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[SIZE=14pt]No. 10 TCU Hosts Dallas Baptist Monday Night[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]Frogs have won seven straight[/SIZE]
FORT WORTH, Texas - The 10th-ranked TCU baseball team begins a busy week Monday night when they host Dallas Baptist. The Horned Frogs, winners of seven straight contests, will play five games this week. TCU is coming off of its second straight road series sweep. Game time at Lupton Stadium is set for 6:30 p.m.
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU has won seven straight heading into Monday's contest.
• The Frogs have notched two road sweeps (Houston and BYU) as well as a victory over Texas A&M.
• TCU needed extra innings to defeat BYU in the series finale, scoring an unearned run in the top of the 11th inning.
• The Frogs continue to be one of the top offensive clubs with a .342 batting average.
• They have pounded out 154 extra base hits this season and have .542 slugging percentage.
• Defensively, the Frogs committed just four errors in the seven game winning streak and have a .971 fielding percentage.
HOME NOTABLES
• The Horned Frogs are 14-3 at home this season.
• TCU holds a 175-56 (.757) road record under head coach Jim Schlossnagle.
• Under head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the Frogs are 154-47 (766) at Lupton Stadium.
• TCU's average of 3,028 fans ranks in the top 20 nationally.
DALLAS BAPTIST NOTABLES
• The Patriots are coming off a series sweep of Grambling State this past weekend.
• Dallas Baptist is one of the top hitting teams in the nation with a .348 average in 36 games played.
• As a team, the Patriots have blasted 58 home runs, led by 12 from Ryan Enos.
• On the mound, the squad has posted a team ERA of 5.94 and struck out 255 batters (7.21per game).
• The Achilles heel of the squad is the defense which has committed 54 errors for a .961 fielding percentage.
• The errors have cost the Patriots 34 unearned runs this season.
SERIES NOTABLES
• Monday's game will mark the 57th all-time meeting between Dallas Baptist and TCU.
• TCU holds a 38-18 series lead.
• The Frogs have won two straight in Dallas dating back to the 2008 season.
• Dallas Baptist won the first meeting of the season, 8-7 in Dallas back on March 22.
• Joe Weik hit his first home run against DBU in that game.
