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2022 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team

The 2022 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2022 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 inaugural year as head coach and tenth season at TCU.

Previous season

The 2021 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team notched a 41–20 (17–7) record. The Frogs claimed a share of the Big 12 regular season championship as well as the outright Big 12 Tournament championship. TCU received the #6 national seed in the 2021 NCAA tournament and hosted the Fort Worth Regional. The Horned Frogs were eliminated from the Tournament by cross-metroplex rival Dallas Baptist.

At the conclusion of the season, long-time TCU head coach Jim Schlossnagle departed the TCU baseball program and was replaced by 9-year assistant coach and former major league pitcher Kirk Saarloos. Saarloos retained Associate head coach Bill Mosiello, promoted John DiLaura from Volunteer Coach to Assistant Coach, retained student assistant coach and former TCU pitcher Matt Purke, and added former TCU-standout Kyle Winkler as the program's new Volunteer Assistant Coach. Winkler and Purke, both former All-American pitchers, were teammates on TCU's first-ever College World Series team in 2010.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Schedule and results

|- ! style="" | Regular season (35–18) |- valign="top"

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | Feb 18 || 6:00 pm || MLB Network || vs. * || No. 17 || Salt River Fields<br>Scottsdale, AZ || W<br>5–3 || Perez<br>(1–0) || Brodell<br>(0–1) || Ridings<br>(1) || &mdash; || 1–0 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Feb 19 || 2:00 pm || &mdash; || vs. California* || No. 17 || Salt River Fields<br>Scottsdale, AZ || L<br>6–7 || Reinertsen<br>(2–0) || Thomas<br>(0–1) || &mdash; || &mdash; || 1–1 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | Feb 20 || 11:00 am || &mdash; || vs. * || No. 17 || Salt River Fields<br>Scottsdale, AZ || W<br>10–0<sup>(8)</sup> || Walker<br>(1–0) || Wright<br>(0–1) || &mdash; || &mdash; || 2–1 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Feb 22 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || * || No. 17 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>11–1 || Brown<br>(1–0) || Dewberry<br>(0–1) || &mdash; || 3,731 || 3–1 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Feb 25 || 6:00 pm || FloSports || vs. Nebraska* || No. 17 || Globe Life Field<br>Arlington, TX || W<br>4–1 || Krob<br>(1–0) || Perry<br>(0–1) || Ridings<br>(2) || 4,912 || 4–1 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Feb 26 || 2:00 pm || FloSports || vs. Nebraska* || No. 17 || Globe Life Field<br>Arlington, TX || W<br>8–3 || Cornelio<br>(1–0) || Schanaman<br>(0–2) || Bolden<br>(1) || 5,476 || 5–1 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Feb 27 || 1:00 pm || FloSports || vs. Nebraska* || No. 17 || Globe Life Field<br>Arlington, TX || W<br>5–3 || Walker<br>(2–0) || McCarville<br>(0–1) || Ridings<br>(3) || &mdash; || 6–1 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |-

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 1 || 6:00 pm || &mdash; || UT Arlington* || No. 16 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>8–5 || Brown<br>(2–0) || Brooks<br>(0–1) || Ridings<br>(4) || 3,434 || 7–1 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Mar 4 || 3:00 pm || SECN+ || at Kentucky* || #16 || Kentucky Proud Park<br>Lexington, KY || L<br>11–13 || Harney<br>(2–0) || Perez<br>(1–1) || &mdash; || 1,776 || 7–2 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Mar 5 || 12:00 pm || SECN+ || at Kentucky* || No. 16 || Kentucky Proud Park<br>Lexington, KY || L<br>1–5 || Bosma<br>(2–0) || Cornelio<br>(1–1) || &mdash; || &mdash; || 7–3 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 5 || 5:00 pm || SECN+ || at Kentucky* || No. 16 || Kentucky Proud Park<br>Lexington, KY || W<br>12–8 || Ridings<br>(1–0) || Harper<br>(0–1) || &mdash; || 2,270 || 8–3 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Mar 8 || 11:00 am || ACCN+ || at Louisville* || No. 21 || Jim Patterson Stadium<br>Louisville, KY || L<br>8–9 || Poland<br>(1–1) || Brown<br>(2–1) || Prosecky<br>(3) || 503 || 8–4 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 12 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || * || No. 21 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>6–4 || Feser<br>(1–0) || Early<br>(1–1) || &mdash; || &mdash; || 9–4 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 12 || 5:00 pm || ESPN+ || Army* || No. 21 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>6–5<sup>(10)</sup> || Ridings<br>(2–0) || Lepicio<br>(0–1) || &mdash; || 3,997 || 10–4 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 13 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || Army* || No. 21 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>5–2 || Krob<br>(2–0) || Ruggieri<br>(0–3) || Perez<br>(1) || 4,005 || 11–4 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 15 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || Texas A&M–CC* || No. 21 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>17–6<sup>(8)</sup> || Bolden<br>(1–0) || Westbrook<br>(1–1) || &mdash; || 3,561 || 12–4 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 18 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || at || No. 21 || Baylor Ballpark<br>Waco, TX || W<br>3–0 || Cornelio<br>(2–1) || Thomas<br>(3–2) || Ridings<br>(5) || 2,309 || 13–4 || 1–0 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 19 || 3:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Baylor || No. 21 || Baylor Ballpark<br>Waco, TX || W<br>11–9<sup>(11)</sup> || Savage<br>(1–0) || Voelker<br>(1–3) || Ridings<br>(6) || 3,066 || 14–4 || 2–0 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Mar 20 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Baylor || No. 21 || Baylor Ballpark<br>Waco, TX || L<br>3–7 || Rigney<br>(1–0) || Brown<br>(2–2) || Oliver<br>(1) || 2,011 || 14–5 || 2–1 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 22 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || at * || No. 19 || Crutcher Scott Field<br>Abilene, TX || W<br>14–3<sup>(7)</sup> || Parker<br>(1–0) || Bauman<br>(0–2) || &mdash; || &mdash; || 15–5 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 25 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || || No. 19 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>7–5 || Cornelio<br>(3–1) || Adams<br>(2–2) || Ridings<br>(7) || 4,743 || 16–5 || 3–1 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 26 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || Kansas State || No. 19 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>14–5 || Vail<br>(1–0) || Jurecka<br>(1–1) || &mdash; || 3,804 || 17–5 || 4–1 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | Mar 27 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || Kansas State || No. 19 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>11–3 || Walker<br>(3–0) || Hassall<br>(3–3) || &mdash; || 4,047 || 18–5 || 5–1 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Mar 29 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || Abilene Christian* || No. 12 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || L<br>2–6 || Carlton<br>(1–0) || Parker<br>(1–1) || &mdash; || 3,651 || 18–6 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | Mar 30 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || UTSA* || No. 12 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || L<br>8–12 || Ward<br>(1–0) || Oliver<br>(0–1) || &mdash; || 3,301 || 18–7 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |-

|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 1 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || West Virginia || No. 12 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || L<br>2–3 || Braithwaite<br>(1–0) || Ridings<br>(2–1) || Short<br>(1) || 3,902 || 18–8 || 5–2 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 2 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || West Virginia || No. 12 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>5–4 || Perez<br>(2–1) || Hampton<br>(4–2) || Ridings<br>(8) || 4,668 || 19–8 || 6–2 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 3 || 12:00 pm || ESPN+ || West Virginia || No. 12 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || L<br>2–5 || Bravo<br>(3–0) || Walker<br>(3–1) || Braithwaite<br>(2) || 4,013 || 19–9 || 6–3 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 5 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || at UT Arlington* || No. 23 || Clay Gould Ballpark<br>Arlington, TX || W<br>10–2 || Bolden<br>(2–0) || Novis<br>(0–1) || &mdash; || 730 || 20–9 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 8 || 6:30 pm || LHN || at No. 7 Texas || No. 23 || UFCU Disch–Falk Field<br>Austin, TX || L<br>0–2 || Hansen<br>(6–0) || Cornelio<br>(3–2) || &mdash; || 7,482 || 20–10 || 6–4 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 9 || 5:00 pm || ESPNU || at No. 7 Texas || No. 23 || UFCU Disch–Falk Field<br>Austin, TX || W<br>7–5 || Bolden<br>(3–0) || Stevens<br>(4–3) || Ridings<br>(9) || 7,323 || 21–10 || 7–4 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 10 || 12:00 pm || ESPNU || at No. 7 Texas || No. 23 || UFCU Disch–Falk Field<br>Austin, TX || L<br>3–7 || Sthele<br>(3–0) || Walker<br>(3–2) || &mdash; || 7,106 || 21–11 || 7–5 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 12 || 6:30 pm || Bally Sports Southwest || at No. 16 * || || Horner Ballpark<br>Dallas, TX || L<br>1–6 || Heaton<br>(3–1) || Parker<br>(1–2) || &mdash; || 1,561 || 21–12 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 14 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || No. 4 Texas Tech || || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>7–4 || Mihlbauer<br>(1–0) || Clark<br>(0–1) || Savage<br>(1) || 5,475 || 22–12 || 8–5 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 15 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || No. 4 Texas Tech || || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>4–3 || Perez<br>(3–1) || Birdsell<br>(5–2) || Ridings<br>(10) || 6,280 || 23–12 || 9–5 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 16 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || No. 4 Texas Tech || || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>11–3 || Walker<br>(4–2) || Hampton<br>(3–3) || &mdash; || 5,706 || 24–12 || 10–5 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 19 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || UT Arlington* || No. 21 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>15–1<sup>(7)</sup> || Parker<br>(2–2) || Hagan<br>(1–3) || &mdash; || 3,533 || 25–12 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 22 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || at No. 3 Oklahoma State || No. 21 || O'Brate Stadium<br>Stillwater, OK || L<br>2–13 || Campbell<br>(6–1) || Cornelio<br>(3–3) || &mdash; || 5,576 || 25–13 || 10–6 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 23 || 5:00 pm || ESPN+ || at No. 3 Oklahoma State || No. 21 || O'Brate Stadium<br>Stillwater, OK || W<br>6–4 || Perez<br>(4–1) || Mederos<br>(3–3) || Wright<br>(1) || 7,738 || 26–13 || 11–6 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | April 24 || 12:00 pm || &mdash; || at No. 3 Oklahoma State || No. 21 || O'Brate Stadium<br>Stillwater, OK || W<br>7–6 || Bolden<br>(4–0) || Morrill<br>(1–1) || Wright<br>(2) || 5,031 || 27–13 || 12–6 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 26 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || Dallas Baptist* || No. 20 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || L<br>5–6 || Sherlin<br>(2–0) || Ridings<br>(2–2) || Russell<br>(1) || 4,089 || 27–14 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 29 || 6:00 pm || ACCN || at * || No. 20 || Dick Howser Stadium<br>Tallahassee, FL || L<br>0–10 || Messick<br>(6–2) || Cornelio<br>(3–4) || &mdash; || 4,241 || 27–15 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 30 || 5:00 pm || ACCN || at Florida State* || No. 20 || Dick Howser Stadium<br>Tallahassee, FL || L<br>3–7 || Crowell<br>(4–0) || Savage<br>(1–1) || &mdash; || 4,644 || 27–16 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | May 1 || 11:00 am || ACCN || at Florida State* || No. 20 || Dick Howser Stadium<br>Tallahassee, FL || colspan="8" | Canceled due to weather conditions |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | May 6 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || Oklahoma || No. 24 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>9–7 || Brown<br>(3–2) || Bennett<br>(4–3) || Wright<br>(3) || 4,324 || 28–16 || 13–6 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | May 7 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || Oklahoma || No. 24 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || L<br>7–11 || Sandlin<br>(4–3) || Perez<br>(4–2) || Martinez<br>(1) || 4,055 || 28–17 || 13–7 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | May 8 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || Oklahoma || No. 24 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || L<br>1–5 || Campbell<br>(2–0) || Bolden<br>(4–1) || Michael<br>(7) || 3,948 || 28–18 || 13–8 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | May 10 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || Incarnate Word* || || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>11–7<sup>(11)</sup> || Hill<br>(1–0) || Hayward<br>(1–7) || &mdash; || 3,386 || 29–18 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | May 13 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || at || || Hoglund Ballpark<br>Lawrence, KS || W<br>15–6 || Brown<br>(4–2) || Hegarty<br>(6–5) || &mdash; || 1,013 || 30–18 || 14–8 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | May 14 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Kansas || || Hoglund Ballpark<br>Lawrence, KS || W<br>30–3 || Perez<br>(5–2) || Larsen<br>(1–8) || &mdash; || 1,003 || 31–18 || 15–8 || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | May 15 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Kansas || || Hoglund Ballpark<br>Lawrence, KS || W<br>8–2 || Mihlbauer<br>(2–0) || Vanderhei<br>(5–6) || &mdash; || 717 || 32–18 || 16–8 || Stats<br>Story |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | May 17 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || * || No. 24 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || colspan="8" | Canceled |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | May 19 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || * || No. 24 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>7–6 || Walker<br>(5–2) || Pilchard<br>(1–2) || Savage<br>(2) || 3,568 || 33–18 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | May 20 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || Santa Clara* || No. 24 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>10–3 || Perez<br>(6–2) || Hales<br>(3–3) || &mdash; || 3,748 || 34–18 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | May 21 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || Santa Clara* || No. 24 || Lupton Stadium<br>Fort Worth, TX || W<br>9–1 || Cornelio<br>(4-4) || Feikes<br>(5–6) || &mdash; || 3,805 || 35–18 || &mdash; || Stats<br>Story

|-style="" ! colspan=2 |Postseason (3–4) |- valign="top" |

|- | Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Canceled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bold = TCU team member |- |<small>"*" indicates a non-conference game.<br>"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.<br>"()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.</small>

Rankings

References