2023 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team

2023 TCU Horned Frogs baseball
Big 12 tournament champions Fayetteville Regional champions Fort Worth Super Regional champion
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
CB	No. 23
Record	44–24 (13–11 Big 12)
Head coach	Kirk Saarloos (2nd as head coach, 11th overall season)
Assistant coaches	T. J. Bruce (1st season) John DiLaura (5th season) Kyle Winkler (2nd season)
Home stadium	Lupton Stadium

2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Texas ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	9		.625			42	–	22		.656
Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	9		.625			41	–	20		.672
West Virginia ‍†‍‍^y	15	–	9		.625			40	–	20		.667
No. 5 TCU ‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	11		.542			44	–	24		.647
Kansas State ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			35	–	24		.593
Texas Tech ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12		.500			41	–	23		.641
Oklahoma ‍‍‍^y	11	–	13		.458			32	–	28		.533
Kansas ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			25	–	32		.439
Baylor ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			20	–	35		.364
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023[1] Rankings from D1baseball

The 2023 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2023 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 second year as head coach and eleventh season at TCU.

Previous season

The 2022 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team notched a 38-22 (16–8) record. They won the Big 12 regular season championship and advanced to the regionals of the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at TCU	Alma Mater
Kirk Saarloos	Head coach	11	Cal State Fullerton (2001)
T. J. Bruce	Associate head coach	1	Long Beach State (2004)
John DiLaura	Assistant Coach	5	Michigan (2013)
Kyle Winkler	Volunteer assistant coach	2	TCU

Roster

2023 TCU Horned Frogs Roster
	Pitchers 3 - Caedmon Parker – Sophomore 13 - Mason Speaker – Junior 15 - Sam Stoutenborough – RS Senior 16 - Luke Savage – Junior 17 - Kole Klecker – Freshman 18 - Storm Hierholzer – Junior 19 - Calvin Marley – Junior 20 - Cam Brown – Junior 21 - Garrett Wright – Junior 25 - Jax Traeger – Freshman 27 - Hunter Hodges – Junior 28 - Cohen Feser – Sophomore 30 - Louis Rodriguez – Freshman 31 - Justin Hackett – Freshman 33 - Murphy Brooks – Freshman 34 - Braeden Sloan – Freshman 36 - Chase Hoover – Freshman 44 - River Ridings – Junior 46 - Ben Abeldt – Freshman 48 - Ryan Vanderhei – Junior 49 - Garrett Wright – Freshman		Catchers 4 - Kurtis Byrne – Junior 14 - Karson Bowen – Freshman Infielders 0 - Tre Richardson – Junior 5 - Anthony Silva – Freshman 7 - Gabe Miranda – Freshman 9 - Brody Green – Sophomore 12 - David Bishop – Sophomore 23 - Fisher Ingersoll – Freshman 32 - Cole Fontenelle – Junior 35 - Owen Blackledge - Sophomore 55 - Brayden Taylor – Junior		Outfielders 1 - Elijah Nunez – Junior 6 - Luke Boyers – Junior 10 - Jake Duer – Freshman 11 - Austin Davis – RS Senior 22 - Logan Maxwell – Sophomore

Schedule and results

2023 TCU Horned Frogs baseball game log[2]
Regular season (33–22)
February (5–3) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Feb 17 3:00 pm FloSports vs. No. 10 Vanderbilt* No. 15 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 11–4 Savage (1–0) Hliboki (0–1) — 15,721 1–0 — Stats Story Feb 18 7:00 pm FloSports vs. No. 8 Arkansas* No. 15 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 18–6 Klecker (1–0) Morris (0–1) — 20,295 2–0 — Stats Story Feb 19 6:30 pm FloSports vs. Missouri* No. 15 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX L 8–9^(10) Franklin (1–0) Wright (0–1) — 16,100 2-1 — Stats Story Feb 22 6:00 pm UT Arlington* No. 8 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 7–3 Rodriguez (1–0) Brooks (0–1) — 3,897 3-1 — Stats Story Feb 24 6:30 pm ESPN+ vs. Florida State* No. 8 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 1–10 Baumeister (1–0) Vanderhei (0–1) Crowell (1) 4,902 3-2 — Stats Story Feb 25 2:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Florida State* No. 8 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 8–10 Whittaker (2–0) Savage (0–1) Armstrong (1) 4,090 3-3 — Stats Story Feb 26 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Florida State* No. 8 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 3–2 Klecker (2–0) Armstrong (0–1) — 4,176 4-3 — Stats Story Feb 28 6:30 pm at Dallas Baptist* No. 10 Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX W 4–1^(12) Abeldt (1–0) Russell (0–1) Feser (1) 1,737 5-3 — Stats Story
March (11–7) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Mar 3 3:00 pm AT&T SportsNet vs. Michigan* No. 10 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX W 6–0 Vanderhei (1–1) O'Halloran (2–1) Savage (1) 1,250 6-3 — Stats Story Mar 4 3:00 pm AT&T SportsNet vs. No. 14 Louisville* No. 10 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX L 2–3 Farone (1–0) Klecker (2–1) Kuehner (1) 6-4 — Stats Story Mar 5 3:00 pm AT&T SportsNet vs. Rice* No. 10 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX W 7-0 Brown (1–0) Vincent (1–1) — 7-4 — Stats Story Mar 7 6:00 pm ESPN+ vs. UT Arlington* No. 10 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 7–8 Gray (1–0) Sloan (0–1) Peters (4) 3,832 7-5 — Stats Story Mar 10 6:30 pm ESPN+ vs. San Diego* No. 10 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 2–14 Sashin (1–0) Vanderhei (1–2) — 3,847 7-6 — Mar 11 2:00 pm ESPN+ vs. San Diego* No. 10 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Mar 12 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. San Diego* No. 10 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Mar 14 6:00 pm ESPN+ at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark San Marcos, TX — Mar 17 6:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Norman, OK Mar 18 4:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Norman, OK Mar 19 2:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Norman, OK Mar 21 6:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Abilene Christian* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Mar 22 6:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Northwestern* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Mar 24 6:30 pm ESPN+ vs. Kansas Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Mar 25 2:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Kansas Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Mar 26 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Kansas Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Mar 28 6:30 pm ESPN+ at UT Arlington* Clay Gould Ballpark Arlington, TX — Mar 31 6:30 pm ESPN+ at Texas Tech Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX
April (7–10) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Apr 1 2:00 pm ESPN+ at Texas Tech Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX Apr 2 2:00 pm ESPN+ at Texas Tech Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX Apr 4 6:30 pm ESPN+ at Tarleton State* Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex Stephenville, TX — Apr 6 6:30 pm ESPN+ vs. Oklahoma State Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 7 8:00 pm ESPNU vs. Oklahoma State Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 8 4:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Oklahoma State Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 11 6:30 pm ESPN+ at Abilene Christian* Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX — Apr 14 5:00 pm ESPN+ vs. UNC Wilmington* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Apr 15 4:00 pm ESPN+ vs. UNC Wilmington* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Apr 16 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. UNC Wilmington* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Apr 18 6:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Lamar* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Apr 21 5:30 pm at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Granville, WV Apr 22 3:00 pm at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Granville, WV Apr 23 12:00 pm at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Granville, WV Apr 25 6:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Dallas Baptist* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — Apr 28 6:00 pm ESPNU vs. Texas Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 29 6:00 pm ESPNU vs. Texas Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX Apr 30 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Texas Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX
May (10–2) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 May 2 6:00 pm ESPN+ vs. UT-Rio Grande Valley* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — May 5 6:30 pm ESPN+ vs. Cal State Fullerton* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — May 6 4:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Cal State Fullerton* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — May 7 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Cal State Fullerton* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — May 12 6:30 pm ESPN+ vs. Baylor Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX May 13 4:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Baylor Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX May 14 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Baylor Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX May 16 6:00 pm ESPN+ vs. Texas State* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX — May 18 6:00 pm ESPN+ at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS May 19 6:00 pm ESPN+ at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS May 20 4:00 pm ESPN+ at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
Postseason (11–2)
Big 12 Tournament (4–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record Notes May 24 9:00 am ESPNU vs. (5) Kansas State (4) Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 16–3^(7) Traeger (1-0) Boerema (7–2) — — 34–22 1–0 Stats Story May 25 4:00 pm ESPNU vs. (8) Kansas (4) Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 14–4^(8) Savage (3-3) Cranton (3-4) — — 35–22 2–0 Stats Story May 27 9:00 am ESPN+ vs. (5) Kansas State (4) Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 6–3 Abeldt (2-3) Rothermel (1-3) — — 36–22 3–0 Stats Story May 28 5:00 pm ESPN2 vs. (2) No. 18 Oklahoma State (4) Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 12–5 Savage (4-3) Abram (8-3) — 14,673 37–22 4–0 Stats Story NCAA Fayetteville Regional (3–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional Record Notes June 2 7:00 pm ESPNU vs. (3) Arizona (2) No. 17 Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR W 12–4 Savage (5-3) Walty (5-1) — 10,348 38–22 1–0 Stats Story June 3 7:00 pm ESPNU vs. (1) No. 5 Arkansas (2) No. 17 Baum-Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR Postponed due to weather to June 4 Story June 4 1:00 pm SEC Network/ESPN+ vs. (1) No. 5 Arkansas (2) No. 17 Baum-Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR W 20–5 Stoutenborough (4-0) Smith (8-2) — 11,121 39–22 2–0 Stats Story June 5 1:00 pm ESPN+ vs. (1) No. 5 Arkansas (2) No. 17 Baum-Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR W 12–4 Abeldt (3-3) Morris (1-4) — 10,475 40–22 3–0 Stats Story NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional (2–0) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Super Regional Record Notes June 9 4:00 pm ESPNU vs. Indiana State Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 4–1 Klecker (10-4) Jachec (7-4) Savage (2) 8,812 41-22 1-0 June 10 7:00 pm ESPNU vs. Indiana State Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 6–4 Stoutenborough (5-0) Fenlong (10-3) Wright (5) 8,994 42-22 2-0 NCAA College World Series (2–2) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS Record Notes June 16 1:00 pm ESPN vs. Oral Roberts Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE L 5–6 Denton (3–1) Savage (5–4) — 24,134 42-23 0–1 June 18 1:00 pm ESPN vs. No. 7 Virginia Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE W 4–3 Wright (3–2) Early (12–3) Abeldt (2) 24,479 43–23 1–1 June 20 1:00 pm ESPN vs. Oral Roberts Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE W 6–1 Savage (6–4) Fowler (9–2) — 23,496 44–23 2–1 June 21 1:00 pm ESPN vs. No. 2 Florida Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE L 3–2 Neely (2–2) Abeldt (3–4) — 23,889 44–24 2–2
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: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[3]	17	17*	17	16	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America[4]	14	10	11	10	13	—	—	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	24
Collegiate Baseball^[5]	15	12	20	23	—	—	—	—	17	19	—	—	—	—	—	23
NCBWA†[6]	16	8	12	13	16	30	27	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	28
D1Baseball[7]	15	8	10	10	11	—	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	17

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† 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.

References

1. "2022–23 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
2. "2023 Baseball Schedule". TCU Horned Frogs. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
3. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023.
4. Baseball America College: Top 25
5. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
6. NCBWA Division I poll
7. D1Baseball poll