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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Baseball In Battle For First At TCU
5/10/2011 12:00 AM | Baseball
May 10, 2011
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SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah baseball team heads to Texas for its final Mountain West Conference series of the season, taking on eighth-ranked TCU in a three-game series starting Friday, May 13. The Horned Frogs are ranked in the top 10 in each of the four major polls.
Friday's contest will be televised live on The Mtn., with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. CT (5:30 p.m. MT).
The Utes and Horned Frogs are ranked first and second in the conference and are separated by 1.5 games. TCU is 15-2 on the year, while Utah is 15-5. New Mexico is the only other team with double-digit conference wins, sitting third at 10-11. The top two teams in the conference receive a bye for the MWC Tournament, which begins on Tuesday, May 24.
"I'm very proud that we have put ourselves in a position to make this weekend count for our ball club," Utah head coach Bill Kinneberg said. "This will be a challenge in a great atmosphere against a very good TCU team, so this series will be fun for our team. We have tried to build a schedule so we'd be prepared to compete at the end of the year. We want to continue to get better and get ourselves ready for the tournament."
The Utes lead the MWC with a .305 batting average, while TCU is first in the conference in pitching with a 2.94 team ERA.
TCU plays Baylor on Tuesday before taking on the Utes.
News and Notes
> C.J. Cron continues to rank in the top 10 nationally in several offensive categories. He currently leads the country in OPS (1.375) and slugging percentage (.855).
> Utah players are ranked first, second and fourth in the MWC in batting average. Cron leads the league (.488) followed by James Brooks in second (.387) and Shaun Cooper in fourth (.361).
> James Brooks extended his hitting streak to 19 games over the weekend. It is the longest current streak in the MWC. Brooks is ranked fourth in the nation in doubles per game (0.55).
> Cooper and Brooks are tied for the league lead in triples (6).
> Tyler Wagner broke the Utah single-season (10) and career (13) records for saves with a save in game one against San Diego State.
> Rick Anton ranks third in the MWC with 71 strikeouts, and is also third in victories (7).
> Joe Pond is the only pitcher in the conference who has not given up a home run this year.
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