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[TopFrog]

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Horned Frogs set in for a three game series

Parker Fleming

After ending their five-game homestand with a 2-4 loss against the No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners, the TCU Horned Frogs travel to Houston this weekend for a three-game series with the Cougars (13-14 on the season).

After a hot start to the season, the Frogs (20-7, 5-2 in Mountain West Conference play) have cooled down quite a bit.

Ranked as high as No. 4 in some polls, TCU has fallen now to No. 11 in the national rankings.

The Frogs boast a 6-5 record since March 19, and their offense has stalled in their recent games. The Horned Frogs' road to Omaha for the College World Series has become that much more difficult, thanks to the loss to Oklahoma, and some key losses to Air Force, San Diego State and Dallas Baptist.

Head coach Jim Schlossnagle said "there is no one game that makes or breaks the season," but losses start to add up, and the competition for the Top Eight spots is tougher every week.

Schlossnagle pointed out that in four consecutive home games, the Horned Frogs have had to play from behind, giving up runs in the top of the first.

He also noted that the team has not been itself in the past few weeks. Errors, failure to get the third out to prevent runs, and runners left on base have defined the Horned Frogs' play as of late. Schlossnagle pointed to "two-out runs" and the Horned Frogs' failure to generate them, as well as their inability to prevent them.

When asked what is causing the drop in the teams play, sophomore Taylor Featherston said it was a tough question and he was unsure of the answer.

That phrase just about sums up the sentiment of the entire team.

Schlossnagle didn't attribute the recent disappointing play to any one aspect of the game that the team could improve but said that the best thing the team could do now is "to try and show that we can go out and win three games in a weekend."

This is a long season, not even halfway done, and the Horned Frogs are still nationally ranked, but as the season goes on, they are going to have to put together some quality wins to get to Omaha. They look to improve their case for Omaha at the University of Houston this weekend.

TCU vs. Houston
When: 6:30 p.m. Friday, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday
Where: Houston
Follow the games on KTCU 88.7 FM.

[TopFrog]

The Frogs boast a 6-5 record since March 19, and their offense has stalled in their recent games. The Horned Frogs' road to Omaha for the College World Series has become that much more difficult, thanks to the loss to Oklahoma, and some key losses to Air Force, San Diego State and Dallas Baptist.

Quit picking on the No. 11 team.

[NativeFrog]

A sweep over the Cougars is pretty much a necessity.

[Houston Frog]

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Head coach Jim Schlossnagle said "there is no one game that makes or breaks the season," but losses start to add up, and the competition for the Top Eight spots is tougher every week.

See, Schloss still thinks we're in the running for a Super Regional

[leofrog]

See, Schloss still thinks we're in the running for a Super Regional

Yeah, but what does he know. He is only the coach!!

[TopFrog]

Yeah, but what does he know. He is only the coach!!

He also states the obvious which many others have pointed out of the recent play.

The team needs to use it's "So What" motto in somewhat reverse fashion, and say, OK, we haven't played like we can lately, we've had some tough losses, but "so what?" We know we are better and we are going to get back to playing like we are capable.

[TopFrog]

A sweep over the Cougars is pretty much a necessity.

For what?

[frogyou]

For what?

3 wins.

and i agree, the only way to get 3 wins is to sweep.

[satis1103]

Houston "won" the Houston College Classic in impressive fashion, beating 3 Big XII teams including Texas. Then after continuing that momentum through the next weekend vs. Cal Poly SLO, they proceeded to lose 9 of 13. Not as bad as it sounds since ASU and Rice were 6 of those 9, but you'd figure they'd win maybe one or two more games in that stretch.

So my question - are they mediocre and the performance at the HCC was a fluke? Or are they a really good team who's blown a couple to UTSA, USF and UCF?

[Houston Frog]

Houston "won" the Houston College Classic in impressive fashion, beating 3 Big XII teams including Texas. Then after continuing that momentum through the next weekend vs. Cal Poly SLO, they proceeded to lose 9 of 13. Not as bad as it sounds since ASU and Rice were 6 of those 9, but you'd figure they'd win maybe one or two more games in that stretch.

So my question - are they mediocre and the performance at the HCC was a fluke? Or are they a really good team who's blown a couple to UTSA, USF and UCF?

I think they're a "pretty" good team who pitched really well against UT and Mizzoo. We should definitely take at least 2 of 3 from them

[PurpleBlood87]

When does TCU play Sand Diego State again?

[TopFrog]

When does TCU play Sand Diego State again?

Which beach do they play on out there?

[Leap Frog]

When does TCU play Sand Diego State again?

2011, unless we play them in the tourney.