TCU-Texas at Big 12 baseball: Numbers, notes, quotes

Some of the numbers, notes and quotes from TCU’s two games against Texas on Saturday: (Recap here)

Notable

TCU is 8-5 all-time in the Big 12 tournament and will make its second appearance in the final. The Horned Frogs are 8-3 in Big 12 tournament games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

TCU and Texas had never played in a Big 12 tournament game until Saturday. It was the teams’ first postseason meeting since a 2010 Super Regional in Austin, won 2-1 by TCU.

TCU designated hitter Luken Baker become the 20th player with a five-RBI game in the Big 12 tournament. Alex Wise of Oklahoma last year was the most recent.

Numbers game

6 Home runs for TCU in the tournament, most among the teams. The Horned Frogs have hit 46 in 56 games. They are 29-6 when they hit a home run.

18 Extra-base hits for TCU in the tournament. The Frogs have eight doubles, four triples and six home runs.

1 Run allowed in 5.2 innings by the TCU bullpen in two games Saturday. The Horned Frogs have pitched 23.1 relief innings in the tournament with a 2.33 ERA.

What they said

“He is just one of those guys, there is always something else to be impressed by. He has always used the whole field to hit, but now he is learning how to get the barrel out a little bit. Now he is learning count leverage and when he can get to a ball. That becomes a scary thing, a guy that doesn’t chase pitches and uses the whole field to hit. That is why he is the Freshmen of the Year in the league and a guy that, barring injury, will be an outstanding major league player.”

-- TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle, on Luken Baker

“That is really fun team to play against, to compete with; they never give up any pitches. I thought it was a fun day of baseball. The first one did not go our way, but I thought we came back with a little bit different attitude and a different mindset. I thought it was a good test for our team because that can happen in a regional. It is really important that we showed the ability that we can come back from a really tough loss.”

-- TCU pitcher Brian Howard

“He has been swinging a good bat all week. Those guys are going to score runs on you, but you know what? We can swing it, too. If we can get some guys on, something like that can happen at a ballpark like this for us. I don’t think it took the wind out of our sails at all. I think we tried as hard as we could to battle back.”

-- Texas first baseman Kacy Clemens on Luken Baker’s home run

This story was originally published May 29, 2016 at 12:06 AM with the headline "TCU-Texas at Big 12 baseball: Numbers, notes, quotes."