2024 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team

2024 TCU Horned Frogs baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	20-8 (5–7 Big 12)
Head coach	Kirk Saarloos (3rd as head coach, 12th overall season)
Assistant coaches	T. J. Bruce (2nd season) John DiLaura (6th season) Dave Lawn (1st season)
Home stadium	Lupton Stadium

2024 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍y	23	–	7		.767			37	–	19		.661
No. 16 Oklahoma State ‍‍‡‍y	19	–	9		.679			40	–	17		.702
Texas ‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			35	–	22		.614
West Virginia ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			33	–	22		.600
Cincinnati ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			32	–	25		.561
Kansas State ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			32	–	24		.571
Kansas ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			31	–	23		.574
UCF ‍‍‍y	14	–	15		.483			35	–	19		.648
TCU ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			33	–	21		.611
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			33	–	26		.559
Baylor ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			22	–	31		.415
Houston ‍‍‍	7	–	21		.250			26	–	28		.481
BYU ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			21	–	31		.404
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2024 Rankings from D1baseball

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

2024 TCU Horned Frogs roster
	Pitchers 3 - Caedmon Parker – RS Sophomore 11 - Ben Hampton – Senior 12 Ben Abeldt – Sophomore 17 - Kole Klecker – Sophomore 18 - Storm Hierholzer – RS Junior 21 - Zachary Cawyer – Junior 25 - Jax Traeger – Sophomore 27 - Carson Cormier – Freshman 28 - Cohen Feser – Junior 29 - Mason Bixby – Freshman 30 - Louis Rodriguez – Sophomore 31 - Andrew Mosiello - RS Junior 32 - Braeden Sloan – Sophomore 33 - Zack Morris – RS Senior 36 - Chase Hoover – Sophomore 38 - Colt Taylor – RS Senior 41 - Holden Harris – Freshman 43 - Jax Lewis – Freshman 44 - Hunter Hodges – Senior 47 - Blake Rogers – RS Freshman 61 - Kyle Ayers – Junior		Catchers 4 - Kurtis Byrne – Senior 14 - Karson Bowen – Sophomore 34 - Dallen Leach – RS Senior 37 - Tim Reynolds – Sophomore Infielders 0 - Ryder Robinson – Freshman 1 - Peyton Chatagnier – RS Senior 5 - Anthony Silva – Sophomore 7 - Gabe Miranda – RS Freshman 8 - Jack Basseer – Sophomore 9 - Brody Green – Junior 16 - Micah Kendrick – Freshman 23 - Fisher Ingersoll – Sophomore 26 - Cameron Sos – Freshman 35 - Zach Wadas - Freshman 49 - Payton Tolle – Junior		Outfielders 6 - Luke Boyers – Senior 10 - Jake Duer – Sophomore 13 - Sam Myers – Freshman 15 - Chase Brunson – Freshman 20 - Jack Arthur – RS Sophomore 22 - Logan Maxwell – Junior

Schedule and results

2024 TCU Horned Frogs baseball game log
Regular season (20–8)
February (9–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Feb 16 6:30 pm ESPN+ Florida Gulf Coast* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 10–9 Cawyer (1–0) Hartman (0–1) — 4,568 1–0 — Stats Story Feb 17 2:00 pm ESPN+ Florida Gulf Coast* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 13–10 Sloan (1–0) Dempsey (0–1) Abeldt (1) 4,029 2–0 — Stats Story Feb 18 12:30 pm ESPN+ Florida Gulf Coast* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 13–10 Cawyer (2–0) Love (0–1) Hodges (1) 4,052 3-0 — Stats Story Feb 20 6:00 pm ESPN+ Texas State* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 6–5 Rodriguez (1–0) Robie (0–1) Abeldt (2) 4,412 4-0 — Stats Story Feb 23 6:30 pm ESPN+ vs. No. 20 UCLA* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 4–3 Tolle (1–0) Jewett (0–1) Abeldt (3) 5,004 5-0 — Stats Story Feb 24 4:00 pm ESPN+ vs. No. 20 UCLA* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 6–3 Sloan (2–0) McIlroy (1–1) Hoover (1) 5,278 6-0 — Stats Story Feb 25 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. No. 20 UCLA* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 13–3(7) Morris (1–0) Barnett (1–1) — 4,825 7-0 — Stats Story Feb 27 6:00 pm ESPN+ Washington State* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 8–7(12) Cawyer (3–0) Baughn (0–1) — 3,987 8-0 — Stats Story Feb 28 6:00 pm ESPN+ Arizona* No. 5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 6–1 Sloan (3–0) Garayzar (0–2) — 3,701 9-0 — Stats Story
March (11–7) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Mar 1 2:00 pm FloSports USC* No. 5 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 9–8(11) Ayers (1–0) Ryhlick (0–1) — 10-0 — Stats Story Mar 2 6:00 pm FloSports Arizona State* No. 5 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 11–9 Cawyer (4–0) Behrens (2–1) — 10,547 11-0 — Stats Story Mar 3 3:00 pm FloSports USC* No. 5 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 9–5 Hierholzer (1–0) Hammond (0–2) — 6,516 12-0 — Stats Story Mar 5 6:00 pm ESPN+ Abilene Christian* No.5 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 4-0 Parker (1–0) McGarrh (2–1) — 4,344 13-0 — Stats Story Mar 8 6:00 pm ESPN+ at Kansas No. 5 Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS L 1-3 Reese (3–1) Tolle (1–1) Cranton (1) 564 13-1 0-1 Stats Story Mar 9 2:00 pm ESPN+ at Kansas No. 5 Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS L 4-8 Voegele (2–0) Klecker (0–1) — 908 13-2 0-2 Stats Story Mar 10 1:00 pm ESPN+ at Kansas No. 5 Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS W 13-4 Cawyer (5–0) Moore (0–1) — 1,110 14-2 1-2 Stats Story Mar 12 6:30 pm ESPN+ at No. 19 Dallas Baptist* No. 12 Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX W 9-6 Rodriguez (2–0) Benge (1–1) — 2,213 15-2 — Stats Story Mar 15 6:30 pm ESPN+ Oklahoma No. 12 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 3-7 K. Witherspoon (2–1) Cawyer (5–1) — 4,547 15-3 1-3 Stats Story Mar 16 5:00 pm ESPN+ Oklahoma No. 12 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 5-7 M. Witherspoon (1–1) Morris (1–1) — 4,224 15-4 1-4 Stats Story Mar 17 1:00 pm ESPN+ Oklahoma No. 12 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 4-9 Hitt (2–1) Sloan (3–1) — 4,500 15-5 1-5 Stats Story Mar 19 6:00 pm ESPN+ UT Arlington* No. 18 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 7-3 Bixby (1–0) Wallace (0–5) — 4,307 16-5 — Stats Story Mar 22 6:00 pm ESPN+ at Oklahoma State No. 18 O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK W 1-0 Tolle (2–1) Garcia (2–3) — 4,979 17-5 2-5 Stats Story Mar 23 6:00 pm ESPN+ at Oklahoma State No. 18 O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK L 2-6 Holiday (2–1) Klecker (0–2) — 5,309 17-6 2-6 Stats Story Mar 24 1:00 pm ESPN+ at Oklahoma State No. 18 O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK L 3-6 Molsky (3–0) Sloan (3–2) — 4,184 17-7 2-7 Stats Story Mar 28 6:00 pm ESPN+ Houston Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 14-1 Rodriguez (3–0) Jean (2–2) — 3,875 18-7 3-7 Stats Story Mar 29 6:30 pm ESPN+ Houston Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 6-2 Tolle (3–1) LaCalameto (2–1) — 4,251 19-7 4-7 Stats Story Mar 30 2:00 pm ESPN+ Houston Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 6-4 Abeldt (1–0) Stuart (2–2) Cawyer (1) 4,668 20-7 5-7 Stats Story
April (0–1) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Apr 2 6:00 pm at UT Arlington* Clay Gould Ballpark Arlington, TX L 4-6 Wallace (1–5) Mosiello (0–1) Steeber (2) 592 20-8 — Stats Story Apr 5 4:00 pm ESPN+ at Cincinnati UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati,OH Apr 6 1:00 pm ESPN+ at Cincinnati UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati,OH Apr 7 11:00 am ESPN+ at Cincinnati UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati,OH Apr 9 6:00 pm ESPN+ UT Rio Grande Valley* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Apr 10 6:00 pm ESPN+ UT Rio Grande Valley* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Apr 12 6:30 pm ESPN+ Texas Tech Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 13 3:00 pm ESPNU Texas Tech Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 14 1:00 pm ESPN+ Texas Tech Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 16 6:05 pm ESPN+ at Abilene Christian* Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX — Apr 19 6:30 pm ESPNU at Texas Disch-Falk Field Austin, TX Apr 20 6:00 pm ESPNU at Texas Disch-Falk Field Austin, TX Apr 21 1:00 pm LHN at Texas Disch-Falk Field Austin, TX Apr 23 6:00 pm ESPN+ Dallas Baptist* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Apr 26 6:30 pm ESPNU Kansas State Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 27 4:00 pm ESPNU Kansas State Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 28 1:00 pm ESPNU Kansas State Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
May (0–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 May 3 6:00 pm ESPN+ at Baylor Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX May 4 2:00 pm ESPN+ at Baylor Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX May 5 1:00 pm ESPN+ at Baylor Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX May 10 6:00 pm ESPN+ New Mexico State* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — May 11 4:00 pm ESPN+ New Mexico State* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — May 12 1:00 pm ESPN+ New Mexico State* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — May 14 6:00 pm ESPN+ Baylor* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX May 16 6:00 pm ESPN+ West Virginia Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX May 17 6:30 pm ESPN+ West Virginia Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX May 18 4:00 pm ESPN+ West Virginia Lupton 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

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'		*
Baseball America
NCBWA†

† 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.