2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team

The 2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2014 college baseball season. TCU competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Horned Frogs played home games at Lupton Stadium on the university's campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Eleventh year head coach Jim Schlossnagle led the Horned Frogs.

2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
2014 record48–18 (17–7 Big 12)
Head coach
Hitting coachBill Mosiello (1st season)
Pitching coachKirk Saarloos (2nd season)
Home stadiumLupton Stadium
2014 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 10 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y 18–6 .750  48–18 .727
No. 5 TCU ‍‍‡‍y 17–7 .708  48–18 .727
Kansas ‍‍‍y 15–9 .625  35–26 .574
No. 8 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 14–10 .583  45–21 .682
No. 3 Texas ‍‍‍y 13–11 .542  46–21 .687
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 9–14 .391  28–26 .519
Baylor ‍‍‍ 8–15 .348  26–31 .456
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  29–29 .500
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 5–19 .208  25–30 .455
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Personnel

Coaches
2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball coaching staff[2]
No. Name Position Tenure Alma mater
22 Jim Schlossnagle Head coach 11th season Elon University
14 Bill Mosiello Associate head coach 1st season California State University, Fresno
2 Kirk Saarloos Assistant coach 2nd season California State University, Fullerton
28 Zach Etheredge Volunteer assistant coach 1st season University of Texas at San Antonio

Players
2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball roster[3]
No. Name Pos. B T CL Hometown Previous school
00 Kevin Cron 1B R R Jr. Phoenix, Arizona Mountain Pointe High School
1 Cody Jones OF S R Jr. Round Rock, Texas Temple College
3 Ty Slanina OF L L Fr. East Bernard, Texas East Bernard High School
4 Connor Castellano INF L R Jr. Shreveport, Louisiana Santa Fe College
5 Derek Odell INF L R Jr. Canyon, Texas Canyon High School
6 Kyle Bacak C R R Sr. Katy, Texas San Jacinto College
7 Michael Landestoy 1B R R Fr. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Saint George School
8 Boomer White OF R R So. Houston, Texas Memorial High School
9 Michael Douglas INF R R Jr. Atlanta, Georgia Lee County High School
11 Travis Evans LHP L L Jr. Round Rock, Texas Round Rock High School
12 Riley Ferrell RHP R R So. College Station, Texas A&M Consolidated High School
13 Tyler Alexander LHP L L Fr. Southlake, Texas Carroll Senior High School
15 Dylan Delso C S R So. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Cowley College
17 Ryan Burnett LHP L L Fr. The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands High School
18 Preston Morrison RHP R R Jr. Waxhaw, North Carolina Cuthbertson High School
21 Brian Trieglaff INF R R RS Fr. Houston, Texas Houston Christian High School
23 Alex Young LHP L L So. Hawthorn Woods, Illinois Carmel Catholic High School
24 Connor Beck OF R R Fr. Midland, Texas Midland High School
25 Will Foreman C/OF R R Jr. Houston, Texas Lamar High School
26 Keaton Jones INF R R Jr. Laguna Beach, California Laguna Beach High School
27 Jordan Kipper RHP R R Jr. Phoenix, Arizona Central Arizona College
29 Brandon Finnegan LHP L L Jr. Fort Worth, Texas Southwest High School
31 Jerrick Suiter C/OF R R Jr. Valparaiso, Indiana Valparaiso High School
32 Jeremie Fagnan OF L R Jr. Calgary, Alberta Midland College
33 Mitchell Traver RHP R R RS Fr. Sugar Land, Texas Houston Christian High School
34 Garrett Crain INF S R Jr. Mustang, Oklahoma Rose State College
35 Robby Medel RHP R R Fr. Arlington, Texas Bowie High School
37 Walker Pennington OF R R Fr. Houston, Texas Memorial High School
38 Dylan Fitzgerald OF L R Sr. Santa Ana, California Cypress College
39 Preston Templer RHP R R Fr. Fort Worth, Texas All Saints' Episcopal School
40 Trey Teakell RHP R R RS Jr. Weatherford, Texas Weatherford High School
43 Brandon Gilson LHP L L Fr. Prosper, Texas Prosper High School
44 Brian Howard RHP R R Fr. St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis University High School
47 Will Fox INF L R Fr. Montgomery, Texas Montgomery High School

Schedule
2014 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team game log[4]
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site/Event TV Win Loss Save Result Attd. Record
February 14 6:30 PM Jacksonville #19 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW Brandon Finnegan (1–0) Alex McRae (0–1) W 5–0 3,742 1–0
February 15 2:00 PM Jacksonville #19 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Preston Morrison (1–0) Zach Gordon (0–1) W 5–1 3,375 2–0
February 16 1:00 PM Jacksonville #19 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Justin Russel (1–0) Tyler Alexander (0–1) Adam Maxon (1) L 0–2 3,105 2–1
February 18 6:30 PM Northern Colorado #19 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW+ Jordan Kipper (1–0) Josh Wagner (0–1) W 10–3 3,107 3–1
February 21 2:00 PM vs. BYU #19 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX
(Kleberg Bank College Classic)		 Brandon Finnegan (2–0) Kolton Mahoney (0–2) W 10–0 N/A 4–1
February 22 6:00 PM at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi #19 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX
(Kleberg Bank College Classic)		 Riley Ferrell (1–0) Kaleb Keith (0–1) W 7–4 2,839 5–1
February 23 12:00 PM vs. UTSA #19 Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX
(Kleberg Bank College Classic)		 Tyler Alexander (1–1) Justin Anderson (1–1) Trey Teakell (1) W 5–1 2,377 6–1
February 25 6:30 PM UT Arlington #12 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW Brad Vachon (1–2) Jordan Kipper (1–1) L 2–10 2,837 6–2
February 28 3:36 PM vs. Sam Houston State #12 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX
(Houston College Classic)		 CSNH Tyler Eppler (2–1) Brandon Finnegan (2–1) L 4–9 N/A 6–3
March 1 7:35 PM vs. #15 Rice #12 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX
(Houston College Classic)		 CSNH+ Blake Fox (3–0) Preston Morrison (1–1 Zech Lemond (3) L 0–1 N/A 6–4
March 2 5:34 PM vs. Houston #12 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX
(Houston College Classic)		 CSNH Alex Young (1–0) Jared Robinson (1–1) Riley Ferrell (1) W 2–1 N/A 7–4
March 4 6:35 PM Dallas Baptist #28 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Brian Triglaff (1–0) Trevor Conn (0–1) W 5–4(15 INN) 2,755 8–4
March 7 6:35 PM Michigan State #28 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Cam Vieaux (1–1) Brandon Finnegan (2–2) Jake Lowery (2) L 1–2 3,126 8–5
March 8 1:04 PM Michigan State #28 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Mick VanVossen (3–0) Preston Morrison (1–2) Jeff Kinley (4) L 1–4 2,910 8–6
March 9 1:02 PM Michigan State #28 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW+ Tyler Alexander (2–1) Chase Rihtarchick (0–2) W 6–2 3,144 9–6
March 11 6:30 PM at #29 Rice #30 Reckling Park • Houston, TX FCS Central Chase McDowell (2–1) Jordan Kipper (1–2) Ryan McCarthy (1) L 0–5 2,889 9–7
March 14 6:30 PM Dartmouth #30 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Brandon Finnegan (3–2) Louis Concato (0–1) Riley Ferrell (2) W 4–1 3,461 10–7
March 15 2:00 PM Dartmouth #30 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Preston Morrison (2–2) Michael Danielak (0–1) W 5–1 2,968 11–7
March 16 1:00 PM Dartmouth #30 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW+ Tyler Alexander (3–1) Beau Sulser (1–1) W 8–0 2,751 12–7
March 18 6:00 PM at Oklahoma #27 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK FSSW+ Jacob Evans (2–1) Alex Young (1–1) L 5–9 1,154 12–8
March 21 6:30 PM Texas Tech* #27 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Brandon Finnegan (4–2) Dominic Moreno (1–4) W 9–0 4,242 13–8 (1–0)
March 22 2:00 PM Texas Tech* #27 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Jonny Drozd (2–0) Preston Morrison (2–3) L 2–10 4,028 13–9 (1–1)
March 23 1:00 PM Texas Tech* #27 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW+ Chris Sadberry (3–1) Tyler Alexander (3–2) L 2–12 3,548 13–10 (1–2)
March 25 6:30 PM UT Pan American Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Jordan Kipper (2–2) Kyle Tokunaga (1–3) W 11–0 2,759 14–10
March 26 6:30 PM UT Pan American Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW Cancelled (rain)
March 28 6:30 PM at Oklahoma State* Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK Brandon Finnegan (5–2) Jon Perrin (2–2) Riley Ferrell (3) W 3–1 482 15–10 (2–2)
March 29 3:00 PM at Oklahoma State* Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK Brendan McCurry (5–0) Alex Young (1–2) L 1–2 1,664 15–11 (2–3)
March 30 1:00 PM at Oklahoma State* Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK Vince Wheeland (1–0) Tyler Alexander (3–3) L 4–9 1,210 15–12 (2–4)
April 1 6:30 PM at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Jordan Kipper (3–2) Justin Schnedler (1–2) W 12–6 609 16–12
April 4 6:30 PM West Virginia* Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Trey Teakell (1–0) Michael Bennett (2–1) W 4–3 3,578 17–12 (3–4)
April 5 2:00 PM West Virginia* Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Preston Morrison (3–3) Sean Carley (5–1) W 8–0 3,924 18–12 (4–4)
April 5 5:00 PM West Virginia* Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Tyler Alexander (4–3) Michael Bennett (2–2) Riley Ferrell (4) W 3–1 3,924 19–12 (5–4)
April 8 6:30 PM at Dallas Baptist Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX Jordan Kipper (4–2) Drew Smith (2–2) W 7–1 955 20–12
April 11 6:00 PM at Kansas* Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS ESPN3 Brandon Finnegan (6–2) Jordan Piche' (4–4) Riley Ferrell (5) W 5–2 1,234 21–12 (6–4)
April 12 3:00 PM at Kansas* Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS ESPN3 Preston Morrison (4–3) Robert Kahana (2–5) Riley Ferrell (6) W 3–1 1,530 22–12 (7–4)
April 12 6:00 PM at Kansas* Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS ESPN3 Frank Duncan (4–1) Alex Young (1–3) Stephen Villines (4) L 1–5 1,530 22–13 (7–5)
April 15 6:30 PM Houston Baptist Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Jordan Kipper (5–2) Matthew McCollough (1–1) W 13–0 2,886 23–13
April 17 6:00 PM at #4 Texas* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX LHN Brandon Finnegan (7–2) Parker French (4–3) Riley Ferrell (7) W 3–0 5,435 24–13 (8–5)
April 18 4:00 PM at #4 Texas* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX LHN Preston Morrison (5–3) Dillon Peters (5–3) Riley Ferrell (8) W 2–0 6,757 25–13 (9–5)
April 19 2:00 PM at #4 Texas* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX LHN Trey Teakell (2–0) Nathan Thornhill (6–1) Riley Ferrell (9) W 3–1 7,535 26–13 (10–5)
April 22 6:00 PM vs. #21 Texas Tech #15 Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX Jordan Kipper (6–2) Corey Taylor (5–1) Trey Teakell (2) W 4–0 1,437 27–13
April 25 6:30 PM Cal State Northridge #15 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Trey Teakell (3–0) Brycen Rutherford (3–4) Alex Young (1) W 6–2 3,228 28–13
April 26 4:00 PM Cal State Northridge #15 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Preston Morrison (6–3) Shay Maltese (2–2) W 1–0 3,756 29–13
April 27 1:00 PM Cal State Northridge #15 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Tyler Alexander (5–3) John Salas (4–4) Riley Ferrell (10) W 3–0 3,027 30–13
April 29 6:30 PM at Stephen F. Austin #13 Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches TX Jordan Kipper (7–2) Halden Maynard (0–3) W 14–4 592 31–13
May 2 6:30 PM Kansas State* #13 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW+ Preston Morrison (7–3) Levi MaVorhis (5–6) W 5–0 3,613 32–13 (11–5)
May 3 4:00 PM Kansas State* #13 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW Tyler Alexander (6–3) Nate Griep (3–5) Riley Ferrell (11) W 3–1 3,584 33–13 (12–5)
May 4 1:00 PM Kansas State* #13 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FCS Central Trey Teakell (4–0) Jared Moore (5–3) W 21–7 3,630 34–13 (13–5)
May 9 6:30 PM Oklahoma* #10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW Brandon Finnegan (8–2) Jacob Evans (3–4) W 10–2 4,046 35–13 (14–5)
May 10 3:30 PM Oklahoma* #10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSN Sheldon Neuse (1–0) Riley Ferrell (1–1) L 5–7 (11 INN) 3,839 35–14 (14–6)
May 11 1:00 PM Oklahoma* #10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSSW+ Tyler Alexander (7–3) Adam Choplick (3–4) W 9–1 3,485 36–14 (15–6)
May 13 11:30 AM UT Arlington #9 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Cancelled (rain)
May 15 6:35 PM at Baylor* #9 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX FSSW Dillon Newman (5–3) Brandon Finnegan (8–3) L 3–6 2,636 36–15 (15–7)
May 16 6:35 PM at Baylor* #9 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX FSSW Preston Morrison (8–3) Daniel Castano (5–4) W 5–0 2,891 37–15 (16–7)
May 17 3:05 PM at Baylor* #9 Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX FSSW+ Tyler Alxander (8–3) Nick Lewis (2–2) W 7–1 3,496 38–15 (17–7)
May 21 12:30 PM vs. Baylor #12 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
(Big 12 Tournament)		 FCS Central
FSSW+		 Jordan Kipper (8–2) Dillon Newman (5–4) Riley Ferrell (12) W 8–5 N/A 39–15
May 22 4:00 PM vs. West Virginia #12 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
(Big 12 Tournament)		 FCS Central
FSSW+		 Preston Morrison (9–3) Corey Walter (1–6) W 6–2 4,164 40–15
May 24 9:00 AM vs. Baylor #12 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
(Big 12 Tournament)		 FCS Central
FSSW+		 Trey Teakell (5–0) Josh Michalec (0–5) Riley Ferrell (13) W 4–1 4,474 41–15
May 25 4:15 PM vs. #7 Oklahoma State #12 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
(Big 12 Tournament)		 FS1 Tyler Alexander (9–3) Michael Freeman (2–1) W 7–1 7,686 42–15
May 30 7:00 PM vs. Siena #9 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
(NCAA Fort Worth Regional)		 ESPN3 Trey Teakell (6–0) Matt Quintana (4–3) W 2–1 (11 INN) 4,120 43–15
May 31 7:00 PM Sam Houston State #9 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
(NCAA Fort Worth Regional)		 ESPN3 Brian Trieglaff (2–0) Dylan Ebbs (3–2) Riley Ferrell (14) W 3–2 (22 INN) 4,207 44–15
June 1 7:00 PM Sam Houston State #9 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
(NCAA Fort Worth Regional)		 ESPN3 Tyler Alexander (10–3) Andrew Godail (3–1) W 6–1 4,012 45–15
June 7 3:00 PM #11 Pepperdine #3 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
(NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional)		 ESPNU Brandon Finnegan (9–3) Corey Miller (9–5) Riley Ferrell (15) W 3–2 5,094 46–15
June 8 5:00 PM #11 Pepperdine #3 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
(NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional)		 ESPN2 Aaron Brown (13–1) Preston Morrison (9–4) Eric Karch (16) L 2–3 5,620 46–16
June 9 3:00 PM #11 Pepperdine #3 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX
(NCAA Fort Worth Super Regional)		 ESPN2 Riley Ferrell (2–1) Eric Karch (4–2) W 6–5 4,450 47–16
June 15 2:00 PM vs. #7 Texas Tech #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE
(College World Series)		 ESPN2 Riley Ferrell (3–2) Jonny Drozd (7–1) W 3–2 24,587[5] 48–16
June 17 7:00 PM vs. #1 Virginia #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE
(College World Series)		 ESPN Artie Lewicki (8–1) Trey Teakell (6–1) L 2–3 (15 INN) 24,285[6] 48–17
June 19 7:00 PM vs. #4 Ole Miss #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE
(College World Series)		 ESPN Josh Laxer (3–2) Jordan Kipper (8–3) Aaron Greenwood (5) L 4–6 25,873[7] 48–18
*Big 12 Conference game. #Rankings from Collegiate Baseball released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Ranking movements
Main article: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches' 23 23* 23* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 21 19 19 19 10 – –  
Baseball America 19 19 16 22 NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 17 12 13 13 9 – –  
Collegiate Baseball^ 19 19 12 28 30 27 NR NR NR NR 15 13 10 9 12 9 3 2  
NCBWA† 22 23 16 21 27 24 NR NR NR NR 28 22 20 20 20 16 7 –  
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * 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. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tcu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2013-14/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf
  3. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tcu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2013-14/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf
  4. http://gofrogs.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/tcu-m-basebl-sched.html
  5. "CWS Game 3: Texas Tech vs. TCU". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  6. "CWS Game 8: Virginia vs. TCU". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  7. "CWS Game 10: Ole Miss vs. TCU". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
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