Texas Tech Baseball Team Returns to the Friendly Confines of Rip Griffin Park for a Weekend Confer- 28 NEW MEXICO W 7-2 Ence Set Against Oklahoma State on April 21-23
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5 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS OKLAHOMA STATE | 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 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (21-15, 4-8) VS. NO. 4 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (31-8, 8-4) OVERALL: 32-8 | BIG 12: 8-4 | H: 16-2 | A: 11-4 | N: 5-2 FEBRUARY • (9-1) April 21-23 • 6:30 p.m. / 2 p.m. / 2 p.m. • Lubbock, Texas • Rip Griffin Park (4,432)• 97.3 FM • FOX Sports Southwest Plus 17 #@ vs. Western Illinois W 15-1 OKLAHOMA STATE #4 TEXAS TECH 17 # at Mississippi State W 5-2 2017 Record: 21-15 Overall; 4-8 in Big 12 2017 Record: 32-8 Overall; 8-4 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 15-7 / 4-7 / 2-1 Home / Away / Netural: 16-2 / 11-4 / 5-2 18 #@ at Western Illinois W 13-5 Rankings: D1: NR | NCBWA: NR | Coaches: NR | BA: NR Rankings: D1: 5 | NCBWA: 5 | Coaches: 5 | BA: 4 19 # at Mississippi State L 5-8 CB: NR | PG: NR CB: 6 | PG: 6 21 NEW MEXICO STATE W 16-1 Head Coach: Josh Holliday Head Coach: Tim Tadlock 24 CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY W 4-2 41-43 GAMES Career Record: 191-94 (5th Season) Career Record: 181-103 (5th Season) Record at Oklahoma State: 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. 4 Texas Tech baseball team returns to the friendly confines of Rip Griffin Park for a weekend confer- 28 NEW MEXICO W 7-2 ence set against Oklahoma State on April 21-23. MARCH • (15-4) • It is the second home conference series for the Red Raiders (32-8, 8-4), who played three of their four pre- 3 % vs. No. 11 Texas A&M L 0-9 vious Big 12 sets in Austin (March 17-19), Norman, Oklahoma (March 31-April 2) and Manhattan, Kansas 4 % at No. 8 Ole Miss W 5-1 (April 13-15). For the Cowboys (21-15, 4-8), it will be the third road Big 12 set after opening the season in 5 % vs. No. 2 LSU W 5-4 Fort Worth on March 24-26 and went to Lawrence, Kansas, last weekend. 7 NO. 4 ARIZONA W 13-1 • Friday will mark the 70th meeting all-time between Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, who holds a slight 10 UTSA W 7-6 advantage in the series at 38-31. The last 10 games between the two have been split down the middle, as 11 UTSA L 2-3 the Red Raiders picked up a three-game sweep of the Cowboys in Stillwater last season. Tech picked up a 5-1 12 UTSA W 8-4 win in game one, followed by 8-2 & 15-5 routs in the final two contests. When the two last met in Lubbock, 14 + at UT Arlington L 1-5 the Red Raiders opened the series with a 5-3 win, but dropped the final two games to give Oklahoma State 17 * at Texas W 2-1 the series win. Junior infielder Michael Davis was named 18 * at Texas W 2-1 • The Cowboys ride into Lubbock after a thrilling 7-6 extra-innings victory over Oral Roberts on Tuesday night Big 12 Player of the Week after hitting .450 19 * at Texas W 8-5 last week. Included in his nine hits were in Stillwater. In conference play, OSU posted a series win over K-State on April 7-9, but fell at then-No. 3 TCU, three-straight games with a homer, while 21 UNLV W 5-2 at home against West Virginia and on the road at Kansas to bring in a 4-8 Big 12 mark. also helping turn a SB four double plays. 22 UNLV W (10) 5-4 • At the plate, the Cowboys are hitting .273 as a team, with Garrett McCain and Colin Simpson leading the 24 at Wichita State W 10-5 charge with above .300 figures. McCain is the Big 12 leader in batting average with a .368 clip, with Simpson 25 at Wichita State W 4-1 trailing at .315. McCain also holds the squad’s top spots in hits with 50 and runs scoring 37 this season. 26 at Wichita State W 3-1 Garrett Benge, who’s flirting with the .300 mark at .299 leads the Cowboys with 39 runs driven in. 28 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 8-4 • On the other side of the field, the Red Raiders remained above the .300 line as a unit after Tuesday night’s 29 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 14-7 win, moving to .301, with six starters sitting above the team average. The six include: Grant Little (.339), 31 * at Oklahoma L 2-6 Hunter Hargrove (.337), Ryan Long (.324), Michael Berglund (.320) and Josh Jung (.300), as well as Cody APRIL • (7-3) Farhat, who has moved into the starting role while hitting .364. Hargrove continues to lead the Big 12 in hits 1 * at Oklahoma W 9-4 with 55, while Orlando Garcia has driven in the most runs with 41 & Jung has crossed plate a team-high 39 2 * at Oklahoma L 4-5 times. 4 at New Mexico State W 15-4 • On Tuesday night in Midland, the Red Raiders completed the season series sweep of New Mexico State with 7 * BAYLOR W 13-2 a 6-4 victory in Security Bank Ballpark. Tech used a four-run fifth to help re-take the lead on the Aggies and 8 * BAYLOR W 5-3 Freshman right-hander Caleb Kilian posted close out the three-game set. In the previous two meetings, the Red Raiders won a 16-1 contest in Lubbock, 9 * BAYLOR L 9-10 victories against New Mexico State and Bay- followed by a 15-4 victory in Las Cruces. lor two weeks ago, becoming the first Red 11 NEW MEXICO W 12-4 Raider to record wins in back-to-back games • Earlier in the week, Tech added its second-straight Big 12 Player of the Week winner in Michael Davis. The 13 * at Kansas State L 3-5 since Ryan Moseley in 2016. The win against Lubbock native hit .450 last week, racking up nine hits with three-straight games with a home run. He also the Aggies was the first of Kilian’s young col- 14 * at Kansas State W 7-4 legiate career and followed it with another had seven RBI and six runs scored, while helping turn a season-high four double plays in the series finale at 15 * at Kansas State W 12-8 in the series finale at K-State last week. K-State. It was the second career honor for Davis. 18 ~ vs. New Mexico State W 6-4 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 Apr. 21 FSSW+ Robert Giovannetti Mike Gustafson TTU Sports Network Geoff Haxton Jamie Lent 25 at New Mexico 7:30 p.m. Apr. 22 FSSW+ Robert Giovannetti Mike Gustafson TTU Sports Network Geoff Haxton Jamie Lent 26 at New Mexico 3 p.m. Apr. 23 FSSW+ Robert Giovannetti Mike Gustafson 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. 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 7-0 dium) • @ Indicates doubleheader • % Shriners Hospitals for Children College ERA 2.81 ERA 1.48 ERA 3.86 Classic (Houston, Texas - Minute Maid Park) • + at Arlington, Texas (Globe Life IP 25.2 IP 60.2 IP 42.0 Park) • ~ at Midland, Texas (Security Bank Ballpark) • * Big 12 Conference series K/BB 11/11 K/BB 67/15 K/BB 41/20 PLUS - FOX Sports Southwest Plus • FSSW - FOX Sports Southwest • FCS - FOX OKLAHOMA STATE 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 Joe Lienhard (RHP) 2-0 3.48 31/17 Tyler Buffett (RHP) 5-2 4.12 50/12 TBD 0-0 0.00 0/0 #WreckEm 1 2017 TEXAS TECH BASEBALL | OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES HISTORY INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES OKLAHOMA STATE (31-38) • Texas Tech and Oklahoma State have met a nice 69 times heading into Friday’s contest Home: 15-18 | Away: 15-21 | Neutral: 1-0 • The Cowboys hold a 38-31 advantage in the all-time history (Last Year’s Meetings) • Tech also trails when playing at home, by a slim margin at 18-15 Date Location Result • Over the last 10 meetings, the series is split down the middle at 5 each 4/8/16 Stillwater, Okla.