Frogs Enter Week Two of 2001 Season
2/6/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
104th SEASON OF TCU BASEBALL
This is the 104th edition of TCU baseball. The Frogs have an all-time mark
of 1505-1309-25 for a winning percentage of .534. The Frogs are in their
fifth and final season in the WAC. Last year, the Frogs recorded a 22-34
win-loss mark, including a 12-18 record in conference play. Next season, TCU
will become a member of Conference USA.
HEAD COACH LANCE BROWN
The 2001 Horned Frogs are under the guidance of head coach Lance Brown (TCU,
1967). Brown, TCU’s all-time winningest coach, has a record of 423-404. He
is assisted by Donnie Watson, Barry Takahashi and Tom Hardgrove.
ASTROS COLLEGE CLASSIC RECAP
TCU won only one game in the Astros College Classic, but they picked the
right opponent, beating longtime rival Texas, 2-1... the Frogs lost a
one-run game to Texas Tech (5-4) and 12-4 to Baylor... Walter Olmstead
earned All-Tournament honors for the Frogs, hitting .417 with four extra
base hits... Olmstead was also named the WAC Player of the week after his
performance... Clayton Jerome earned the win over Texas, pitching four
scoreless innings...the win over Texas ended a three-game losing streak to
the Horns... Jared Lundeen hit .400 (4-10) and Erick Macha hit .357 (5-14)
for TCU... as a team, the Frogs hit .276 with nine extra base hits...
opponents hit only .240 in the tournament with seven extra base hits...
Jerome led TCU with six scoreless innings pitched in two relief
appearances... Chris Bradshaw allowed only two hits with seven strikeouts in
five innings pitched against Texas Tech... Chad Durham pitched five innings
against Texas, allowing one run on two hits... the Frogs walked seven and
hit eight batters in the three games... TCU is now 1-2 in three games played
against former SWC rivals... the Frogs still must play 1o more games against
former members of the SWC.
TCU-MISSOURI SOUTHERN SERIES
This will be the first meeting between the two schools... Missouri Southern
opened the 2001 baseball last weekend in Arkansas, losing 25-6 to the
Hogs... after the Wednesday contest against TCU, the Lions will play a
three-game set at Dallas Baptist.
GAME COVERAGE
The Missouri Southern game can be heard on KTCU (88.7 FM) with Chuck
LaMendola calling all the action. TCU fans can access the radio broadcast
of any TCU game from anywhere in the world via the internet at www.ktcu.edu.
The TCU pregame show will begin 15 minutes before the first pitch of every
TCU game.
