeouts in all three games over the weekend.
• Fort Worth native Zachary Cawyer picked up two wins in relief over the weekend. He was one of two pitchers nationally to earn two wins.
• Chase Brunson homered in his first two collegiate games and sits second in the Big 12 with a .600 batting average.
• Anthony Silva was named the Co-Big 12 Player of the Week.
• Brunson was voted the Big 12 Freshman of the Week.
• Brunson, Logan Maxwell, Silva, Luke Boyers and Payton Tolle hit safely in all three games.
HOME NOTABLES
• TCU will play 33 home games during the 2024 season.
• TCU is 472-162 all-time at Lupton Stadium.
• TCU is 238-84 at home with Kirk Saarloos on staff.
• TCU has won 64-of-83 home series under Saarloos.
• TCU owns a 103-38 mark in midweek games at home.
• TCU has won 21 or more games in 16 of the 20 seasons Lupton Stadium has been in existence.
• TCU ranked 15th nationally in average attendance (4,287) in 2023.
TEXAS STATE NOTABLES
• Texas State swept Youngstown State at home to open the season.
• The Bobcats outscore their opponent 37-4 over the weekend. Twenty of the runs came in the season opener.
• As a team, the Bobcats are hitting .299 with 12 extra base hits.
• On the mound, the staff limited their opponent to a .111 batting average. They racked up 30 strikeouts and walked 15.
• The Bobcats utilized 14 pitchers over the weekend.
• Only two of the four runs allowed were earned.
• Cameron Thompson has two of the team's six home runs. He leads the team with a .750 average.
• Cade Manning leads the squad with five RBIs.
• Ryne Farber's five hits and .625 average paces the players who have started all three games.
SERIES HISTORY
• TCU and Texas State will be meeting for the 44th time on Tuesday night.
• TCU owns a 27-16 series record, including a 6-4 mark at Lupton Stadium.
• TCU and Texas State met twice in 2023 with both teams earning a home victory.
• Texas State won 8-4 on March 14, while TCU picked up an 8-2 victory on May 16.
• Prior to the two meetings in 2021, the teams had not met since March 20, 2012 when Texas State won 8-4 at Bobcat Stadium.
• Before last season, Texas State's last trip to Lupton Stadium came in 2012 when the Bobcats won 1-0.
• Texas State head coach Steven Trout played at TCU from 2006-07.
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