2020 TCU2021 BASEBALL TCU HORNED FROGS BASEBALL #8 TCU Horned Frogs (27-9, 10-2 Big 12) vs. Kansas Jayhawks (21-16, 3-9 Big 12) GAME DAY INFORMATION TCU KANSAS GAME INFORMATION Location: Fort Worth, Texas HORNED FROGS JAYHAWKS Friday • April 23 • 6:30 p.m. Field: Lupton Stadium Austin Krob vs. Ryan Cyr TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Record: 27-8 Record: 21-16 Saturday • April 24 • 4 p.m. Radio: KTCU 88.7 FM Live Stats: GoFrogs.com Home Record: 15-2 Away Record: 9-10 Johnny Ray vs. Cole Larsen Live Video: WatchESPN.com Big 12: 10-2 Big 12: 3-9 Sunday • April 25 • Noon Twitter: @TCU_Baseball Instagram: @TCUBaseball Head Coach: Jim Schlossnagle Head Coach: Ritch Price TBA vs. Eli Davis Facebook: www.facebook.com/TCUBaseball TCU NOTABLES KANSAS NOTABLES 2021 SCHEDULE (All times central) • TCU pulled into a tie with Texas atop the Big 12 • Kansas lost an 8-1 midweek decision at UT Arlington standings with a sweep of No. 12 Oklahoma State. on Wednesday after dropping a 2-1 series to Baylor FEBRUARY (5-2, 0-0 Big 12) 20 vs. Ole Miss (FloSports.com)^ L, 3-7 • The Horned Frogs are currently 5-0 during an eight- last weekend. 21 vs. Mississippi State (FloSports.com)^ W, 3-2 game homestand. • The Jayhawks are 0-4 in Big 12 series this season, 22 vs. Arkansas (FloSports.com)^ L, 1-4 • TCU sits at No. 4 in the latest RPI report. It’s strength but have avoided the sweep in three of the four. 23 Texas Southern W, 20-0 26 Liberty (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 4-1 of schedule is ranked No. 9 nationally. • Weather issues have forced the Jayhawks to play six 27 Liberty (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-2 • TCU ranks second in the Big 12 in batting average doubleheaders this season. 27 Liberty (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 12-2 (.296), fourth in ERA (4.17) and third in fielding per- • Kansas ranks seventh in the league with a .271 av- MARCH (12-5, 3-0 Big 12) centage (.977). erage, seventh in ERA (5.10) and second in fielding 2 Stephen F. Austin (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-3 • TCU ranks third nationally in walks (213), second in percentage (.977). 5 vs. TAMU-CC (AT&T Sports SW)! W, 15-5 6 vs. Texas State (AT&T Sports SW)! W, 10-0 runs scored (304) and seventh in stolen bases (74). • Tavian Josenberger leads the team and ranks ninth in 7 vs. Sam Houston St. (AT&T Sports SW)! L, 5-6 (10) • TCU has homered in 12 straight games. The 46 home the Big 12 with a .350 average. 9 @ Texas State (ESPN+) L, 1-11 runs are tied for the 15th most in the NCAA. • Skyler Messenger leads the Big 12 with 15 doubles. 10 @ UTSA (CUSA.TV) W, 6-3 12 Gonzaga (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 8-13 • TCU has 17 triples on the season, one off the national • James Cosentino paces the squad with four home 13 Gonzaga (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 7-1 lead of 18 by Alabama State. runs. 14 Gonzaga (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 7-10 (11) • The TCU pitching staff has racked up 376 strikeouts • Daniel Hegarty leads the Jayhawks with 14 appear- 17 UAPB (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 20-2 19 @ Louisiana (ESPN+) L, 2-7 this season, a total that is eighth nationally. ances this season. 20 @ Louisiana (ESPN+) W, 13-4 • Phillip Sikes has reached safely in 25 straight games, • Jonah Ulane leads the team with five saves in his 12 21 @ Louisiana (ESPN+) W, 5-1 while Tommy Sacco has reached in 24 straight. appearances. 23 Tarleton State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) PPD 27 Baylor* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 3-1 • Brayden Taylor’s 10 home runs are tied for third 28 Baylor* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 11-2 among NCAA freshmen and second among true SERIES NOTABLES 29 Baylor* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 10-1 freshman. • TCU and Kansas are meeting on the diamond for the 30 @ UT Arlington W, 5-3 29th time in school history. APRIL (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) HOME NOTABLES • TCU leads the all-time series 18-10, including a mark 2 @ Oklahoma* (FSSW) W, 11-7 3 @ Oklahoma* (FSOK+) W, 17-6 • TCU will play 29 home games during the 2021 season. of 16-9 under the guidance of Jim Schlossnagle. 4 @ Oklahoma* (SS.TV) W, 7-3 • TCU is 423-138 all-time at Lupton Stadium. • TCU took two of three against Kansas at Lupton Sta- 6 @ Tarleton State W, 13-9 • TCU is 402-129 at Lupton Stadium under the guidance dium in 2019, the last time the teams met on the field. 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) of Jim Schlossnagle. • TCU has won six of the seven series against Kansas 11 @ #8 Texas Tech* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) L, 7-17 (7) • TCU is 4-1 in home series this season and 4-0 in mid- since joining the league in 2013. 13 Tarleton State W,10-2 week games. All four series wins have been sweeps. • The Jayhawks only series victory came in 2013 at 16 #12 Oklahoma St.* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-8 17 #12 Oklahoma St.* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 8-7 • TCU is 117-19-2 in home series under Schlossnagle Lupton Stadium. 18 #12 Oklahoma St.* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 12-6 • TCU has won 20 or more games in 14 of the 18 sea- • TCU is 9-5 against the Jayhawks in Fort Worth. 20 UT Arlington (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) W, 9-1 sons Lupton Stadium has been in existence. • The Horned Frogs have won three of four Big 12 se- 23 Kansas* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 6:30 p.m. 24 Kansas* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 4 p.m. • TCU has averaged over 4,000 fans per game in five of ries at home against Kansas. 25 Kansas* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) Noon the last six seasons. 27 @ UT Arlington 6:30 p.m. 30 @ West Virginia* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 5:30 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Pos. No. Name BA GP-GS R H HR RBI SB Notes MAY (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) C 10 Zach Humphreys, Sr. .295 33-32 36 36 5 26 4 Hitting .327 in Big 12 play w/ 8 RBIs 1 @ West Virginia* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 3 p.m. 2 @ West Virginia* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) Noon 1B 16 Gene Wood, Sr. .278 35-32 31 32 7 35 14 Has 32 RBIs in the last 23 games 4 Incarnate Word (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 6:30 p.m. 2B 28 Gray Rodgers, Jr. .299 28-25 20 26 3 22 2 Has 13 RBIs in last eight games 7 Texas* (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. 8 Texas* (ESPNU) 2 p.m. 3B 55 Brayden Taylor, Fr. .308 34-34 38 41 10 40 8 Driven in 8 runs in last two games 9 Texas* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 1 p.m. SS 25 Tommy Sacco, Jr. .229 35-35 18 27 1 17 5 Reached safely in 24 straight 11 UTRGV (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 6:30 p.m. LF 1 Elijah Nunez, Fr. .256 34-34 26 34 1 13 7 Has four hits in last three games 14 ULM (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 6:30 p.m. 15 ULM (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 4 p.m. CF 11 Phillip Sikes, Jr. .350 34-33 36 43 4 37 8 Has reached safely in 25 straight games 16 ULM (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 1 p.m. RF 45 Luke Boyers, Fr. .321 23-22 24 27 0 13 6 Had two RBIs in Sunday’s win vs. OSU 18 Texas State (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 6:30 p.m. DH 6 Hunter Wolfe, Sr. .339 33-30 28 37 6 30 11 Hit .500 in the Oklahoma State series 20 @ Kansas State* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 6 p.m. 21 @ Kansas State* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 6 p.m. 22 @ Kansas State* (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) 1 p.m. Probable Starters T No. Name W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K Notes L 39 Austin Krob 4-0 3.56 48.0 36 20 19 20 58 Holding opponents to a .207 average * - Big 12 game R 37 Johnny Ray 2-2 5.97 28.2 26 19 19 20 33 TCU is 5-2 in games he starts this year ^ - State Farm College Baseball Showdown - Arlington ! - Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic - Houston @ - Chickasaw Bricktown Park (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 2021 TCU BASEBALL Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle Career: 797-383 (.675); 20 Seasons @ TCU: 720-336 (.682); 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.