Category: Sports

  • FWST: TCU’s Evan Skoug has played mentor role well for Luken Baker

    FWST: TCU’s Evan Skoug has played mentor role well for Luken Baker BY GIL LEBRETON glebreton@star-telegram.com OMAHA, NEB. – Sometimes, his roommate reports, TCU’s Luken Baker brings his 0-for-4 day back to the room with him. Just imagine the plundering and the pillaging. But scratch that visual, please. Baker, the Horned Frogs’ resident Viking, doesn’t go…

  • FWST: TCU optimistic about chances with staff approach on mound

    FWST: TCU optimistic about chances with staff approach on mound BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com OMAHA, NEB. – One of the first things the TCU pitching staff heard from coach Jim Schlossnagle was that they were going to have to be a pitching staff. As in, collective. This would not be a year when four pitchers would…

  • FWST: TCU coach compares Luken Baker’s hitting to Matt Carpenter

    FWST: TCU coach compares Luken Baker’s hitting to Matt Carpenter BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com OMAHA, NEB. – Luken Baker’s polish at the plate makes coach Jim Schlossnagle think of former TCU hitter Matt Carpenter. “Very similar in terms of their approach,” Schlossnagle said. Carpenter had a feel for the strike zone that Schlossnagle recognizes in Baker,…

  • GoFrogs: Baker’s Bomb Leads TCU’s Rally

    http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/061916aaa.html GoFrogs: Baker’s Bomb Leads TCU’s Rally Final Stats |  Photo Gallery 1  |  Photo Gallery 2  | Postgame Quotes | Highlights OMAHA, Neb. — Luken Baker’s ninth inning, three-run home run propelled the TCU Horned Frogs to a 5-3 victory over Texas Tech Sunday afternoon. With the win, TCU improved to 4-0 all-time in its opening game of the College World Series. The Rundown…

  • Today’s U: Chauncey Collins’ departure setting stage for TCU basketball

    Today’s U: Chauncey Collins’ departure setting stage for TCU basketball BySean Cordy Last week, TCU’s leading scorer from the 2015-16 season, point guard Chauncey Collins, made it official that he would be pursuing playing at the professional level, leaving Fort Worth with a couple years of eligibility left. Considering the Horned Frogs haven’t finished better…

  • Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: TCU powers past Texas Tech 5-3

    Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: TCU powers past Texas Tech 5-3 By KRISTA PIRTLE A-J MEDIA OMAHA — After Robert Dugger was magnificent in Texas Tech’s 13 inning thriller over East Carolina a week ago, all he could do was turn and look as Luken Baker hammered a home run over the seats in left field. The Red Raiders were…

  • FWST: TCU 5, Texas Tech 3: Numbers, notes, quotes from CWS opener

    FWST: TCU 5, Texas Tech 3: Numbers, notes, quotes from CWS opener BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com OMAHA, NEB. – Some of the numbers, notes and quotes from TCU’s 5-3 victory against Texas Tech in the College World Series on Sunday (game recap here): NotablesTCU improved to 7-6 in College World Series games and 4-0 in openers.…

  • FWST: Baker power strikes again for TCU, winning CWS opener

    [star]http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article84762982.html[/star] FWST: Baker power strikes again for TCU, winning CWS opener BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com OMAHA, NEB. – The moment the ball hit Luken Baker’s bat in the ninth inning Sunday at the College World Series, it made a sound the TCU Horned Frogs recognize. It’s gone. “Honestly, our dugout goes completely silent,” pitcher Brian Trieglaff…

  • FWST: TCU’s Luken Baker’s at-bats becoming must-see TV

    FWST: TCU’s Luken Baker’s at-bats becoming must-see TV BY GIL LEBRETON glebreton@star-telegram.com OMAHA, NEB. – Relief pitcher Brian Trieglaff, you could tell, was trying not to sound like the guy on TV, the one in overalls with a few missing teeth, who claims to have just spotted a UFO. “All we hear,” Trieglaff said, “is the…

  • FWST: TCU’s Schlossnagle has mastered the art of baseball

    FWST: TCU’s Schlossnagle has mastered the art of baseball BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com By now, TCU pitching coach Kirk Saarloos is not surprised by a very late text or an email time-stamped 4:30 a.m. It’s the boss. “I call him the CEO of TCU baseball,” Saarloos said. “I’ve never been around someone who has more of…