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5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS TCU | 2017 TEXAS1995 TECH • 1995 BASEBALL • 1997 • 1998• 2016 TEXAS TECH 11 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999• 2000 BASEBALL 2001 • 2002 • 2004 • 2014 • 2016 2 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES BERTHS 2014 • 2016 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS NO. 2 TCU HORNED FROGS (30-9, 11-4) VS. NO. 6 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (34-11, 9-6) OVERALL: 34-11 | BIG 12: 9-6 | H: 17-4 | A: 12-5 | N: 5-2 FEBRUARY • (9-1) April 28-30 • 7 p.m. / 3 p.m. / 2 p.m. • Lubbock, Texas • Rip Griffin Park (4,432)• 97.3 FM • FS1 / ESPNU / ESPN2 17 #@ vs. Western Illinois W 15-1 #2 TCU #6 TEXAS TECH 17 # at Mississippi State W 5-2 2017 Record: 30-9 Overall; 11-4 in Big 12 2017 Record: 34-11 Overall; 8-4 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 19-4 / 8-5 / 3-0 Home / Away / Netural: 17-4 / 12-5 / 5-2 18 #@ at Western Illinois W 13-5 Rankings: D1: 5 | NCBWA: 3 | Coaches: 5 | BA: 4 Rankings: D1: 8 | NCBWA: 6 | Coaches: 6 | BA: 7 19 # at Mississippi State L 5-8 CB: 2 | PG: 5 CB: 6 | PG: 6 21 NEW MEXICO STATE W 16-1 Head Coach: Jim Schlossnagle Head Coach: Tim Tadlock 24 CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY W 4-2 46-49 GAMES Career Record: 672-310 (16th Season) Career Record: 183-106 (5th Season) Record at TCU: 595-263 (14th Season) Record at Texas Tech: Same 25 @ CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY W 5-1 1 25 @ CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY W (11) 3-2 FIRST PITCH 26 CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY W 11-2 28 NEW MEXICO W 7-2 • The No. 6 Texas Tech baseball team returns home to battle No. 2 TCU on April 28-30 at Dan Law Field at Rip MARCH • (15-4) Griffin Park. 3 % vs. No. 11 Texas A&M L 0-9 • This weekend’s contests will feature the highest-ranked matchup in Rip Griffin Park history and will be 4 % at No. 8 Ole Miss W 5-1 played in front of three sold out crowds. It is the third-straight conference weekend in which all three games 5 % vs. No. 2 LSU W 5-4 have reached sellout status. 7 NO. 4 ARIZONA W 13-1 • It marks the second time this season Tech has hosted a top-five team in Lubbock. The first came on March 7, 10 UTSA W 7-6 when the Red Raiders picked up a 13-1 victory over then-No. 4 Arizona. That contest was the first of three 11 UTSA L 2-3 matchups between 2016 College World Series teams. The second came against Oklahoma State last week- 12 UTSA W 8-4 end, while the third will start Friday night. 14 + at UT Arlington L 1-5 • The Red Raiders (34-11, 9-6) and the Horned Frogs (30-9, 11-4) enter the weekend separated by two games 17 * at Texas W 2-1 in the Big 12 standings, with West Virginia (24-15, 9-6) tied with Tech in second. The Red Raiders trail in the Freshman infielder Josh Jung put together 18 * at Texas W 2-1 all-time series with TCU, but lead in matchups in Lubbock at 37-35. Over the last 10 games, the Horned Frogs nine hits, including a double, a triple and 19 * at Texas W 8-5 hold a slight edge at 6-4. a homer, along with four RBI and five runs. In the first game against OSU, Jung had a 21 UNLV W 5-2 • Last season, Tech traveled down to Fort Worth and picked up a series victory behind Friday night (7-3) and career-best four hits and three RBI. 22 UNLV W (10) 5-4 Sunday afternoon (3-1) victories. However, the two teams would meet again in Omaha, with the Horned 24 at Wichita State W 10-5 Frogs earning a 5-3 win in the first round of the tournament. 25 at Wichita State W 4-1 • At the plate, TCU is hitting .275 as a team, with Austen Wade leading the way with a .345 clip. Wade leads 26 at Wichita State W 3-1 the Frogs in hits with 51, while Cam Warner has driven in a TCU-best 36 RBI & Luken Baker has crossed home 28 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 8-4 plate 36 times. The pitching staff has held opponents to a measly .228 average, as this weekend’s starters 29 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 14-7 have put together a combined 12-4 record with 122 strikeouts. Each of the three in the rotation have ERA’s 31 * at Oklahoma L 2-6 above 4.00. APRIL • (10-6) • On the flip side, Tech has racked up a .306 mark as a unit with six sitting above the team average heading into 1 * at Oklahoma W 9-4 the weekend. Senior Hunter Hargrove & freshman Grant Little lead the way with .333 averages, as Hargrove 2 * at Oklahoma L 4-5 has the team-best 61 hits, which includes 18 doubles, both topping the Big 12. Junior Orlando Garcia has 4 at New Mexico State W 15-4 driven in another Big 12 best of 49 runs, while Jung has touched home 47 times. 7 * BAYLOR W 13-2 • On the mound, Gingery leads the country with eight victories and ranks in the top 15 in the NCAA in ERA at 8 * BAYLOR W 5-3 1.49. Between the three-headed sophomore trio, the weekend rotation has a combined 12-0 record and 137 9 * BAYLOR L 9-10 strikeouts. Junior left-hander Parker Mushinski had one of his best outings in relief on Sunday 11 NEW MEXICO W 12-4 • With last week’s results, the Red Raiders moved a couple spots in a few polls and held firm in a couple others, afternoon against Oklahoma State. Mush- 13 * at Kansas State L 3-5 sitting as high as No. 6 after the dust settled. The USA Today Coaches Poll, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, inski tossed a career-high 3.0 perfect frames 14 * at Kansas State W 7-4 the National College Baseball Writers Association and Perfect Game slotted Tech at sixth this week. Baseball that included three strikeouts. 15 * at Kansas State W 12-8 America & D1 Baseball both moved the Red Raiders down three spots to No. 7 & No. 8, respectively. 18 ~ vs. New Mexico State W 6-4 21 * OKLAHOMA STATE L 10-12 SERIES COVERAGE 22 * OKLAHOMA STATE W 8-2 Date TV/Stream Play-by-Play Analyst Radio Play-by-Play Analyst 23 * OKLAHOMA STATE L (11) 1-3 Apr. 28 FS1 -- -- TTU Sports Network Geoff Haxton Jamie Lent 25 at New Mexico L 5-16 Apr. 29 ESPNU -- -- TTU Sports Network Geoff Haxton Jamie Lent 26 at New Mexico W 27-15 Apr. 30 ESPN2 -- -- TTU Sports Network Geoff Haxton Jamie Lent 28 * TCU 7 p.m. FS1 Live Stats -TexasTech.StatBroadcast.com Twitter - @TTU_Baseball / #WreckEm 29 * TCU 3 p.m. ESPNU 30 * TCU 2 p.m. ESPNU TEXAS TECH PROJECTED ROTATION MAY • (0-0) FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 2 at Ohio State 6:30 p.m. 3 at Ohio State 6:30 p.m. 5 * at West Virginia 5:30 p.m. 6 * at West Virginia 2 p.m. 7 * at West Virginia Noon 18 * KANSAS 6:30 p.m. FSSW 19 * KANSAS 6:30 p.m. 20 * KANSAS 2 p.m. ERIKSON LANNING STEVEN GINGERY RYAN SHETTER 24-28 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship TBA FCS LHP • 6-2 • 175 • So./1L LHP • 6-2 • 210 • So./1L RHP • 6-3 • 210 • So./1L Garland, Texas / Berkner Huntington Beach, Calif. / Marina Friendswood, Texas / Friendswood W-L 2-0 W-L 2-0 # Games will be played in Starkville, Miss. (Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Sta- W-L 8-0 dium) • @ Indicates doubleheader • % Shriners Hospitals for Children College ERA 3.71 ERA 1.49 ERA 3.45 Classic (Houston, Texas - Minute Maid Park) • + at Arlington, Texas (Globe Life IP 26.2 IP 66.2 IP 47.0 Park) • ~ at Midland, Texas (Security Bank Ballpark) • * Big 12 Conference series K/BB 12/12 K/BB 76/16 K/BB 49/20 PLUS - FOX Sports Southwest Plus • FSSW - FOX Sports Southwest • FCS - FOX TCU ROTATION Friday W-L ERA K/BB Saturday W-L ERA K/BB Sunday W-L ERA K/BB College Sports • FS1 - FOX Sports 1 Nick Lodolo (LHP) 4-1 4.96 48/19 Mitchell Traver (RHP) 2-1 4.09 14/5 Brian Howard (RHP) 6-2 4.47 60/21 #WreckEm 1 2017 TEXAS TECH BASEBALL | TCU SERIES HISTORY INSIDE THE TCU SERIES TCU (72-91-1) • Friday will be the 165th meeting between the two programs Home: 37-35 | Away: 30-51-1 | Neutral: 5-5 • The first interaction came on March 18-19, 1957, when Tech dropped a pair of games in Fort Worth (Last Year’s Meetings) • The Red Raiders trail the all-time series at 72-91-1 Date Location Result • Tech holds a slight edge when playing at home at 37-35 4/29/16 Fort Worth, Texas W, 7-3 • The Horned Frogs have won six of the last 10 meetings 4/30/16 Fort Worth, Texas L, 6-13 • Despite trailing the all-time series, Tech has only scored nine fewer runs than the Horned Frogs in their 164 matchups 5/1/16 Fort Worth, Texas W, 3-1 • The road team has won each of the last four series 6/19/16 Omaha, Neb.