Two TCU baseball games move to prime time in TV schedule

Two of top-ranked TCU baseball’s games were moved to prime time for television broadcast, according to a schedule announced Thursday.

The Game 2s of the Horned Frogs’ first two Big 12 series, against Kansas and Oklahoma State, were moved from their traditional early afternoon Saturday start. First pitch is now 5 p.m. for the March 18 game against Kansas and 7 p.m. for the March 25 game against Oklahoma State, both at Lupton Stadium.

In all, 18 TCU games are scheduled for broadcast on ESPN2, ESPN3 or ESPNU and Fox Sports Southwest, Fox Sports 1 or Fox College Sports.

All three games of the TCU at Texas Tech series April 28-30 will be televised, as will the entirety of the Texas at TCU series the following weekend.

The Frogs are the No. 1 team in the country in four preseason rankings. The first day of practice is Friday, with the alumni game set for Feb. 11 and the season opener on Feb. 17 against Penn State at Lupton Stadium.

Here are the games scheduled for broadcast:

Feb. 19 vs. Penn State, noon, FSSW

Feb. 26 vs. Arizona State, 1 p.m., FSSW

March 18 vs. Kansas, 5 p.m., FSSW

March 19 vs. Kansas, 1 p.m., FSSW

March 25 vs. Oklahoma State, 7 p.m., FSSW

March 26 vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m., FSSW

April 8 vs. Murray State, 2 p.m., FSSW

April 21 vs. Baylor, 6:30 p.m., Fox College Sports

April 22 vs. Baylor, 3 p.m., FSSW

April 25 vs. SFA, 6:30 p.m., FSSW-Plus

April 28 at Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m., FS1

April 29 at Texas Tech, 3 p.m., ESPNU

April 30 at Texas Tech, 1:30 p.m., ESPNU

May 5 vs. Texas, 7 p.m., ESPNU

May 6 vs. Texas, noon, ESPN2

May 7 vs. Texas, 1 p.m., ESPNU

May 16 vs. UT Arlington, 6:30 p.m., FSSW-Plus

May 24-28 at Big 12 Championships, FCS and FS1

This story was originally published January 26, 2017 at 2:37 PM with the headline "Two TCU baseball games move to prime time in TV schedule."