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2020 TCU HORNED FROGS BASEBALL
#18 TCU Horned Frogs (10-2, 0-0 Big 12) @ SOUTHERN CALIF. COLLEGE BASEBALL CLASSIC

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Field: Dedeaux Field (Fri./Sun.); Jackie Robison (Sat.)
TV: None
Radio: KTCU 88.7 FM
Live Stats: GoFrogs.com
Live Video: USCTrojans.com (Friday)/UCLABruins.com (Sat.)
Twitter: @TCU_Baseball
Instagram: @ TCUBaseball
Facebook: www.facebook .com / TCUBaseball

TCU HORNED FROGS
Record: 10-2
Away Record: 2-1
Neutral: 0-0
Head Coach: Jim Schlossnagle

TOURNAMENT FIELD
USC Overall: 7- 4 Home: 4-3
UCLA Overall: 11-1 Home: 8-0
Vanderbilt Overall: 11- 3 Neutral: 1- 2

GAME INFORMATION
@ USC • Friday, March 6 • 8 p.m. Johnny Ray vs. Kyle Hurt
@ UCLA • Sat., March 7 • 4 p.m. Charles King vs. Nick Nastrini
vs. Vandy • Sun., March 2 • Noon Russell Smith vs. TBA

TCU NOTABLES
• TCU saw its five game winning streak come to an end with an extra-inning loss on Tuesday.
• TCU has opened the season with a 10-2 mark for the sixth time under Jim Schlossnagle.
• TCU leads the Big 12 and ranks ninth nationally with a 2.13 ERA.
• TCU has allowed two or fewer earned runs in a game seven times t his season.
• TCU is averaging 7.9 runs per game which is second in the Big 12 and 30th nationally.
• TCU’s 28 doubles ranks 18th nationally and the 24 stolen bases are 23 rd nationally.
• Gray Rodgers has reached safely in all 12 games this season and owns a six game hitting streak.
• Tommy Sacco has reached safely in 10 straight contests.
• Six Horned Frogs have registered at least 10 RBIs this season led by 13 from Austin Henry.
• Harrison Beethe and Haylen Green each tallied a save over the weekend.
• Zach Humphreys ranks 11th nationally with seven doubles.

ROAD/ NEUTRAL SITE NOTABLES
• TCU will play 24 road games during the 2020 season.
• TCU went 9-12 on the road in 2019 and is 2-1 to start the 2020 season.
• TCU is 72-61 in road regular season non-conference games since 2004 .
• TCU is 219-149 on the road under the guidance of Jim Schlossnagle.
• TCU went 9-5 at neutral sites in 2019.
• TCU is 86-49 all-time in neutral site contests under the tutelage of Jim Schlossnagle.

SOUTHERN CALIF. COLLEGE BASEBALL CLASSIC
• This season’s appearance in the Classic will mark the program’s third appearance (2015, 2018).
• TCU is 3-2 all-time in the Classic, having gone 2-1 in 2015 and 1-1 in 2018.
• The Frogs went 1-1 in the tournament two years ago with a win at USC (1-1) and a loss vs. Vanderbilt (7-4). The game at UCL A was cancelled due to weather.
• TCU is 30-17 in regular season tournaments under head coach Jim Schlossnagle.

SERIES NOTABLES
• Friday’s meeting against USC will be the 10th in the all-time series.
• TCU leads the series 5-4 heading into Friday’s game.
• The Frogs have made three prior trips and own a 3-2 record at Dedeaux Field.
• They took 2-of-3 in 2013, dropped an extra-inning affair in 2015 and won the lone game in 2018.
• Saturday’s contest against UCLA will be the seventh in the series.
• Five of the six previous meetings have come in the post season with the lone regular season coming in 2015 at the Classic in which TCU won 3-1
.• TCU went 1-2 against the Bruins in the 2010 CWS.
• UCLA was TCU’s 2012 NCAA Super Regional opponent. The Bruins swept the Frogs in 2012 by scores of 6-2 and 4-1.
• TCU and Vanderbilt will be meeting for the sixth time and the third time in the Classic. All five meetings have been at a neutral site.
• TCU won the Classic meeting at Dodger Stadium 4-2 and 10-2 at the 2019 MLB4 Tournament in Arizona.
• Vanderbilt topped TCU twice in the 2015 College World Series.
 
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