# 2024 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team

The 2024 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Lupton Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Kirk Saarloos, in his third year as head coach and twelfth season at TCU.

## Previous season

The 2023 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team notched a 44-24 (13–11) record. They won the Big 12 tournament and advanced to the College World Series.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at TCU | Alma mater |
| Kirk Saarloos | Head coach | 12 | Cal State Fullerton (2001) |
| T. J. Bruce | Associate head coach | 2 | Long Beach State (2004) |
| John DiLaura | Assistant Coach | 6 | Michigan (2013) |
| Dave Lawn | Assistant coach | 1 | UC Santa Barbara (1987) |

### Roster
## Schedule and results

2024 TCU Horned Frogs baseball game log :
Regular season (20–8) :
February (9–0)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
Feb 166:30 pmESPN+Florida Gulf Coast*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 10–9Cawyer (1–0)Hartman (0–1)—4,5681–0—Stats Story
Feb 172:00 pmESPN+Florida Gulf Coast*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 13–10Sloan (1–0)Dempsey (0–1)Abeldt (1)4,0292–0—Stats Story
Feb 1812:30 pmESPN+Florida Gulf Coast*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 13–10Cawyer (2–0)Love (0–1)Hodges (1)4,0523-0—Stats Story
Feb 206:00 pmESPN+Texas State*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 6–5Rodriguez (1–0)Robie (0–1)Abeldt (2)4,4124-0—Stats Story
Feb 236:30 pmESPN+vs. No. 20 UCLA*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 4–3Tolle (1–0)Jewett (0–1)Abeldt (3)5,0045-0—Stats Story
Feb 244:00 pmESPN+vs. No. 20 UCLA*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 6–3Sloan (2–0)McIlroy (1–1)Hoover (1)5,2786-0—Stats Story
Feb 251:00 pmESPN+vs. No. 20 UCLA*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 13–3$^{(7)}$Morris (1–0)Barnett (1–1)—4,8257-0—Stats Story
Feb 276:00 pmESPN+Washington State*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 8–7$^{(12)}$Cawyer (3–0)Baughn (0–1)—3,9878-0—Stats Story
Feb 286:00 pmESPN+Arizona*No. 5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 6–1Sloan (3–0)Garayzar (0–2)—3,7019-0—Stats Story :
March (11–7)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
Mar 12:00 pmFloSportsUSC*No. 5Globe Life Field Arlington, TXW 9–8$^{(11)}$Ayers (1–0)Ryhlick (0–1)—10-0—Stats Story
Mar 26:00 pmFloSportsArizona State*No. 5Globe Life Field Arlington, TXW 11–9Cawyer (4–0)Behrens (2–1)—10,54711-0—Stats Story
Mar 33:00 pmFloSportsUSC*No. 5Globe Life Field Arlington, TXW 9–5Hierholzer (1–0)Hammond (0–2)—6,51612-0—Stats Story
Mar 56:00 pmESPN+Abilene Christian*No.5Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 4-0Parker (1–0)McGarrh (2–1)—4,34413-0—Stats Story
Mar 86:00 pmESPN+at KansasNo. 5Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KSL 1-3Reese (3–1)Tolle (1–1)Cranton (1)56413-10-1Stats Story
Mar 92:00 pmESPN+at KansasNo. 5Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KSL 4-8Voegele (2–0)Klecker (0–1)—90813-20-2Stats Story
Mar 101:00 pmESPN+at KansasNo. 5Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KSW 13-4Cawyer (5–0)Moore (0–1)—1,11014-21-2Stats Story
Mar 126:30 pmESPN+at No. 19 Dallas Baptist*No. 12Horner Ballpark Dallas, TXW 9-6Rodriguez (2–0)Benge (1–1)—2,21315-2—Stats Story
Mar 156:30 pmESPN+OklahomaNo. 12Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXL 3-7K. Witherspoon (2–1)Cawyer (5–1)—4,54715-31-3Stats Story
Mar 165:00 pmESPN+OklahomaNo. 12Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXL 5-7M. Witherspoon (1–1)Morris (1–1)—4,22415-41-4Stats Story
Mar 171:00 pmESPN+OklahomaNo. 12Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXL 4-9Hitt (2–1)Sloan (3–1)—4,50015-51-5Stats Story
Mar 196:00 pmESPN+UT Arlington*No. 18Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 7-3Bixby (1–0)Wallace (0–5)—4,30716-5—Stats Story
Mar 226:00 pmESPN+at Oklahoma StateNo. 18O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OKW 1-0Tolle (2–1)Garcia (2–3)—4,97917-52-5Stats Story
Mar 236:00 pmESPN+at Oklahoma StateNo. 18O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OKL 2-6Holiday (2–1)Klecker (0–2)—5,30917-62-6Stats Story
Mar 241:00 pmESPN+at Oklahoma StateNo. 18O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OKL 3-6Molsky (3–0)Sloan (3–2)—4,18417-72-7Stats Story
Mar 286:00 pmESPN+HoustonLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 14-1Rodriguez (3–0)Jean (2–2)—3,87518-73-7Stats Story
Mar 296:30 pmESPN+HoustonLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 6-2Tolle (3–1)LaCalameto (2–1)—4,25119-74-7Stats Story
Mar 302:00 pmESPN+HoustonLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TXW 6-4Abeldt (1–0)Stuart (2–2)Cawyer (1)4,66820-75-7Stats Story :
April (0–1)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
Apr 26:00 pmat UT Arlington*Clay Gould Ballpark Arlington, TXL 4-6Wallace (1–5)Mosiello (0–1)Steeber (2)59220-8—Stats Story
Apr 54:00 pmESPN+at CincinnatiUC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati,OH
Apr 61:00 pmESPN+at CincinnatiUC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati,OH
Apr 711:00 amESPN+at CincinnatiUC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati,OH
Apr 96:00 pmESPN+UT Rio Grande Valley*Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX—
Apr 106:00 pmESPN+UT Rio Grande Valley*Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX—
Apr 126:30 pmESPN+Texas TechLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
Apr 133:00 pmESPNUTexas TechLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
Apr 141:00 pmESPN+Texas TechLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
Apr 166:05 pmESPN+at Abilene Christian*Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX—
Apr 196:30 pmESPNUat TexasDisch-Falk Field Austin, TX
Apr 206:00 pmESPNUat TexasDisch-Falk Field Austin, TX
Apr 211:00 pmLHNat TexasDisch-Falk Field Austin, TX
Apr 236:00 pmESPN+Dallas Baptist*Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX—
Apr 266:30 pmESPNUKansas StateLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
Apr 274:00 pmESPNUKansas StateLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
Apr 281:00 pmESPNUKansas StateLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX :
May (0–0)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
May 36:00 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 42:00 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 51:00 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 106:00 pmESPN+New Mexico State*Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX—
May 114:00 pmESPN+New Mexico State*Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX—
May 121:00 pmESPN+New Mexico State*Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX—
May 146:00 pmESPN+Baylor*Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
May 166:00 pmESPN+West VirginiaLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
May 176:30 pmESPN+West VirginiaLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
May 184:00 pmESPN+West VirginiaLupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = TCU team member :
"*" indicates a non-conference game. "#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest. "" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA regional, respectively. :

## Rankings

Ranking movements :
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
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† 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.