TCU head coach Kirk Saarloos said — during the broadcast on FS1 — his team would need its veterans to step up to try and help the Horned Frogs get back on track.
“We haven’t really got off to the start we wanted to. We started the first two days well, and haven’t played good since. So we’re going to need these veteran guys to kind of weather the storm a little bit here,” said Saarloos.
Top Horned Frogs out of commission
The Horned Frogs suffered a major blow when ace Tommy LaPour was sidelined for this series with elbow soreness and will be re-evaluated in a couple of weeks.
LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.
Without LaPour, TCU turned to Mason Brassfield as their Friday night starter, how did he fare?
Bruins bounce Brassfield in second inning
Brassfield did not give up any runs in the first inning: He forced a pop-up to end the inning after allowing back-to-back singles.
The next inning Brassfield would not be so lucky, after allowing a lead off double to Aiden Aguayo, Will Gasparino came up one batter later and hit his own double that scored the Bruins’ first run of the game.
Brassfield allowed two more base runners before being pulled for Tyler Phenow.
Pitching has been a problem for the Horned Frogs in their last three games, with the team giving up a total of 33 runs.
Saarloos talked about the team’s struggles and injuries after a starting the season with back-to-back wins.
“We got to keep playing. I mean, we haven’t last couple outings, last couple games, we’ve gotten off to really poor starts with our starting pitching, again tonight obviously, they end up getting seven in the first three [innings],but we got to keep playing. I mean, nobody’s going to feel sorry for injuries or stuff like that. We got to be able to overcome those things,” said Saarloos.
Horned Frogs hitters stymied
UCLA pitcher Logan Reddemann had a career day against TCU. He struck out ten Horned Frogs and gave up only one run off five hits in five innings of work.
TCU’s first run of the game came off a Chase Brunson home run. TCU went hitless with runners in scoring position and went 2 for 16 with runners on base as the offense failed to get into rhythm against the nation’s top team.
TCU will continue the three-game series at UCLA at 4 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. The Horned Frogs will then stay in Los Angeles and play their next game against Loyola Marymount at 3 p.m. Monday at Page Stadium.
Game schedule dates, times, locations
Feb. 3 Boston 110, Mavericks 100
Feb. 5 San Antonio 135, Mavericks 123
Feb. 7 San Antonio 138, Mavericks 125
Feb. 10 Phoenix 120, Mavericks 111
Feb. 12 L.A. Lakers 124, Mavericks 104
Feb. 20 at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m., ESPN, KFAA, MavsTV
Feb. 22 at Indiana, 4 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Feb. 24 at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Feb. 26 vs. Sacramento, 6:30 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Feb. 27 vs. Memphis, 7:30 p.m., KFAA, MavsTV
Feb. 1 Colorado 87, TCU 61
Feb. 7 TCU 84, Kansas State 82
Feb. 10 TCU 62, Iowa State 55
Feb. 14 TCU 95, Oklahoma State 92 (OT)
Feb. 17 Central Florida 82, TCU 71
Feb. 21 vs. West Virginia, 4 p.m., Peacock
Feb. 24 vs. Arizona State, 8 p.m., CBSSN
Feb. 28 at Kansas State, 5:30 p.m., ESPN2
March 3 at Texas Tech, 6 p.m., FS1
March 7 vs. Cincinnati, 1 p.m., TNT
Feb. 1 Texas Tech 62, TCU 60
Feb. 4 TCU 90, Houston 45
Feb. 8 Colorado 80, TCU 79
Feb. 12 TCU 83, Baylor 67
Feb. 15 TCU 59, West Virginia 50
Feb. 18 TCU 72, Houston 50
Feb. 22 vs. Iowa State, 3 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 25 at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+
March 1 vs. Baylor, 3 p.m., ESPN
March 4-8 Big 12 tournament (at Kansas City, Mo.), TBA
Feb. 13 TCU 5, Vanderbilt 4
Feb. 14 TCU 5, Arkansas 4
Feb. 15 Oklahoma 12, TCU 2 (seven innings)
Feb. 17 UT Arlington 11, TCU 8
Feb. 20 at UCLA, 7 p.m., FS1
Feb. 21 at UCLA, 4 p.m., BigTen+
Feb. 22 at UCLA, 3 p.m., BigTen+
Feb. 23 at Loyola Marymount, 3 p.m., none
Feb. 27 vs. New Haven, 6 p.m., ESPN+
Feb. 28 vs. New Haven, 2 p.m., ESPN+
March 1 vs. New Haven, 1 p.m., ESPN+
Jan. 27 Stars 4, St. Louis 3
Jan. 29 Stars 5, Vegas 4 (SO)
Jan. 31 Stars 3, Utah 2
Feb. 2 Stars 4, Winnipeg 3 (OT)
Feb. 4 Stars 5, St. Louis 4
Olympic break
Feb. 25 vs. Seattle, 7 p.m., Fox, Victory+
Feb. 28 vs. Nashville, 7 p.m., Victory+
March 2 at Vancouver, 9 p.m., Victory+
March 3 at Calgary, 8 p.m., Victory+
March 6 vs. Colorado, 7 p.m., Victory+
2026 season
Aug. 29 vs. North Carolina (at Dublin), TBA
Sept. 12 vs. Grambling State, TBA
Sept. 19 vs. Arkansas State, TBA
Sept. 26 at Central Florida, TBA
Oct. 3 vs. BYU, TBA
Oct. 17 at Baylor, TBA
Oct. 24 vs. West Virginia, TBA
Oct. 31 vs. Kansas, TBA
Nov. 7 at Arizona, TBA
Nov. 14 vs. Kansas State, TBA
Nov. 21 vs. Utah, TBA
Nov. 28 at Texas Tech, TBA
2026 season
TBA vs. TBA (at Rio de Janeiro), TBA
2026 opponents (dates and times TBA; one home game will be in Rio)
vs. N.Y Giants
vs. Philadelphia
vs. Washington
vs. Arizona
vs. San Francisco
vs. Tampa Bay
vs. Jacksonville
vs. Tennessee
vs. Baltimore
at N.Y Giants
at Philadelphia
at Washington
at L.A. Rams
at Seattle
at Green Bay
at Houston
at Indianapolis
Feb. 21 Team Texas-David Starr’s Racing School
March 6-7 Goodguys: 16th LMC Truck Spring Lone Star Nationals
March 12-15 Steak Cookoff Association World Championships
March 14 NASCAR Racing Experience
March 20-21 POWRi Racing
March 28 Mopar Heaven
April 11 NASCAR Racing Experience
April 18 Team Texas-David Starr’s Racing School
April 18 Bubble Run
April 23-25 Pate Swap Meet
April 25 FuelFest
April 30-May 2 High Limit Racing Stockyard Stampede
May 1 NASCAR Truck Series: SpeedyCash.com 250
May 2 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Andy’s Frozen Custard 340
May 3 NASCAR Cup Series: Wurth 400
This story was originally published February 20, 2026 at 10:33 PM.
Lawrence Dow is a digital sports reporter from Philadelphia. He graduated with a master’s degree in journalism from USC. He’s passionate about movies and is always looking for a great book. He covers the Texas Rangers and other sports.