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Preview: at UCF - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – No. 25 TCU hits the road for a three-game series against UCF starting Thursday night. The trip marks TCU's first foray out of Texas since the opening
Preview: at UCF
Horned Frogs have won eight straight Big 12 games
FORT WORTH – No. 25 TCU hits the road for a three-game series against UCF starting Thursday night. The trip marks TCU's first foray out of Texas since the opening weekend of the season. The Horned Frogs enter the weekend tied atop the Big 12 standings and carrying an eight game league winning streak.
INSIDE THE SERIES
TCU (28-10, 11-4 Big 12) at UCF (20-16, 4-11 Big 12)
Thursday, April 17 • 5 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU Starter: Tommy LaPour
Friday, April 18 • 5 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
Saturday, April 19 • 11 a.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU ran its Big 12 winning streak to eight games with a sweep of No. 22 Kansas.
• TCU outscored Kansas 25-6 in the series and held the Jayhawks to a .184 batting average.
• Despite the Tuesday loss to DBU, TCU, 14-4 in its last 18 games, remains at No. 15 in the latest RPI.
• TCU sits eighth in the Big 12 with a .291 average, second with a 4.09 ERA and eighth with a .972 fielding percentage.
• TCU has turned 15 double plays in its last 16 games to bring its season-total to 33, a mark that ranks second in the Big 12 and is tied for 14th nationally.
• TCU is tied for sixth nationally with 18 triples, while Sawyer Strosnider's six rank third nationally.
• Strosnider, hitting .393 is fifth in the Big 12, sixth nationally among NCAA freshmen and first among Power 4 freshmen in batting average.
• Strosnider's 55 hits lead the Big 12.
• Chase Brunson has reached safely in all 37 games.
• Kade Eudy is tied for sixth nationally among freshmen with four saves.
ROAD NOTABLES
• TCU opened the season with a road series for the first time since the 2018 season.
• TCU will play 22 road games this season.
• TCU has won 32 of 63 road series since Kirk Saarloos' arrival in 2013.
• TCU is 31-17 in road midweek games with Saarloos.
• TCU is 139-108 on the road with Saarloos on staff and 38-34 with Saarloos as head coach.
• TCU has been above .500 on the road in seven of Saarloos' 12 seasons on staff.
• TCU has won 20 of 45 road conference series since Kirk Saarloos' arrival in 2013.
UCF NOTABLES
• UCF bounced back from a series loss at Kansas State with a 5-1 win over Florida A&M on Tuesday.
• The Knights have just four wins in their last 16 games, but of those 12 losses, 10 are by three or fewer runs.
• UCF's lone Big 12 series win came at BYU (2-1). The Knights have dropped series to Houston (2-1), Cincinnati (0-3), Kansas (0-3) and Kansas State (2-1).
• The Knights lead the Big 12 with a .323 average, rank third with a 4.22 ERA and second in fielding percentage (.979).
• Edian Espinal leads the Knights with a .372 average, while Andrew Williamson and Antonio Jimenez co-lead the squad with seven home runs.
• Lex Boedicker owns the RBI lead with 37.
• On the mound, Kevin Schoneboom leads the team with 16 appearances out of the bullpen.
• The Knights lead the Big 12 with four shutouts.
SERIES HISTORY
• TCU and UCF will be meeting on the diamond for just the seventh time.
• The series is tied at three games each.
• UCF played a three game series at Lupton Stadium in 2006.
• The Knights won the series 2-1, picking up an extra-inning win in the rubber match.
• TCU won 2-1 on Friday before UCF recorded wins of 5-1 and 5-3 in the final two games.
• TCU made the return trip to Florida in 2007 to open up the campaign.
• The Horned Frogs went 2-1 in the series, winning the first two games before dropping the series finale.
• TCU tallied wins of 10-1 and 12-1, while UCF took an 8-6 win in the finale.
