HOUSTON – The schedule was recently announced for the 2021 Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic that takes place Mar. 5-7, 2021 at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros. It will see Texas State face Rice, TCU and Texas Tech in its second time playing in the event.
 
First up for the Bobcats will be the Red Raiders on Friday, Mar. 5 at 3 p.m. It will be the first meeting between the programs since 2011, an 8-5 win for Texas Tech in San Marcos. Prior to that contest, TXST had won four straight in the series that the Red Raiders lead 7-6.
 
On Saturday, Texas State faces off against the Owls at 11 a.m. The Bobcats have won the last five games against Rice including a 9-2 victory this season at Bobcat Ballpark. In TXST's first-ever game of the Shriners College Classic in 2019, Nicholas Fraze threw seven shutout innings with a career-high 12 strikeouts in a 1-0 victory on his way to earning the event's Most Outstanding Player award.
 
The Classic closes out for the Bobcats with a meeting with the Horned Frogs at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Mar. 7. TCU leads the all-time series 24-13 but TXST has took the last two meetings in a home-and-home matchup in 2012. For head coach Steven Trout, it will be the first-time he will face off against his college coach, Jim Schlossnagle.
 
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