2020 TCU2021 BASEBALL TCU HORNED FROGS BASEBALL #12 TCU Horned Frogs (36-16, 17-7 Big 12) at Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships GAME DAY INFORMATION TCU DIVISION ONE DIVISION TWO Location: Oklahoma City, Okla. HORNED FROGS BRACKET BRACKET Field: Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark No. 1 Texas: 40-13; 17-7 TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Record: 36-16 No. 4 Oklahoma State: 32-16-1; 12-12 No. 2 TCU: 36-16; 17-7 Radio: KTCU 88.7 FM Live Stats: GoFrogs.com Neutral Record: 3-3 No. 5 Oklahoma: 27-26; 11-13 No. 3 Texas Tech: 35-13; 14-10 Live Video: WatchESPN Big 12: 17-7 Kansas: 30-26; 8-16 No. 6 Baylor: 31-18, 11-13 Twitter: @TCU_Baseball Instagram: @TCUBaseball Head Coach: Jim Schlossnagle West Virginia: 23-25; 8-16 No. 7 Kansas State: 31-21, 10-14 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TCUBaseball TCU NOTABLES CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT NOTABLES 2021 SCHEDULE (All times central) • TCU picked up a win at K-State to clinch a share of • TCU owns two conference titles in Conference USA, the Big 12 Conference regular season title. four in the Mountain West and two in the Big 12. FEBRUARY (5-2, 0-0 Big 12) 20 vs. Ole Miss (FloSports.com)^ L, 3-7 • TCU sits at No. 7 in the latest RPI report. It’s strength • TCU has won eight titles in the last 16 years of the 21 vs. Mississippi State (FloSports.com)^ W, 3-2 of schedule is ranked No. 6 nationally. conference tournament, including the 2014 and 2016 22 vs. Arkansas (FloSports.com)^ L, 1-4 • Brayden Taylor was named the Big 12 Freshman of Big 12 championships. 23 Texas Southern W, 20-0 26 Liberty (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 4-1 the Year. Ten other Frogs earned All-Conference rec- • TCU has played in a tournament championship game 27 Liberty (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-2 ognition. eight times and is 7-1 in those contests. One champi- 27 Liberty (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 12-2 • TCU ranks third in the Big 12 in batting average (.290), onship game (2005 vs. Tulane) was rained out. MARCH (12-5, 3-0 Big 12) third in ERA (4.19) and second in fielding percentage • TCU is 43-18 in conference tournaments under Jim- 2 Stephen F. Austin (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-3 (.978). Schlossnagle and 49-32 all-time dating back to its 5 vs. TAMU-CC (AT&T Sports SW)! W, 15-5 6 vs. Texas State (AT&T Sports SW)! W, 10-0 • TCU eclipsed the 100 stolen base mark for the first first tournament appearance in 1991 as members of 7 vs. Sam Houston St. (AT&T Sports SW)! L, 5-6 (10) time since the 2017 campaign. the SWC. 9 @ Texas State (ESPN+) L, 1-11 • Eight Horned Frogs have drawn at least 20 walks this • TCU is 18-10 in the Big 12 Tournament, including a 18-8 10 @ UTSA (CUSA.TV) W, 6-3 12 Gonzaga (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 8-13 season. Two (Elijah Nunez and Brayden Taylor) have record in Oklahoma City. 13 Gonzaga (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 7-1 drawn 40 walks. • TCU has had 56 players honored on the all-tourna- 14 Gonzaga (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 7-10 (11) • Haylen Green picked up his league-leading 11th save ment squads over the last 17 years. 17 UAPB (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 20-2 19 @ Louisiana (ESPN+) L, 2-7 on Friday. That marks is tied for seventh nationally. • TCU is 38-15 in road tournament games since 2004. 20 @ Louisiana (ESPN+) W, 13-4 • Zach Humphreys has reached safely in 24 straight • Three of TCU’s 18 losses in the conference tournament 21 @ Louisiana (ESPN+) W, 5-1 games. during the Schlossnalge era have come at Lupton Sta- 23 Tarleton State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) PPD 27 Baylor* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 3-1 • Porter Brown enters the tournament with home runs dium, one was in Houston in 2004, four in Las Vegas, 28 Baylor* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 11-2 in back-to-back games. eight in Oklahoma City and two in Tulsa. 29 Baylor* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 10-1 • TCU has failed to win a conference tournament game 30 @ UT Arlington W, 5-3 INSIDE TCU’S BRACKET just once (2015) under the guidance of head coach Jim APRIL (14-3, 10-3 Big 12) • TCU’s side of the bracket features No. 3 Texas Tech, Schlossnagle. 2 @ Oklahoma* (FSSW) W, 11-7 3 @ Oklahoma* (FSOK+) W, 17-6 No. 6 Baylor and No. 7 Kansas State. • The Frogs have won tournament titles at Houston, at 4 @ Oklahoma* (SS.TV) W, 7-3 • TCU played two of the three schools (Texas Tech and Southern Miss, at UNLV twice, at TCU, at San Diego 6 @ Tarleton State W, 13-9 Kansas State) on the road this season, posting a 5-4 State and in Oklahoma City. 9 @ #8 Texas Tech* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 7-3 10 @ #8 Texas Tech* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 5-6 (10) record in those contests. 11 @ #8 Texas Tech* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 7-17 (7) • TCU won one of the three series, sweeping a home NEUTRAL SITE NOTABLES 13 Tarleton State W,10-2 series against Baylor. • TCU has played six neutral site games in 2021, all six 16 #12 Oklahoma St.* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-8 17 #12 Oklahoma St.* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 8-7 • The other bracket features No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Okla- as part of two tournaments. 18 #12 Oklahoma St.* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 12-6 homa State and No. 5 Oklahoma. Kansas and West • TCU went 1-2 at Globe Life Field and 2-1 in Minute 20 UT Arlington (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-1 Virginia will play for the No. 8 seed.. Maid Park. 23 Kansas* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 15-1 24 Kansas* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 10-3 • TCU was a combined 12-3 against the teams that • TCU is 89-53 all-time in neutral site contests under 25 Kansas* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 1-2 comprise the other bracket. the tutelage of Jim Schlossnagle. 27 @ UT Arlington W, 8-3 30 @ West Virginia* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 8-2 PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Pos. No. Name BA GP-GS R H HR RBI SB Notes MAY (5-6, 4-4 Big 12) C 10 Zach Humphreys, Sr. .312 49-48 52 58 6 35 8 Thrown out 33% of base stealers 1 @ West Virginia* (ESPNU) W, 5-3 2 @ West Virginia* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-1 1B 16 Gene Wood, Sr. .290 44-39 37 40 7 39 16 Tied for fourth in Big 12 in SB 7 #6 Texas* (ESPNU) L, 4-5 OR 9 Conner Shepherd, Sr. .272 33-21 22 22 4 19 2 Only has 17 career starts at first 8 #6 Texas* (ESPNU) W, 2-1 OR 3 Austin Henry, Sr. .313 26-13 7 15 1 4 3 Six of 15 hits have gone for extra bases 9 #6 Texas* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 3-9 2B 28 Gray Rodgers, Jr. .281 44-40 29 41 3 30 4 Has 22 RBIs in 21 Big 12 games 14 ULM (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 3-4 15 ULM (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 9-13 3B 55 Brayden Taylor, Fr. .320 50-50 45 62 10 47 11 Ranks 10th in the Big 12 in RBIs 15 ULM (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 6-4 SS 25 Tommy Sacco, Jr. .242 51-51 25 43 1 23 8 Fourth on team with 12 doubles 18 Texas State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) Canceled LF 27 Porter Brown, Fr. .349 39-22 18 30 3 23 6 Homered in last two games at KSU 20 @ Kansas State* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 2-4 CF 1 Elijah Nunez, Fr. .223 48-48 35 41 1 16 10 Ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 41 walks 21 @ Kansas State* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 8-6 RF 11 Phillip Sikes, Jr. .339 50-49 50 62 10 56 10 Second on team with a .438 OB% 22 @ Kansas State* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 8-11 DH 6 Hunter Wolfe, Sr. .325 44-41 36 49 6 40 12 Third on the team in RBIs. Potential Starters * - Big 12 game T No. Name W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K Notes ^ - State Farm College Baseball Showdown - Arlington ! - Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic - Houston R 12 Jacob Meador 1-1 3.71 17.0 13 7 7 10 20 Has made three career starts @ - Chickasaw Bricktown Park (Oklahoma City, Okla.) L 33 Russell Smith 6-3 3.91 71.1 65 34 31 15 83 Ranks sixth in the league in strikeouts R 37 Johnny Ray 3-3 6.50 44.1 47 32 32 28 45 Has made 11 starts this season L 39 Austin Krob 7-1 3.70 73.0 68 32 30 33 79 Second in the league lead with 7 victories R 53 Luke Savage 3-0 3.12 17.1 15 9 6 4 16 TCU is 3-0 in games he starts 2021 TCU BASEBALL Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle Career: 806-390 (.674); 20 Seasons @ TCU: 729-343 (.681); 18 Seasons Career Notes: 2011 Notes (43-19, 20-3 MWC) • In his 18th season at TCU and 20th overall • Guided TCU to its third 40-win regular season and The 40-win season was the sixth • Spent two seasons at UNLV; posted a record of in school history 77-47 • TCU’s 20-3 record in league play matched its best finish since joining the conference • Managed the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National in 2006 Team • TCU was the MWC regular season champs for the sixth straight year • Member of the 2006 Team USA Coaching Staff that • Led TCU to its eighth-straight NCAA Regional appearance won a gold medal • Ranks 5th among active coaches in winning percentage entering the 2020 season 2010 Notes (54-14, 19-5 MWC) • Seven-time MWC Coach of the Year (2003, 2006-11) • Passed Frank Windegger to move into second on the all-time wins list with win No.