May 5, 2011

OKLAHOMA STATE GAME NOTES

#16 Oklahoma State 30-13 (12-8 Big 12) #8 TCU 31-13 (15-2 Mountain West)

FRIDAY, MAY 6 • 6:30 PM Live Audio TV: NONE • PROBABLE STARTERS • TCU - RHP Kyle Winkler 8-1, 1.25 ERA, 79.1 IP, 13 BB, 87 K OSU - LHP Mike Strong 4-1, 3.42 ERA, 52.2 IP, 17 BB, 52 K   SATURDAY, May 7 • 2 PM Live Audio TV: NONE  • PROBABLE STARTERS • TCU - RHP Erik Miller 4-6, 4.53 ERA, 45.2 IP, 11 BB, 35 K OSU - RHP Brad Propst 7-2, 2.01 ERA, 76.0 IP, 12 BB, 40 K   SUNDAY, MAY 8 • 1 PM Live Audio TV: Fox College Sports (DIRECTV: 623) • PROBABLE STARTERS • TCU - RHP Steven Maxwell 5-0, 2.90 ERA, 62.0 IP, 17 BB, 52 K OSU - RHP Hunter Herrera 2-1, 3.38 ERA, 24.0 IP, 2 BB, 9 K

FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU Horned Frogs will wrap up a two-week road trip starting Friday night at nationally-ranked Oklahoma State. TCU enters the weekend with an impressive 12-4 record away from Lupton Stadium and will look to build on a solid month of April that saw it go 16-4.

TCU NOTABLES
• TCU rebounded from two straight losses with two wins over BYU in a snow-shortened series.
• The Horned Frogs have won 10 straight league games.
• Taylor Featherston led the team with five hits in the two games at BYU.
• Kyle Winkler's streak of not allowing a run stretched to 15 1/3 innings with seven shut out innings against BYU.
• Erik Miller threw a career-high eight innings against BYU on Friday night.
• Jason Coats hit his sixth home run of the season.
• Stefan Crichton picked up his fourth save on Friday night.

ROAD NOTABLES
• TCU will be playing just its 17th game away from home this season.
• Under Coach Schlossnagle, the Horned Frogs have a record of 116-70 on an opponent's home field.
• TCU has a 12-4 record away from home in 2011.

OKLAHOMA STATE NOTABLES
• The Cowboys rebounded from a four-game losing streak to take two in a rain-shortened sereis against Kansas State.
• Pitching and defense are the keys to the Cowboys as they have a 3.15 ERA and a .976 fielding percentage.
• Zach Johnson is the power-guy with six home runs, while Dane Phillips leads the way with a .369 batting average.
• The Cowboys as a staff have six shutouts on the season.
• Brad Propst leads the team with seven wins and three complete games.
• As a team, they have stolen 24 bases.

SERIES NOTABLES
• TCU and Oklahoma State will be meeting on the diamond for the 20th time.
• Oklahoma State holds a slim 10-9 series advantage. The Cowboys have won two straight.
• The Horned Frogs are 1-2 against the Cowboys since Jim Schlossnagle took over.
• The Frogs lone win in the series came in 2004, when they won 14-6 in the SW Diamond Classic hosted by Dallas Baptist.