TCU Set For Showdown Tuesday With Oklahoma

April 26, 2011

No. 13 Oklahoma Sooners

29-11 (9-7 Big 12)

No. 7 TCU Horned Frogs

29-12 (13-2 MWC)

TUESDAY, APRIL 26 • 6:30 PM

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TV: The Mtn.

• PROBABLE STARTERS •
TCU - RHP Andrew Mitchell
3-0, 1.07 ERA, 42.0 IP, 16 BB, 40 K
Oklahoma - RHP Bobby Shore
2-2, 4.17 ERA, 45.1 IP, 18 BB, 36 K

FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU Horned Frogs will look to get back on the winning track Tuesday night when they host the Oklahoma Sooners. First pitch at Lupton Stadium is set for 6:30 p.m. Andrew Mitchell will be making his fifth start of the season.

TCU NOTABLES
• TCU saw its seven game winning streak come to an end with a 9-7 loss at Dallas Baptist Monday night.
• The Frogs are still an impressive to 14-3 in the month of April.
• Kyle Winkler tossed his fifth career complete game on Thursday.
• Winkler tallied his league-leading seventh win of the season.
• Stefan Crichton picked up two saves last week.
• TCU was hit by the pitch four times over the weekend, bringing its season total to 63.
• Kyle Starratt punched out a career-high eight at DBU Monday.
• Erik Miller set a career-high with nine strikeouts on Friday night.

HOME NOTABLES
• TCU has improved to 19-8 at home this season.
• TCU is 185-56 at Lupton under Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle.
• The Frogs rank ninth nationally in attendance with an average of 4,192 fans per game.

OKLAHOMA NOTABLES
• Oklahoma went 3-1 last week to move their record to 29-11. The one loss came at the hands of Dallas Baptist.
• Two wins over Nebraska moved the Sooners to 9-7 in the Big 12.
• Offense is the name of the game for Oklahoma as it is hitting .335 as a team led by Ricky Eisenberg's .408 average and Garrett Buechele's .401 average.
• Buechele leads the team with 50 RBIs in 40 games played.
• The Sooners don't give away anything for free as they are fielding at a .974 clip with just 39 errors.
• On the mound, the pitching staff has posted a 3.09 ERA to go along with a .245 opponents batting average against.

SERIES NOTABLES
• TCU and Oklahoma will be meeting for the 87th time on Tuesday night.
• Oklahoma holds a 61-35 lead in the series.
• Oklahoma has swept the season series and won seven straight over the last three seasons.
• TCU dropped a 13-6 decision to Oklahoma in Norman in the first meeting this season back on April 12.
• TCU's last win against Oklahoma was on April 17, 2007 (11-4 in Fort Worth).
• Oklahoma is 6-2 all-time at Lupton Stadium.

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