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Preview: at Utah - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH – The TCU baseball team will wrap up the regular season portion of its schedule on the road at Utah. The Horned Frogs enter the weekend tied for the third
Preview: at Utah
Regular season concludes on the road
FORT WORTH – The TCU baseball team will wrap up the regular season portion of its schedule on the road at Utah. The Horned Frogs enter the weekend tied for the third in the Big 12 standings.
INSIDE THE SERIES
TCU (35-16, 17-10 Big 12) at Utah (20-27, 7-20 Big 12)
Thursday, May 15 • 7 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU Starter: RHP Tommy LaPour
Friday, May 16 • 7 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU Starter: RHP Caedmon Parker
Saturday, May 17 • 2 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 88.7 KTCU FM/Varsity App
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU picked up a 2-1 series win over Cincinnati in its final home series of the regular season.
• TCU, 21-10 in its last 31 games, remained at No. 16 in the latest RPI which is the highest ranking among Big 12 institutions.
• TCU's strength of schedule sits at 16th nationally, while its non-conference SOS is 26th.
• TCU is fourth in the Big 12 with a .297 average, third with a 4.30 ERA and seventh with a .974 fielding percentage.
• TCU hit nine home runs over the weekend to run its season total to 62, its most since the 2022 season.
• TCU is third nationally with 25 triples.
• TCU is hitting .348 in the month of May and .318 since the calendar flipped to April.
• Sawyer Strosnider's nine triples tied the single-season school record and are tied for first nationally.
• Strosnider's .372 average is seventh nationally among freshman and first among Power 4 freshmen.
• Anthony Silva hit TCU's first walk-off home run on Saturday since Luke Boyerswalked off Army in 2022.
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 65 road series since Kirk Saarloos' arrival in 2013.
• TCU is 31-17 in road midweek games with Saarloos.
• TCU is 141-112 on the road with Saarloos on staff and 40-36 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 47 road conference series since Kirk Saarloos' arrival in 2013.
UTAH NOTABLES
• Utah is coming off a series victory at No. 18 Arizona and a midweek loss to BYU.
• Utah has series wins over Oklahoma State and BYU.
• The Utes have dropped series to Arizona State, at West Virginia, at Baylor, vs. Kansas and at Houston.
• Utah sits sixth in the league with a .291 average, 12th in ERA at 6.17 and eighth in fielding percentage at .974.
• Utah has allowed the fewest stolen bases in the league this season (33-for-47).
• Core Jackson leads the team in hitting (.353) with a team-high 16 doubles, 12 home runs, 43 RBIs and 19 stolen bases.
• Easton Jones leads the team with 16 appearances out of the bullpen and is tied for second with two saves.
• Starter Colter McAnelly has been the starting pitcher for both Utah shutouts this season.
• McAnelly ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 90 strikeouts.
SERIES HISTORY
• The Horned Frogs and the Utes will be meeting for the 33rd time.
• TCU leads the all-time series 27-6.
• TCU and Utah last played in the Mountain West Conference Tournament on May 27, 2011 (TCU wins 14-1).
• TCU and Utah are reuniting as conference foes for the third time
• TCU and Utah were conference foes as members of the WAC from 1997-99 and Conference USA from 2002-05.
• TCU went 6-1 against Utah while in the WAC with both series played in Fort Worth (4-0 in 1998 and 2-1 in 1999).
• TCU was 19-3 against Utah in Conference USA and 2-2 against the Utes in conference tournament play.
• TCU is 5-1 all-time against Utah in Salt Lake City with the last visit coming in 2009.
