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Preview: at No. 24 Arizona - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – TCU hits the road for a key Big 12 series this weekend at No. 24 Arizona. The Horned Frogs, third in the league standings, and the Wildcats, fourth
Preview: at No. 24 Arizona
TCU is 11-5 on the road this season
FORT WORTH – TCU hits the road for a key Big 12 series this weekend at No. 24 Arizona. The Horned Frogs, third in the league standings, and the Wildcats, fourth in league standings, are separated by just one game. TCU has won three of its four road series this season.
INSIDE THE SERIES
TCU (32-13, 14-7 Big 12) at No. 24 Arizona (31-13, 13-8 Big 12)
Friday, May 2 • 8 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU Starter: RHP Tommy LaPour
Saturday, May 3 • 8 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU Starter: RHP Caedmon Parker
Sunday, May 4 • 2 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU picked up its fifth Big 12 series win, going 2-1 against Baylor this past weekend.
• The Horned Frogs wrapped up the midweek portion of their schedule 9-2 after a win over UTA on Tuesday.
• TCU, 18-7 in its last 25 games, held steady at No. 17 in the latest RPI.
• TCU's strength of schedule sits at 26th nationally.
• TCU is eighth in the Big 12 with a .290 average, second with a 3.96 ERA and seventh with a .973 fielding percentage.
• TCU's 3.96 ERA ranks 16th nationally and ninth among Power 4 programs.
• TCU is tied for fifth nationally with 22 triples, while Sawyer Strosnider's seven are tied for second nationally with five others.
• Strosnider's .373 average is seventh among freshmen.
• Tommy LaPour turned in his sixth straight quality start and lowered his ERA to 2.14, a mark that leads the Big 12 and ranks 13th nationally.
• Kade Eudy is tied for fifth nationally among freshmen with six 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 64 road series since Kirk Saarloos' arrival in 2013.
• TCU is 31-17 in road midweek games with Saarloos.
• TCU is 140-110 on the road with Saarloos on staff and 39-35 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 46 road conference series since Kirk Saarloos' arrival in 2013.
ARIZONA NOTABLES
• Arizona bounced back from a series loss at Texas Tech with a midweek win over New Mexico State.
• The Wildcats have won five of seven Big 12 series (vs. Cincinnati, at West Virginia, at Arizona State, vs. Oklahoma State and at BYU).
• The two series losses came at home to Baylor and at Texas Tech
• Arizona sits ninth in the league with a .284 batting average, fourth in ERA 4.57 and sixth in fielding percentage at .975.
• Arizona leads the country with 28 triples this season.
• Aaron Walton is the leading hitter at .352, while Mason White leads the team with nine home runs and 44 RBI.
• Walton is the biggest run threat with 15 of Arizona's 40 stolen bases on the year.
• On the mound, Collin McKinney's 3.02 ERA ranks 7th in the Big 12.
• Tony Pluta has 10 saves in 24 appearances.
SERIES HISTORY
• TCU and Arizona will be meeting for the 12th time.
• The Wildcats hold a 7-4 series lead.
• TCU has won the last three meetings.
• Two of those wins were in the NCAA Regionals - 11-5 (2010 Fort Worth); 12-4 (2023 Fayetteville).
• TCU picked up a 6-1 win over the Wildcats at Lupton Stadium on Feb. 28, 2024.
• The series began in 1956, also in the NCAA Tournament. Arizona swept TCU in the two games.
• TCU is 1-4 all-time in Tucson.
• All five of those meetings took place March 11-14, 1970.
• TCU and Arizona played a neutral site game in Round Rock on March 11, 2004 which Arizona won 5-2.
• TCU assistant coach Dave Lawn spent eight seasons (2016-23) as the pitching coach at Arizona.
