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GoFrogs: TCU baseball set to host ACU tonight

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Field: Lupton Stadium
Tuesday, Feb. 18 • 6:30 p.m.
Riley Cornelio vs. Spencer Chirpich
TV: HFTV
Radio: KTCU 88.7 FM
Live Stats: GoFrogs.com
Live Video: GoFrogs.com
Twitter: @TCU_Baseball
Instagram: @ TCUBaseball
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TCUBaseball

TCU HORNED FROGS
Record: 3-0
Home Record: 3-0
Big 12: 0-0
Head Coach: Jim Schlossnagle

ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS
Record: 4-0
Away Record: 0-0
Southland: 0-0
Head Coach: Rick McCarty

TCU NOTABLES
• TCU swept a season-opening series for the first time since the 2 017 campaign.
• It’s the fifth time (2005, ‘10, ‘15, ‘17) under the guidance of head coach Jim Schlossnagle that TCU has swept an opening series.
• Twelve Horned Frogs made their debut over the weekend.
• TCU leads the Big 12 with a 1.33 ERA after the first weekend of action.
• TCU averaged 7.3 runs per game and hit .258 with a .4 2 3 slugging percentage.
• The Horned Frogs, led by Hunter Wolfe’s three stolen bases, were 6-of-7 in stolen bases.
• Gray Rodgers and Phillip Sikes hit safely in all three games .
• Graduate transfer Gene Wood hit two home runs in Sunday’s game. He had hit one in his previous four seasons at Alabama.
• The starting trio of Johnny Ray, Charles King and Russell Smith allowed just two earned runs.
• The bullpen allowed just three runs (two earned) in 11 1/ 3 innings of work .

HOME NOTABLES
• TCU will play 29 home games during the 2020 season.
• TCU is 403-135 all-time at Lupton Stadium.
• TCU is 382-126 at Lupton Stadium under the guidance of Jim Schlossnagle.
• TCU has won 20 or more games in 14 of the 17 seasons Lupton Stadium has been in existence.
• TCU has averaged over 4,000 fans per game in each of the last five seasons.
• TCU ranked 10th nationally in average attendance in 2019 (4,378).

ABILENE CHRISTIAN NOTABLES
• Abilene Christian swept a four game series against Utah Valley over the weekend.
• The Wildcats won a pair of one-run games, including an extra inning affair on Sunday.
• ACU hit .309 as a team, posted an ERA of 1.89 and fielded at a .973 clip over the weekend.
• Abilene Christian is averaging 6.8 runs per game.
• Tommy Cruz leads the team with a .500 (6-for-12) average, while Joseph Craig and Hunter Gieser pace the squad with five RBIs each.
• ACU was successful in five of six stolen base at-tempts, led by two from Cameron Cromer.
• Tyler Morgan picked up the lone save for the Wildcats over the weekend.
• Tanner Riley, Taylor Munkres and Trevor Jackson each made two appearances on the mound.

SERIES NOTABLES
• TCU and Abilene Christian will be meeting on the diamond for the 26th time on Tuesday night.
• TCU holds a 24-1 record all-time against the Wildcats.
• The contest marks the first of two meetings against the Wildcats this season. TCU will travel to ACU on March 31.
• TCU swept the season series in 2019, winning 12-4 at home and 11- 6 in Abilene.
• The 2015 season marked the first time the teams had met since the 1995 campaign. They have played every year since.
• TCU is 2-1 all-time against Abilene Christian at Lupton Stadium.
• TCU is 7-1 against the Wildcats under the guidance of Jim Schlossnagle.
 
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