Frogs Open League Play At UNLV Friday Night
3/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 18, 2011
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU Horned Frogs will kick off Mountain West Conference play Friday night when they hit the road to take on a red-hot UNLV squad that enters the weekend 16-4 on the season. The series-opener Friday night will pit a pair of 4-0 pitchers in Kyle Winkler and Tanner Peters against each other. First pitch is set for 8:05 p.m. (CST).
PITCHING ROTATION
FRIDAY, MARCH 18 • 8:05 p.m.
Kyle Winkler (4-0, 0.00) vs. Tanner Peters (4-0, 0.00)
SATURDAY, MARCH 19 • 8:05 p.m.
Matt Purke (2-1, 0.66) vs. Joe Robinson (3-0, 4.72)
SUNDAY, MARCH 20 • 1 p.m.
Steven Maxwell (1-0, 3,75) vs. Travis Iodence (3-0, 1.67)
WILSON STADIUM | LAS VEGAS, NEV.
TV: None | Radio: KTCU 88.7 FM
TCU NOTABLES
• The Frogs have won six of nine games in the month of March.
• TCU saw its 15 game winning streak over UTA come to an end Tuesday night.
• Four of TCU's six losses this season have come in the opponent's last at-bat.
• Kyle Winkler continues to dominate as he turned in his fourth straight start without allowing an earned run. The streak has stretched to 28 1/3 innings.
• Brance Rivera has pushed his hitting streak to 16 games, while Jerome Pena's streak reached 15 contests.
• Andrew Mitchell didn't allow an earned run in 2 2/3 innings pitch, pushing his streak to 20 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run.
ROAD NOTABLES
• The Horned Frogs will play 22 road games in 2011.
• TCU went 20-7 on the road in 2011.
• Under Coach Schlossnagle, the Horned Frogs have a record of 108-67 on an opponent's home field.
• TCU is off to a 4-1 start on the road.
UNLV NOTABLES
• The Rebels have come barreling out of the gate under new head coach Tim Chambers. They are winners of 16 of the first 20 games under his direction.
• Tanner Peters has been as impressive as Winkler this season as he is 4-0 without allowing an earned run in 29 innings pitched this season.
• Rance Roundy has been tearing the cover off the ball to the tune of a .461 average with six home runs.
• Defense is the weak point with a .965 fielding percentage.
SERIES NOTABLES
• Friday's meeting with the Rebels will be the 30th all time. TCU holds a 27-12 series lead.
• TCU has won 11 straight in the series dating back to a March 30, 2008 loss in Las Vegas.
• The last time the Frogs visited Las Vegas was in 2009 and TCU swept the three-game series.
• Since Jim Schlossnagle arrived in 2004, the Horned Frogs are 20-2 against the Rebels.
• UNLV's lone victories since 2004 came in 2008.
