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5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS UTSA | 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 UTSA ROADRUNNERS (7-5; 0-0) VS. NO. 6 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (12-2; 0-0) OVERALL: 12-2 | BIG 12: 0-0 | H: 7-0 | A: 1-1 | N: 2-0 FEBRUARY • (9-1) March 10-12 • 6:30 p.m./2 p.m./1 p.m. • Lubbock, Texas • Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park (4,432)• 97.3 FM • TexasTech.TV 17 #@ vs. Western Illinois W 15-1 UTSA #6 TEXAS TECH 17 # at Mississippi State W 5-2 2017 Record: 7-5 Overall; 0-0 in Conference-USA 2017 Record: 12-2 Overall; 0-0 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 5-5 / 2-0 / 0-0 Home / Away / Netural: 6-0 / 1-1 / 4-1 18 #@ at Western Illinois W 13-5 Rankings: D1: NR | NCBWA: NR | Coaches: NR | BA: NR Rankings: D1: 6 | NCBWA: 9 | Coaches: 9 | BA: 14 19 # at Mississippi State L 5-8 CB: NR | PG: NR CB: 12 | PG: 8 21 NEW MEXICO STATE W 16-1 Head Coach: Jason Marshall Head Coach: Tim Tadlock 24 CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY W 4-2 15-17 GAMES Career Record: 127-115 (5th Season) Career Record: 161-97 (5th Season) Record at UTSA: Same 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 • The No. 6 Texas Tech baseball team continues its four-game home stretch with a weekend series against UTSA on March 10-12 at Dan Law Field 28 NEW MEXICO W 7-2 at Rip Griffin Park. Friday’s tilt with the Roadrunners (7-5) will be played under the lights at 6:30 p.m., while MARCH • (2-1) Saturday’s game is set for a 2 p.m. start, with Sunday’s finale slated for a 1 p.m. first pitch. 3 % vs. No. 11 Texas A&M L 0-9 • Friday’s contest will be the second night game of the year for the Red Raiders (12-2). The first came on Tues- 4 % at Ole Miss W 5-1 day night in the form of the first top-10 matchup in Lubbock since March 28-30, 1997, back when the No. 9 5 % vs. LSU W 5-4 Red Raiders took two of three from No. 10 Oklahoma State. On Tuesday, No. 6 Tech hosted No. 4 Arizona and 7 ARIZONA W 13-1 ran past the Wildcats after scoring in five consecutive innings for a 13-1 victory. 10 UTSA 6:30 p.m. • It was the first top-five win for the Red Raiders at Rip Griffin Park since a 5-1 defeat of No. 2 TCU on April 3, 11 UTSA 2 p.m. 2015. Arizona was ranked fourth by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and appeared at No. 1 in the first NCAA 12 UTSA 1 p.m. RPI poll of the season. Not only was Tuesday’s contest a billing of top-10 teams, but was also a battle of 2016 14 + at UT Arlington 7 p.m. College World Series teams, as Tech and the Wildcats were on opposite sides of last year’s Omaha bracket. 17 * at Texas 6:30 p.m. LHN • Tuesday’s win was the third-straight top-10 victory for the Red Raiders, who took down No. 8 Ole Miss, 5-1, 18 * at Texas 2 p.m. LHN and No. 2 LSU, 5-4, last weekend at the 2017 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic. 19 * at Texas 1 p.m. LHN Senior infielder Hunter Hargrove extended • It was the first time Tech has posted three consecutive wins over top-10 teams since 2014, when the Red 21 UNLV 6:30 p.m. his hitting streak to 14 games, putting up Raiders won three-straight against No. 3 Indiana. 22 hits to start the year, including seven 22 UNLV Noon doubles, one triple and three homers. • The Red Raiders and the Roadrunners have met eight times in the two program’s histories, as Tech holds the 24 at Wichita State 6 p.m. overall advantage at 7-1. The first two meetings came in Lubbock in 2000, when Tech defeated UTSA, 8-6 and 25 at Wichita State 2 p.m. 15-12. It was also the last time the two met in west Texas. In 2011, the Red Raiders picked up a two-game series sweep with scores of 8-2 and 26 at Wichita State 1 p.m. 11-6 in San Angelo, the last time the two programs squared off. 28 TEXAS SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. • The 2017 season marks the fifth-year head coach Tim Tadlock, who sits at 160-97 all-time as the head coach 29 TEXAS SOUTHERN 2 p.m. of his alma mater. Tadlock’s Red Raiders picked up win No. 150 on Feb. 17 in a 15-1 rout of Western Illinois in 31 * at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. Starkville, Mississippi. He is the fastest coach in school history to reach the milestone. APRIL • (0-0) • With a 12-2 start to the season, the Red Raiders have found their way into the top-10 of four different polls, 1 * at Oklahoma 2 p.m. moving up in five from last week’s rankings. For the fourth-straight week, D1 Baseball has Tech ranked 2 * at Oklahoma 1 p.m. highest among the six publications at No. 6. Perfect Game (No. 8), the USA Today Coaches Poll (No. 9) and 4 at New Mexico State 3 p.m. the National College Baseball Writers Association (No. 9) all have the Red Raiders inside the top-10 of their 7 * BAYLOR 6:30 p.m. respective polls. Rounding out the other publications are Collegiate Baseball at No. 12 and Baseball America 8 * BAYLOR 2 p.m. at No. 14. The Red Raiders have been ranked inside the top six in each of the last two seasons. 9 * BAYLOR 2 p.m. PLUS • Tech’s pitching staff was outstanding yet again, allowing only one run for the fifth time in 2017. It was the 11 NEW MEXICO 6:30 p.m. PLUS 10th time this year two or fewer runs have been scored on the Red Raiders, as Arizona stranded 13 on the 13 * at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Junior outfielder Tanner Gardner racked up base path. The Red Raider bats exploded for 13 runs on Tuesday against the Wildcats, making it the fifth time six hits last week, including a pair of two- 14 * at Kansas State 2 p.m. RBI singles, as well as the walk-off single this season to score 10 or more runs in a game. Nine different Red Raiders recorded a hit in the contest, as four 15 * at Kansas State 1 p.m. against LSU on Sunday. He added two more put up multi-hit performances. on Tuesday. 18 ~ vs. New Mexico State 7 p.m. 21 * OKLAHOMA STATE 6:30 p.m. PLUS SERIES COVERAGE 22 * OKLAHOMA STATE 2 p.m. PLUS Date TV/Stream Play-by-Play Analyst Radio Play-by-Play Analyst 23 * OKLAHOMA STATE 2 p.m. PLUS Mar. 10 TexasTech.TV -- -- TTU Sports Network Jamie Lent Mike Gustafson 25 at New Mexico 7:30 p.m. Mar. 11 TexasTech.TV -- -- TTU Sports Network Jamie Lent Mike Gustafson 26 at New Mexico 3 p.m. Mar. 12 TexasTech.TV -- -- TTU Sports Network Jamie Lent Mike Gustafson 28 * TCU 7 p.m. FS1 Live Stats -TexasTech.StatBroadcast.com Twitter - @TTU_Baseball / #WreckEm 29 * TCU 3 p.m. ESPNU 30 * TCU 1:30 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. DAVIS MARTIN STEVEN GINGERY RYAN SHETTER 24-28 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship TBA FCS RHP • 6-2 • 220 • So./1L LHP • 6-2 • 210 • So./1L RHP • 6-3 • 210 • So./1L San Angelo, Texas / Central Huntington Beach, Calif. / Marina Friendswood, Texas / Friendswood W-L 1-1 W-L 1-0 # Games will be played in Starkville, Miss. (Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Sta- W-L 3-0 dium) • @ Indicates doubleheader • % Shriners Hospitals for Children College ERA 3.78 ERA 1.23 ERA 2.04 Classic (Houston, Texas - Minute Maid Park) • + at Arlington, Texas (Globe Life IP 16.2 IP 22.0 IP 17.2 Park) • ~ at Midland, Texas (Security Bank Ballpark) • * Big 12 Conference series K/BB 13/1 K/BB 23/5 K/BB 19/3 PLUS - FOX Sports Southwest Plus • FSSW - FOX Sports Southwest • FCS - FOX UTSA 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 Tanner Dodson (RHP) 0-1 13.50 4/2 Jared Horn (RHP) 0-0 5.40 4/3 TBA N/A N/A N/A #WreckEm 1 2017 TEXAS TECH BASEBALL | UTSA SERIES HISTORY INSIDE THE UTSA SERIES UTSA (7-1) • The two programs have met only eight times in history Home: 2-0 | Away: 2-1 | Neutral: 3-0 • The Red Raiders lead the all-time series, 7-1 Date Location Result • This will be the first matchup held in Lubbock since 2000 5/02/00 Lubbock, Texas W, 8-6 • The Red Raiders are 2-0 all-time at home against the Roadrunners 5/03/00 Lubbock, Texas W, 15-12 • Tech has won the last three meetings with the Roadrunners • This weekend will be the first in the all-time series under head coach Tim Tadlock 2/27/05 Midland, Texas W, 22-7 • Tech has scored double digit run totals in four of the eight games against UTSA 2/25/08 San Antonio, Texas W, 16-6 4/07/09 San Antonio, Texas L, 0-2 TEXAS TECH IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS 4/08/09 San Antonio, Texas W, 7-6 • Texas Tech entered the season ranked in five of the six national polls, missing out on a preseason slot by Perfect Game.