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5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS NO. 15 OKLAHOMA | 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 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (24-4; 3-0) VS. NO. 15 OKLAHOMA SOONERS (23-5; 2-1) OVERALL: 24-4 | BIG 12: 3-0 | H: 13-1 | A: 7-1 | N: 4-2 FEBRUARY • (9-1) March 31-April 2 • 6:30 p.m./2 p.m./1 p.m. • Norman, Okla. • L. Dale Mitchell Park (3,180) • 97.3 FM • SoonerSports.TV/FSN 17 #@ vs. Western Illinois W 15-1 #2 TEXAS TECH #15 OKLAHOMA 17 # at Mississippi State W 5-2 2017 Record: 24-4 Overall; 3-0 in Big 12 2017 Record: 23-5 Overall; 2-1 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 13-1 / 7-1 / 4-2 Home / Away / Netural: 17-2 / 6-3 / 0-0 18 #@ at Western Illinois W 13-5 Rankings: D1: 3 | NCBWA: 3 | Coaches: 2 | BA: 4 Rankings: D1: 24 | NCBWA: 15 | Coaches: 18 | BA: 17 19 # at Mississippi State L 5-8 CB: 4 | PG: 5 CB: 15 | PG: 24 21 NEW MEXICO STATE W 16-1 Head Coach: Tim Tadlock Head Coach: Pete Hughes 24 CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY W 4-2 29-31 GAMES Career Record: 173-99 (5th Season) Career Record: 617-468-3 (20th Season) Record at Texas Tech: Same Record at Oklahoma: 116-88-1 (4th Season) 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. 2 Texas Tech baseball team hits the road for Norman for the second conference series of the year against No. 15 Oklahoma on March MARCH • (15-3) 31-April 2 at L. Dale Mitchell Park. 3 % vs. No. 11 Texas A&M L 0-9 • It is the third-straight weekend the Red Raiders (24-4, 3-0) have played away from Lubbock and the fifth 4 % at No. 8 Ole Miss W 5-1 overall in the seven weeks of the 2017 season. Tech has put together a 7-1 record in true road games this year 5 % vs. No. 2 LSU W 5-4 and 11-3 overall away from home. 7 NO. 4 ARIZONA W 13-1 • In the first Big 12 series of the year, the Red Raiders traveled to Austin and picked up the program’s first-ever 10 UTSA W 7-6 three-game sweep of the then-No. 21 Longhorns on March 17-19. Tech won back-to-back 2-1 games to 11 UTSA L 2-3 claim the series, then followed with an 8-5 victory in the finale for the sweep. It was the first 3-0 start to 12 UTSA W 8-4 conference play for the Red Raiders since 1999. 14 + at UT Arlington L 1-5 • Tech posted another perfect weekend in Wichita last week against the Shockers. The Red Raiders jumped out 17 * at Texas W 2-1 to a 10-5 game one win, before closing out the series by holding Wichita State to one run in each of the last 18 * at Texas W 2-1 two games at 4-1 & 3-1, respectively. It was also the first three-game sweep of the Shockers in school history. 19 * at Texas W 8-5 • Before heading to Norman, Tech took on Texas Southern in a pair of midweek games, picking up an 8-4 win in Freshman outfielder Grant Little racked up a team-high .412 average en route to Big 12 21 UNLV W 5-2 a weather-delayed series opener, before storming to a 14-7 game two victory on Wednesday. The Red Raid- Newcomer of the Week honors. On Friday, 22 UNLV W (10) 5-4 ers posted 17 hits in the first game, followed by 21 in the second, making it the first time since a February 14, he came one hit away from the cycle. 24 at Wichita State W 10-5 2015, doubleheader against San Francisco to post 15 or more hits in back-to-back games. 25 at Wichita State W 4-1 • Friday’s game will mark the first home conference series for Oklahoma (23-5, 2-1), who opened Big 12 play 26 at Wichita State W 3-1 in Waco on March 24-26. OU sandwiched a 7-0 loss with an 11-3 win in the first contest and a 3-0 shutout 28 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 8-4 victory in the rubber match. 29 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 14-7 • Last season, the Red Raiders swept Oklahoma in the season series at Rip Griffin Park, but fell in the elimina- 31 * at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. tion game of the Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City. During the mid-March set, Tech outscored OU, 24-8, APRIL • (0-0) posting a 5-0 shutout in game one, followed by 6-1 and 13-7 wins in the final two games of the weekend. 1 * at Oklahoma 2 p.m. Over the last 10 games against Oklahoma, Tech has won six. 2 * at Oklahoma 1 p.m. • OU holds a slight advantage in the all-time series at 45-35-1, with a 23-11-1 record against the Red Raiders 4 at New Mexico State 2 p.m. in Norman. The last time Tech picked up a series victory on the road against Oklahoma came in 1999 when 7 * BAYLOR 6:30 p.m. they put together a sweep with wins of 11-10, 8-3 and 3-1. 8 * BAYLOR 2 p.m. • After a perfect week, the Red Raiders have become a consensus top-5 team as of March 27, climbing in three Tech’s starting pitching was exceptional 9 * BAYLOR 2 p.m. PLUS of the six polls in the latest set of rankings. The USA Today Coaches Poll gave Tech its highest ranking of the last weekend, combining for 16.2 innings 11 NEW MEXICO 6:30 p.m. PLUS year at No. 2 this week. D1 Baseball and the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) have the of work, giving up just one earned run and seven hits, while striking out 18 Shockers. 13 * at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. Red Raiders at No. 3, followed by Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball Newspaper at fourth. Perfect Game Gingery tallied eight strikeouts, while he 14 * at Kansas State 2 p.m. rounds out the rankings, placing Tech at No. 5 in their latest update. The Red Raiders have been ranked inside and Martin did not allow an earned run, while Shetter gave up just one. 15 * at Kansas State 1 p.m. the top six of at least one poll in each of the last two seasons. 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. 31 SoonerSports.TV -- -- TTU Sports Network Geoff Haxton Jamie Lent 25 at New Mexico 7:30 p.m. Apr. 1 FOX Sports OK+ -- -- TTU Sports Network Geoff Haxton Jamie Lent 26 at New Mexico 3 p.m. Apr. 2 FOX College Sports -- -- 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 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. JOHN HENRY GONZALEZ STEVEN GINGERY RYAN SHETTER 24-28 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship TBA FCS RHP • 6-0 • 235 • Fr./HS LHP • 6-2 • 210 • So./1L RHP • 6-3 • 210 • So./1L Edinburg, Texas / Edinburg Huntington Beach, Calif. / Marina Friendswood, Texas / Friendswood W-L 2-1 W-L 2-0 # Games will be played in Starkville, Miss. (Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Sta- W-L 5-0 dium) • @ Indicates doubleheader • % Shriners Hospitals for Children College ERA 3.38 ERA 1.05 ERA 3.09 Classic (Houston, Texas - Minute Maid Park) • + at Arlington, Texas (Globe Life IP 21.1 IP 42.2 IP 32.0 Park) • ~ at Midland, Texas (Security Bank Ballpark) • * Big 12 Conference series K/BB 14/13 K/BB 44/12 K/BB 35/12 PLUS - FOX Sports Southwest Plus • FSSW - FOX Sports Southwest • FCS - FOX OKLAHOMA 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 Dylan Grove (RHP) 0-1 3.22 25/19 Devon Perez (RHP) 4-1 3.67 37/4 TBA 0-0 0.00 0/0 #WreckEm 1 2017 TEXAS TECH BASEBALL | NO. 15 OKLAHOMA SERIES HISTORY INSIDE THE TEXAS SOUTHERN SERIES OKLAHOMA (35-45-1) • Tuesday will be the first meeting between the two programs Home: 20-12 | Away: 11-23-1 | Neutral: 4-10 • Texas Tech has played members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference nine times Date Location Result • The Red Raiders are 9-0 against members of the SWAC 3/24/16 Lubbock, Texas W, 5-0 • Texas Southern will be the fourth SWAC opponent for Tech 3/25/16 Lubbock, Texas W, 6-1 • The Red Raiders have previously taken on Alabama A&M, Arkansas Pine-Bluff & Prairie View A&M 3/26/16 Lubbock, Texas W, 13-7 5/27/16 Oklahoma City, Okla.