GoFrogs: TCU And Coastal Carolina Set For Tuesday

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GoFrogs: TCU And Coastal Carolina Set For Tuesday

No. 3 TCU (48-16; 15-9 Big 12) @ No. 7 Coastal Carolina (50-16; 21-3 Big South)
Date | Time Tuesday, June 21 – 8 p.m.
Location TD Ameritrade Park (Omaha, Neb.)
Radio Listing KTCU 88.7 FM
TV ESPN
Live Audio Tuesday
Live Video Tuesday
Radio Talent Chuck LaMendola
Tournament Central Tournament All-Access
Game Notes TCU Game Notes

OMAHA, Neb. - TCU will try to stay in the winner’s bracket at the College World Series Tuesday night when it faces Coastal Carolina at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

TCU is coming off a dramatic 5-3 victory over Texas Tech on Sunday afternoon. Luken Baker’s three-run blast in the top of the ninth helped the Horned Frogs rally from a 3-2 deficit entering the final stanza.

Coastal Carolina upended the No. 1-seeded Florida Gators with a 2-1 victory in the final game of the opening round of play in the CWS. Zach Remillard’s RBI-triple in the sixth drove in what proved to be the game-winning run.

TCU NOTABLES
• TCU improved to 4-0 in its opening game of the College World Series with a 5-3 comeback win over Texas Tech on Sunday.
• The TCU win when trailing after eight was its second of the season. The Frogs rallied to defeat West Virginia 11-10 in 10 innings on May 29.
• TCU has homered in 40 games this season. The Frogs improved to 11-0 in game in which it hits multiple home runs.
• TCU ranks dead-last in the NCAA with only seven sacrifice bunts on the season.
• TCU has gone 6-1 in seven NCAA Tournament games this season, outscoring its opponent 37-17.
• TCU is 15-2 in its last 17 games, which started with a 7-3 win at Baylor on May 15.
• TCU improved to 10-0 in games in which Luken Baker homers. Five of his 10 home runs on the season have given TCU a lead or broken a tie.
• TCU continues to pace the Big 12 in batting average (.304) and ERA (3.15).
• TCU ranks 19th nationally with 95 stolen bases.
• Luken Baker paces TCU with a .407 average in the postseason.
• Baker has reached base safely in 36 straight games.
• Cam Warner hit the first home run in the College World Series. He has three home runs in seven postseason games.
• Austen Wade’s 55 walks lead the Big 12 and are the second-most in a single season at TCU. He needs two more walks to tie the school record.
• Durbin Feltman has appeared in four postseason games. He is 1-0 with three saves and has allowed just three base runners in eight innings of work.

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES NOTABLES
• TCU is playing in its fourth College World Series having advance previously in 2010, 2014 and 2015.
• The Frogs are 7-6 all-time in the College World Series.
• TCU is 0-3 in game two of the College World Series, losing to UCLA in 2010, Virginia in 2014 and Vanderbilt in 2015.
• TCU is 4-4 all-time at TD Ameritrade Park.
• TCU has two wins over Florida State, LSU and Texas Tech and one win against UCLA in Omaha.
• The Frogs’ losses came twice to UCLA and Vanderbilt and once each to Virginia and Ole Miss.

SERIES HISTORY
• TCU and Coastal Carolina will be meeting for just the second time on the diamond Tuesday night.
• The Horned Frogs and the Chanticleers squared off on Feb. 23, 2007 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
• Coastal Carolina took an 11-6 decision over TCU.
• The game was played as part of the Baseball at the Beach tournament hosted by the Chanticleers.


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