Frogs on the road for six
Trip starts with first-ever game in Memphis
By Evan Erwin
Skiff Staff

The baseball team will play in its first-ever road matchup against Conference USA foe Memphis (8-19, 1-8 C-USA) 7 p.m. today. The Frogs will play a three-game series against them.

TCU has won six of its last eight games, including its last three road games.
Although Memphis is tied for last in C-USA, it has managed to beat No. 5 Mississippi earlier this season.

“They are a good team, but we feel confident that we can pick up the sweep,” head coach Lance Brown said. “I’ve said it before, we have the ability to beat anybody on any given day.”

Today’s squad will likely be led by junior pitcher Clayton Jerome. Jerome leads the Frogs with a 5-2 record and a 2.66 ERA. The right-handed pitcher has 50.2 innings pitched, 41 strikeouts and three complete games so far this season. He will look to improve those marks against a Memphis team that is only batting .247 collectively and averaging eight strikeouts a game.

Offensively, the Frogs will count on senior third basemen Mike Settle. Settle is batting a team-leading .355 and also carries an eight-game hitting streak into this weekend. In TCU’s most recent game against Southwest Texas Tuesday, Settle was 2-3, with two runs scored and one RBI.

Earlier in the season, Settle was in somewhat of a slump, but he said has been hitting well recently.

“I’ve been seeing the ball well,” Settle said. “It just seemed like earlier when I hit it bad it got caught and when I hit it good it got caught,” Settle said. “I am getting some lucky bounces. I just try to hit the ball hard.”

The Frogs are 3-0 on the road in C-USA games this season. The three wins came against Saint Louis.

e.j.erwin@tcu.edu