2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team

Team of Texas Christian University

2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball
College World Series, L, 1–2
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record48–18 (17–7 Big 12)
Head coach
  • Jim Schlossnagle (11th season)
Hitting coachBill Mosiello (1st season)
Pitching coachKirk Saarloos (2nd season)
Home stadiumLupton Stadium
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
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Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y 18 – 6   .750 48 – 18   .727
No. 5 TCU ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 7   .708 48 – 18   .727
Kansas ‍‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 35 – 26   .574
No. 8 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 45 – 21   .682
No. 3 Texas ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 46 – 21   .687
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 28 – 26   .519
Baylor ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 26 – 31   .456
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 29 – 29   .500
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 5 – 19   .208 25 – 30   .455
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The 2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2014 college baseball season. TCU competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Horned Frogs played home games at Lupton Stadium on the university's campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Eleventh year head coach Jim Schlossnagle led the Horned Frogs.

Personnel

Coaches

2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball coaching staff[2]
No. Name Position Tenure Alma mater
22 Jim Schlossnagle Head coach 11th season Elon University
14 Bill Mosiello Associate head coach 1st season California State University, Fresno
2 Kirk Saarloos Assistant coach 2nd season California State University, Fullerton
28 Zach Etheredge Volunteer assistant coach 1st season University of Texas at San Antonio

Players

2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball roster[2]
No. Name Pos. B T CL Hometown Previous school
00 Kevin Cron 1B R R Jr. Phoenix, Arizona Mountain Pointe High School
1 Cody Jones OF S R Jr. Round Rock, Texas Temple College
3 Ty Slanina OF L L Fr. East Bernard, Texas East Bernard High School
4 Connor Castellano INF L R Jr. Shreveport, Louisiana Santa Fe College
5 Derek Odell INF L R Jr. Canyon, Texas Canyon High School
6 Kyle Bacak C R R Sr. Katy, Texas San Jacinto College
7 Michael Landestoy 1B R R Fr. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Saint George School
8 Boomer White OF R R So. Houston, Texas Memorial High School
9 Michael Douglas INF R R Jr. Atlanta, Georgia Lee County High School
11 Travis Evans LHP L L Jr. Round Rock, Texas Round Rock High School
12 Riley Ferrell RHP R R So. College Station, Texas A&M Consolidated High School
13 Tyler Alexander LHP L L Fr. Southlake, Texas Carroll Senior High School
15 Dylan Delso C S R So. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Cowley College
17 Ryan Burnett LHP L L Fr. The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands High School
18 Preston Morrison RHP R R Jr. Waxhaw, North Carolina Cuthbertson High School
21 Brian Trieglaff INF R R RS Fr. Houston, Texas Houston Christian High School
23 Alex Young LHP L L So. Hawthorn Woods, Illinois Carmel Catholic High School
24 Connor Beck OF R R Fr. Midland, Texas Midland High School
25 Will Foreman C/OF R R Jr. Houston, Texas Lamar High School
26 Keaton Jones INF R R Jr. Laguna Beach, California Laguna Beach High School
27 Jordan Kipper RHP R R Jr. Phoenix, Arizona Central Arizona College
29 Brandon Finnegan LHP L L Jr. Fort Worth, Texas Southwest High School
31 Jerrick Suiter C/OF R R Jr. Valparaiso, Indiana Valparaiso High School
32 Jeremie Fagnan OF L R Jr. Calgary, Alberta Midland College
33 Mitchell Traver RHP R R RS Fr. Sugar Land, Texas Houston Christian High School
34 Garrett Crain INF S R Jr. Mustang, Oklahoma Rose State College
35 Robby Medel RHP R R Fr. Arlington, Texas Bowie High School
37 Walker Pennington OF R R Fr. Houston, Texas Memorial High School
38 Dylan Fitzgerald OF L R Sr. Santa Ana, California Cypress College
39 Preston Templer RHP R R Fr. Fort Worth, Texas All Saints' Episcopal School
40 Trey Teakell RHP R R RS Jr. Weatherford, Texas Weatherford High School
43 Brandon Gilson LHP L L Fr. Prosper, Texas Prosper High School
44 Brian Howard RHP R R Fr. St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis University High School
47 Will Fox INF L R Fr. Montgomery, Texas Montgomery High School

Schedule

2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball game log: 48–18
Regular season: 38–15
February: 6–3
Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Result Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12
February 14 6:30 PM Jacksonville No. 19 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 5–0 Finnegan (1–0) McRae (0–1) 3,742 1–0
February 15 2:00 PM Jacksonville No. 19 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 5–1 Morrison (1–0) Gordon (0–1) — 3,375 2–0
February 16 1:00 PM Jacksonville No. 19 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 0–2 Russel (1–0) Alexander (0–1) Maxon (1) 3,105 2–1 —
February 18 6:30 PM Northern Colorado No. 19 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 10–3 Kipper (1–0) Wagner (0–1) — 3,107 3–1 —
February 21 2:00 PM vs. BYU No. 19 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX
(Kleberg Bank College Classic)		 W 10–0 Finnegan (2–0) Mahoney (0–2) — N/A 4–1 —
February 22 6:00 PM at Texas A&M–CC No. 19 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX
(Kleberg Bank College Classic)		 W 7–4 Ferrell (1–0) Keith (0–1) — 2,839 5–1 —
February 23 12:00 PM vs. UTSA No. 19 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX
(Kleberg Bank College Classic)		 W 5–1 Alexander (1–1) Justin Anderson (1–1) Teakell (1) 2,377 6–1 —
February 25 6:30 PM UT Arlington No. 12 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 2–10 Vachon (1–2) Kipper (1–1) — 2,837 6–2 —
February 28 3:36 PM vs. Sam Houston State No. 12 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX
(Houston College Classic)		 L 4–9 Eppler (2–1) Finnegan (2–1) — N/A 6–3 —
March: 9–9
Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12
March 1 7:35 PM vs. No. 15 Rice No. 12 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX
(Houston College Classic)		 L 0–1 Fox (3–0) Morrison (1–1) Lemond (3) N/A 6–4 —
March 2 5:34 PM vs. Houston No. 12 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX
(Houston College Classic)		 W 2–1 Young (1–0) Robinson (1–1) Ferrell (1) N/A 7–4 —
March 4 6:35 PM Dallas Baptist No. 28 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 5–4
(15)		 Triglaff (1–0) Conn (0–1) — 2,755 8–4 —
March 7 6:35 PM Michigan State No. 28 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 1–2 Vieaux (1–1) Finnegan (2–2) Lowery (2) 3,126 8–5 —
March 8 1:04 PM Michigan State No. 28 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 1–4 VanVossen (3–0) Morrison (1–2) Kinley (4) 2,910 8–6 —
March 9 1:02 PM Michigan State No. 28 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 6–2 Alexander (2–1) Rihtarchick (0–2) — 3,144 9–6 —
March 11 6:30 PM at No. 29 Rice No. 30 Reckling Park • Houston, TX L 0–5 McDowell (2–1) Kipper (1–2) McCarthy (1) 2,889 9–7 —
March 14 6:30 PM Dartmouth No. 30 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 4–1 Finnegan (3–2) Concato (0–1) Ferrell (2) 3,461 10–7 —
March 15 2:00 PM Dartmouth No. 30 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 5–1 Morrison (2–2) Danielak (0–1) — 2,968 11–7 —
March 16 1:00 PM Dartmouth No. 30 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 8–0 Alexander (3–1) Sulser (1–1) — 2,751 12–7 —
March 18 6:00 PM at Oklahoma No. 27 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 5–9 Evans (2–1) Young (1–1) — 1,154 12–8 —
March 21 6:30 PM Texas Tech* No. 27 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 9–0 Finnegan (4–2) Moreno (1–4) — 4,242 13–8 1–0
March 22 2:00 PM Texas Tech* No. 27 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 2–10 Drozd (2–0) Morrison (2–3) — 4,028 13–9 1–1
March 23 1:00 PM Texas Tech* No. 27 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 2–12 Sadberry (3–1) Alexander (3–2) — 3,548 13–10 1–2
March 25 6:30 PM UT Pan American Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 11–0 Kipper (2–2) Tokunaga (1–3) — 2,759 14–10 —
March 26 6:30 PM UT Pan American Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Cancelled (rain)
March 28 6:30 PM at Oklahoma State* Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 3–1 Finnegan (5–2) Perrin (2–2) Ferrell (3) 482 15–10 2–2
March 29 3:00 PM at Oklahoma State* Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 1–2 McCurry (5–0) Young (1–2) — 1,664 15–11 2–3
March 30 1:00 PM at Oklahoma State* Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 4–9 Wheeland (1–0) Alexander (3–3) — 1,210 15–12 2–4
April: 16–1
Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12
April 1 6:30 PM at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 12–6 Kipper (3–2) Schnedler (1–2) — 609 16–12 —
April 4 6:30 PM West Virginia* Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 4–3 Teakell (1–0) Bennett (2–1) — 3,578 17–12 3–4
April 5 2:00 PM West Virginia* Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 8–0 Morrison (3–3) Carley (5–1) — 3,924 18–12 4–4
April 5 5:00 PM West Virginia* Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 3–1 Alexander (4–3) Bennett (2–2) Ferrell (4) 3,924 19–12 5–4
April 8 6:30 PM at Dallas Baptist Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX W 7–1 Kipper (4–2) Smith (2–2) — 955 20–12 —
April 11 6:00 PM at Kansas* Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 5–2 Finnegan (6–2) Piche (4–4) Ferrell (5) 1,234 21–12 6–4
April 12 3:00 PM at Kansas* Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 3–1 Morrison (4–3) Kahana (2–5) Ferrell (6) 1,530 22–12 7–4
April 12 6:00 PM at Kansas* Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS L 1–5 Duncan (4–1) Young (1–3) Villines (4) 1,530 22–13 7–5
April 15 6:30 PM Houston Baptist Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 13–0 Kipper (5–2) McCollough (1–1) — 2,886 23–13 —
April 17 6:00 PM at No. 4 Texas* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 Finnegan (7–2) French (4–3) Ferrell (7) 5,435 24–13 8–5
April 18 4:00 PM at No. 4 Texas* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 Morrison (5–3) Peters (5–3) Ferrell (8) 6,757 25–13 9–5
April 19 2:00 PM at No. 4 Texas* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 Teakell (2–0) Thornhill (6–1) Ferrell (9) 7,535 26–13 10–5
April 22 6:00 PM vs. No. 21 Texas Tech No. 15 Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX W 4–0 Kipper (6–2) Taylor (5–1) Teakell (2) 1,437 27–13 —
April 25 6:30 PM Cal State Northridge No. 15 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 6–2 Teakell (3–0) Rutherford (3–4) Young (1) 3,228 28–13 —
April 26 4:00 PM Cal State Northridge No. 15 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 1–0 Morrison (6–3) Maltese (2–2) — 3,756 29–13 —
April 27 1:00 PM Cal State Northridge No. 15 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 3–0 Alexander (5–3) Salas (4–4) Ferrell (10) 3,027 30–13 —
April 29 6:30 PM at Stephen F. Austin No. 13 Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches TX W 14–4 Kipper (7–2) Maynard (0–3) — 592 31–13 —
May: 7–2
Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12
May 2 6:30 PM Kansas State* No. 13 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 5–0 Morrison (7–3) MaVorhis (5–6) — 3,613 32–13 11–5
May 3 4:00 PM Kansas State* No. 13 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 3–1 Alexander (6–3) Griep (3–5) Ferrell (11) 3,584 33–13 12–5
May 4 1:00 PM Kansas State* No. 13 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 21–7 Teakell (4–0) Moore (5–3) — 3,630 34–13 13–5
May 9 6:30 PM Oklahoma* No. 10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 10–2 Finnegan (8–2) Evans (3–4) — 4,046 35–13 14–5
May 10 3:30 PM Oklahoma* No. 10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 5–7
(11)		 Neuse (1–0) Ferrell (1–1) — 3,839 35–14 14–6
May 11 1:00 PM Oklahoma* No. 10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 9–1 Alexander (7–3) Choplick (3–4) — 3,485 36–14 15–6
May 13 11:30 AM UT Arlington No. 9 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Cancelled (rain)
May 15 6:35 PM at Baylor* No. 9 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX L 3–6 Newman (5–3) Finnegan (8–3) — 2,636 36–15 15–7
May 16 6:35 PM at Baylor* No. 9 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX W 5–0 Morrison (8–3) Castano (5–4) — 2,891 37–15 16–7
May 17 3:05 PM at Baylor* No. 9 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX W 7–1 Alexander (8–3) Lewis (2–2) — 3,496 38–15 17–7
Post–season: 10–3
Big 12 Tournament (4–0)
Date Time Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Result Win Loss Save Attendance Overall B12T
May 21 12:30 PM vs. (7) Baylor (2) No. 12 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 8–5 Kipper (8–2) Newman (5–4) Ferrell (12) N/A 39–15 1–0
May 22 4:00 PM vs. (6) West Virginia (2) No. 12 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 6–2 Morrison (9–3) Walter (1–6) — 4,164 40–15 2–0
May 24 9:00 AM vs. (7) Baylor (2) No. 12 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 4–1 Teakell (5–0) Michalec (0–5) Ferrell (13) 4,474 41–15 3–0
May 25 4:15 PM vs. (1) No. 7 Oklahoma State (2) No. 12 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 7–1 Alexander (9–3) Freeman (2–1) — 7,686 42–15 4–0
Fort Worth Regional (3–0)
Date Time Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Result Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT
May 30 7:00 PM vs. (4) Siena (1) No. 9 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 2–1
(11)		 Teakell (6–0) Quintana (4–3) — 4,120 43–15 1–0
May 31 7:00 PM vs. (3) Sam Houston State (1) No. 9 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 3–2
(22)		 Trieglaff (2–0) Ebbs (3–2) Ferrell (14) 4,207 44–15 2–0
June 1 7:00 PM vs. (3) Sam Houston State (1) No. 9 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 6–1 Alexander (10–3) Godail (3–1) — 4,012 45–15 3–0
Fort Worth Super Regional (2–1)
Date Time Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Result Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT
June 7 3:00 PM No. 11 Pepperdine (7) No. 3 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 3–2 Finnegan (9–3) Miller (9–5) Ferrell (15) 5,094 46–15 4–0
June 8 5:00 PM No. 11 Pepperdine (7) No. 3 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 2–3 Brown (13–1) Morrison (9–4) Karch (16) 5,620 46–16 4–1
June 9 3:00 PM No. 11 Pepperdine (7) No. 3 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 6–5 Ferrell (2–1) Karch (4–2) — 4,450 47–16 5–1
College World Series (1–2)
Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Result Win Loss Save Attendance Overall CWS
June 15 2:00 PM vs. No. 7 Texas Tech (7) No. 2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 3–2 Ferrell (3–2) Drozd (7–1) — 24,587 48–16 1–0
June 17 7:00 PM vs. (3) No. 1 Virginia (7) No. 2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 2–3
(15)		 Lewicki (8–1) Teakell (6–1) — 24,285 48–17 1–1
June 19 7:00 PM vs. No. 4 Ole Miss (7) No. 2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 4–6 Laxer (3–2) Kipper (8–3) Greenwood (5) 25,873 48–18 1–2
*Big 12 Conference game. #Rankings from Collegiate Baseball released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'2323*—————————2119191910——
Baseball America19191622——————23171213139——
Collegiate Baseball^191912283027————151310912932
NCBWA†222316212724————2822202020167—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Quick facts Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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