GoFrogs: TCU Baseball at Tarleton Preview

[TopFrog]

TCU Horned Frogs (17-11, 5-4 Big 12) at Tarleton Texans (14-11, 1-6 WAC)

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Location: Stephenville, Texas
Field: Rip Griffin Park
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Audio: KTCU 88.7 FM
Live Stats: GoFrogs.com
Live Video: WatchESPN.com
Twitter: @TCU_Baseball Instagram: @tcubaseball
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TCUBaseball

TCU HORNED FROGS
Record: 17-11
Away Record: 4-5
Big 12: 5-4
Head Coach: Kirk Saarloos

TARLETON TEXANS
Record: 14-11
Home Record: 12-3
WAC: 1-6
Head Coach: Aaron Meade

GAME INFORMATION
Tuesday • April 4 • 6:30 p.m.
Braeden Sloan vs. Isiah Campa

TCU NOTABLES
• Despite a series loss at No. 22 Texas Tech this past weekend, TCU has won seven of its last nine games.
• TCU has scored in double-digits five times in the last nine games and are averaging 11.2 runs in that stretch.
• TCU sits at No. 47 in the RPI after the weekend.
• TCU ranks sixth in the Big 12 with a .280 average, fourth with a 4.63 ERA and fourth with a .972 fielding
percentage.
• TCU went 15-for-15 in stolen bases over the weekend to run its season total to 58 which ranks fourth in the
Big 12.
• TCU is one of 14 schools with four shutouts this year.
• TCU has played errorless baseball in nine of its last 13 games.
• Cole Fontenelle has reached safely in 21 straight contests.
• In the last four games, TCU has had a trio of players, Luke Boyers, Cole Fontenelle and Anthony Silva, have
two home run games.
• Garrett Wright picked up his first save of the season on Saturday. He is the fourth Horned Frog to tally a save this season.
• Brayden Taylor reached double figures in home runs for the third straight season.

ROAD NOTABLES
• TCU will play 17 road games this season.
• TCU has won 28 of 52 road series since Kirk Saarloos’ arrival in 2013.
• TCU is 27-14 in road midweek games under Saarloos.
• TCU is 113-90 on the road with Saarloos on staff.
• TCU has been above .500 on the road in six of Saarloos’ 10 seasons on staff.
• TCU has won 17 of 37 road conference series since Kirk Saarloos’ arrival in 2013.

TARLETON NOTABLES
• Tarleton has lost six straight entering the week. The Texans were swept at UTRGV this past weekend.
• The Texans are 12-3 at home, including a 1-1 mark in midweek games.
• Tarleton is 2-3 overall in midweek games this season.
• Tarleton is hitting .310 as a team, pitching to the tune of a 5.49 ERA and fielding at a .965 clip.
• The Texans have stolen 60 bases in 74 attempts led by 16 from Kooper Shook.
• Trace Morrison (.397) and Mason Hammonds (.387) lead the team in batting average.
• Dylan Kurahashi-Choy Foo and Jack Wagner co-lead the team with 26 RBIs.
• On the mound, Grant Garza leads the team with nine appearances out of the bullpen.
• Zach Poe is the lone member of the pitching staff with a save.

SERIES NOTABLES
• TCU and Tarleton State are meeting for the 25th time on Tuesday.
• TCU holds a 22-2 series lead.
• Tuesday’s meeting is the second of two this season
• TCU swept the series from Tarleton in 2021, winning 13-9 in Stephenville and 10-2 in Fort Worth.
• TCU faced Tarleton State in 2021 for the first time since the 2000 campaign.
• All but five of the meetings against the Texans have come in Fort Worth
• The Frogs are 5-0 in Stephenville with the first-ever meeting coming on Feb. 19, 1988 when the Frogs swept a doubleheader.
• Tarleton’s last win in the series came in extra innings on March 26, 2000.

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[QuilterFrawg]

I guess this can serve as the game thread.
Go Frogs!

 

[ShreveFrog]

Bozo must be moonlighting as the director for this tv production.

 

[ShreveFrog]

Amazing play by Richardson in previous inning!

 

[ShreveFrog]

Guess Nunez is still hurt and Taylor is suspended? Saarloos, too?

 

[hometown frog]

Guess Nunez is still hurt and Taylor is suspended? Saarloos, too?

I never saw any tweets or posts on either suspension. But im assuming that’s the case.

 

[hometown frog]

Anybody wanna explain the furry duck suit over the right shoulder of RH hitters tonight? What tha….

 

[ShreveFrog]

Happy Easter ???

 

[Deep Purple]

Happy Easter ???

The Easter Duck??

 

[Deep Purple]

Are these announcers seriously pumping a "rivalry" between Tarlton and TCU? If so, they may find it a bit one-sided.

 

[ShreveFrog]

Good to see Bishop mash one!

 

[Deep Purple]

Funniest part is when they said Stephenville and Fort Worth are "synonymous." Right. A town of 22,000 is "synonymous' with a metropolitan city of 964,000.

 

[QuilterFrawg]

 

[hometown frog]

We just don’t seem to be very good on the mound

 

[helcap]

Are these announcers seriously pumping a "rivalry" between Tarlton and TCU? If so, they may find it a bit one-sided.

It sure is.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Not a good night to be without Taylor and Nunez.

 

[ShreveFrog]

So Saarloos doesn’t have to serve a suspension. Maybe wishes he did.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

So Saarloos doesn’t have to serve a suspension. Maybe wishes he did.

Who knows, he may have to serve it during a conference game.

 

[Deep Purple]

We just don’t seem to be very good on the mound

Thus far tonight we also haven't been very good in the field or at the plate, so it's a trifecta. I hate these weekday games that the Frogs take far too lightly. You can tell that the passion and energy are not nearly what they exhibit on weekends against conference opponents.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Thus far tonight we also haven't been very good in the field or at the plate, so it's a trifecta. I hate these weekday games that the Frogs take far too lightly. You can tell that the passion and energy are not nearly what they exhibit on weekends against conference opponents.

Tough spot with the series starting Thursday. Trying to save pitching for OSU.
Might have been different if Chase Hoover had started and been allowed to go deep into the game.
Plus Tarelton State has nothing to lose.