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GoFrogs: TCU Set For Friday Night Rematch
No. 3 TCU (49-16; 15-9 Big 12) @ No. 7 Coastal Carolina (51-17; 21-3 Big South)
Date | Time Friday, June 24 – 7 p.m.
Location TD Ameritrade Park (Omaha, Neb.)
Radio Listing KTCU 88.7 FM
TVÂ ESPN
Live Audio Friday
Live Video Friday
Radio Talent Chuck LaMendola
Tournament Central Tournament All-Access
Game Notes TCU Game Notes
OMAHA, Neb. -Â TCU is in full control of its destiny Friday night as it needs just one win to advance to the CWS Championship series. Friday night’s game rematch against Coastal Carolina is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN.
TCU improved to 2-0 in the College World Series with a 6-1 victory over Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night. The Horned Frogs received a dominating performance from Ryan Burnett, who retired all 10 batters he faced to notch his first career save. Offensively, the Frogs took advantage of a pair of Coastal Carolina errors to score three unearned run. Luken Baker started the scoring with his 11th home run of the season in the second.
Coastal Carolina bounced back with a 7-5 victory over No.3-seeded Texas Tech on Thursday to move to 2-1 in the College World Series. The Chanticleers were opportunistic, scoring six unearned runs on three Texas Tech errors. David Parrett notched three RBIs on two hits in the game.
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU remains in the winner’s bracket after a 6-1 defeat of Coastal Carolina Tuesday night.
• 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.
• TCU has scored a College World Series-leading 11 runs in its first two games.
• TCU has homered in 41 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 7-1 in eight NCAA Tournament games this season, outscoring its opponent 43-18.
• TCU is 16-2 in its last 18 games, which started with a 7-3 win at Baylor on May 15.
• TCU improved to 11-0 in games in which Luken Baker homers. Six of his 11 home runs on the season have given TCU a lead or broken a tie.
• TCU continues to pace the Big 12 in batting average (.303) and ERA (3.11).
• TCU ranks 19th nationally with 97 stolen bases.
• Luken Baker paces TCU with a .467 average in the NCAA tournament.
• Baker has reached base safely in 37 straight games.
• Cam Warner hit the first home run in the College World Series. He has three home runs in eight postseason games.
• Austen Wade’s 56 walks lead the Big 12 and are the second-most in a single season at TCU. He needs one more walks to tie the school record.
• Ryan Burnett has a win and a save in the first two games of the College World Series. He has retired all 11 batters he has faced.
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES NOTABLES
• TCU is playing in its fourth College World Series having advance previously in 2010, 2014 and 2015.
• The Frogs are 8-6 all-time in the College World Series.
• TCU recorded its first Game 2 victory on Tuesday to stay in the winner’s bracket. The Frogs are now 1-3 in those contests.
• TCU is 5-4 all-time at TD Ameritrade Park.
• TCU has two wins over Florida State, LSU and Texas Tech and one win against UCLA and Coastal Carolina 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 third time on the diamond Friday night.
• The series is knotted at a game apiece.
• 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 theBeach tournament hosted by the Chanticleers.