COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 BIG 12 TITLES 1997, 1998, 2016, 2017, 2019 2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES Schedule / Results Games 18-20 FEBRUARY (3-3) March 19-21 • Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, Texas College Baseball Showdown (Arlington, Tx) #7 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS #14 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS 20 ^ vs. #8 Arkansas FloBaseball L, 13-9 Record _________________________ 14-3 Record ________________________11-3-1 21 ^ vs. #6 Ole Miss FloBaseball L, 5-4 Big 12 Record ___________________0-0 Big 12 Record _________________0-0-0 22 ^ vs. #8 Mississippi State FloBaseball L, 11-5 Home Record ___________________11-0 Home Record __________________7-2-1 26 HOUSTON BAPTIST ESPN+ W, 18-3 (7) Away Record ____________________0-0 Away Record __________________4-0-0 27 HOUSTON BAPTIST ESPN+ W, 8-1 Neutral _________________________3-3 Neutral ______________________ 0-1-0 28 HOUSTON BAPTIST ESPN+ W, 11-2 Streak ________________________ W14 Streak __________________________ L1 Last 10 ________________________10-0 Last 10 _______________________6-3-1 MARCH (11-0) Head Coach _______________ Tim Tadlock Head Coach ______________ Josh Holliday 2 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 14-2 RANKINGS Career Record ________ 750-285 (22nd) RANKINGS Career Record _______ 295-161-2 (9th) 3 TEXAS SOUTHERN ESPN+ W, 15-0 D1: __________7 Record at Texas Tech ___ 315-158 (9th) D1: _________14 Record at OSU _________________ Same Shriners College Classic (Houston) NCBWA: ______4 Record vs. OSU _______________ 16-10 NCBWA: _____12 Record vs. Texas Tech _________ 10-16 CB: __________5 2020 Record _____________________16-3 CB: __________9 2020 Record ____________________ 13-5 5 ! vs. Texas State AT&T W, 8-4 Coaches: _____6 2019 Record ___________________ 46-20 Coaches: ____11 2019 Record ___________________ 40-21 6 ! vs. Sam Houston State AT&T W, 8-0 BA: __________7 Big 12 Record _____________16-8 (1st) BA: _________25 Big 12 Record _____________14-9 (3rd) 7 ! vs. Texas A&M - CC AT&T W, 4-3 PG: __________8 Postseason ___________ CWS Semifinal PG: _________24 Postseason ___________Super Regional 9 GONZAGA ESPN+ W, 5-4 10 GONZAGA ESPN+ W, 5-4 Date Time TV/Stream Radio Locally Audio Stream Live Stats 12 UCONN ESPN+ W, 4-3 March 19 6:30 pm Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Texas Tech Sports Network Double T 97.3 FM TuneIn Radio App Statbroadcast.com 13 UCONN ESPN+ W, 10-3 March 20 2 pm Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Texas Tech Sports Network Double T 97.3 FM TuneIn Radio App Statbroadcast.com 14 UCONN ESPN+ W, 15-13 March 21 2 pm Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Texas Tech Sports Network Double T 97.3 FM TuneIn Radio App Statbroadcast.com 15 UCONN ESPN+ W, 9-8 (10) 19 * #14 OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN+ 6:30 PM Leading Off 20 * #14 OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN+ 2 PM • Big 12 baseball is back. Texas Tech opens conference play this weekend with Oklahoma State coming to town. The 21 * #14 OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN+ 2 PM 26 SOUTH FLORIDA ESPN+ 6:30 PM Tech-OSU series, along with the Texas-Baylor series in Waco, will be the first Big 12 baseball games since 2019. 27 SOUTH FLORIDA ESPN+ 2 PM 28 SOUTH FLORIDA ESPN+ 1 PM • Texas Tech opens Big 12 play at home for the first time under head coach Tim Tadlock, and the first time overall since 2009. The Red Raiders are 4-3 in Big 12 openers under head coach Tim Tadlock, and have won its confer- APRIL (0-0) ence-opening series four out of seven times. Overall, Tech holds an 11-10 record in seven conference-opening 1 * at Kansas State ESPN+ 6 pm series under Tadlock 2 * at Kansas State ESPN+ 6 pm 3 * at Kansas State ESPN+ 4 pm • The weekend set will serve as Texas Tech’s 11th annual Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic. Brooks Wallace played 9 * #15 TCU ESPN+ 6:30 PM 10 * #15 TCU ESPN+ 2 PM shortstop for the Red Raiders from 1977-80 and was later an assistant coach. He died in 1985 at the age of 27 11 * #15 TCU ESPN+ 12 PM after a battle with Leukemia. 13 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ESPN+ 6:30 PM 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ESPN+ 1 PM • Tech enters Friday’s Big 12 opener on a 14-game winning streak. It is only the fifth time a Red Raider team has won 16 * at West Virginia 5:30 pm 14 consecutive games. The 2018 and 1995 clubs won 14 in a row, the 1996 and 1988 teams won 15 consecutive 17 * at West Virginia 3 pm games, and the 2002 club won a school-record 16 consecutive games. This is the fifth time in the last six years 18 * at West Virginia 12 pm under Tadlock that Tech has compiled a double-digit winning streak. 20 # vs. Oklahoma 6:30 pm 23 * BAYLOR ESPN+ 6:30 PM 24 * BAYLOR ESPN+ 2 PM • Texas Tech begins its second leg of a 12-game home stand this weekend. Tech is off to a 6-0 start in the home 25 * BAYLOR ESPN+ 2 PM stand and will finish up with a three-game set against USF following the OSU series. 27 NEW MEXICO ESPN+ 6:30 PM 30 * at #10 Texas TBA • The Red Raiders are riding a 23-game home winning streak into the weekend. It is the second longest home winning streak in school history, surpassing the mark of 21 consecutive games during the 1999 season. The longest home MAY (0-0) winning streak is 24 games, which occured during the 1996 season from February 22-April 26. 1 * at #10 Texas TBA 2 * at #10 Texas TBA • Monday’s win over UConn ended a stretch of 14 games in 18 days for the Red Raiders. Tech went 14-0 over the 7 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ESPN+ 6:30 PM 8 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ESPN+ 12 PM stretch, which started with the HBU series on Feb. 26, included a pair of two-game midweek sets, continued at the 9 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ESPN+ 4 PM Shriners Hospitals for Children Classic, and finished up with the four-game series with UConn on March 15. 10 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ESPN+ 1 PM 14 * at Oklahoma 6:30 pm • The last time these two teams faced off was in the memorable 2019 NCAA Super Regional in Lubbock. Tech won 15 * at Oklahoma 2 pm two out of three games to advance to its fourth College World Series in six years, where it went on to finish as one 16 * at Oklahoma 2 pm of the last four teams remaining. Tech and OSU met six times in 2019 with the Red Raiders earning five wins. Since 20 * KANSAS ESPN+ 6:30 PM 2016, Tech owns a 10-2 regular-season record against the Cowboys with sweeps in 2016, 2018 and 2019. 21 * KANSAS ESPN+ 6:30 PM 22 * KANSAS ESPN+ 1 PM 26-30 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship tba Projected Starters Pos. # Name Yr. B/T Ht./Wt. Avg. R H 2B HR RBI Notes JUNE (0-0) C 26 Braxton Fulford Jr. R/R 5-11/190 .302 9 13 4 4 13 Hitting over .300 for first time in career 4-7 NCAA Regionals TBA 1B 21 Nate Rombach Fr. R/R 6-4/225 .264 15 14 5 5 18 Led the Big 12 in home runs and RBI last 11-14 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 19-30 College World Series TBA 2B 2 Jace Jung Fr. L/R 6-0/200 .403 18 25 5 7 27 Leads the Big 12 in HR and RBI 3B 15 Parker Kelly Jr. R/R 6-3/205 .321 7 9 0 0 4 1.000 fielding percentage in 34 chances SS 13 Cal Conley R-Fr. S/R 5-10/185 .394 13 28 6 4 21 Leads the team with 7 multi-hit games Rankings from D1Baseball * Big 12 game LF 4 Dru Baker So. R/R 5-11/205 .368 26 25 4 1 8 Leads the Big 12 in runs scored HOME GAMES IN BOLD AND CAPS ^ Globe Life Field (Arlington, TX) CF 9 Dylan Neuse Jr. R/R 5-9/175 .271 17 16 3 1 12 Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year All times central, subject to change ! Shriners College Classic (Houston) RF 8 Kurt Wilson Jr. R/R 6-1/185 .260 15 13 3 0 7 Has started at 3B, SS and RF this year # HODGETOWN (Amarillo, TX) DH 7 Cody Masters Jr. L/L 6-1/180 .231 10 6 3 3 7 11-of-12 hits since 2020 for extra bases Projected Pitching Matchups Texas Tech Rotation Oklahoma State Rotation Game 1 RHP Brandon Birdsell (2-0, 4.60ERA) TBD @TTU_Baseball | #WreckEm Game 2 LHP Patrick Monteverde (3-0, 0.78 ERA) TBD Game 3 LHP Mason Montgomery (1-0, 3.26 ERA) TBD 2021 TEXAS TECH BASEBALL Series History Matchup Notes OKLAHOMA STATE (41-42) INSIDE THE SERIES - OKLAHOMA STATE Home: 21-21 • Friday’s meeting will be the 84th all-time between the two programs in a series that dates back to 1983 Away: 18-21 • Oklahoma State holds a 42-41 lead in the all-time series Neutral: 2-0 Streak: W1 • Since the formation of the Big 12, Tech leads the overall series 38-36 Last 10: 8-2 • Tech has won 9 of the last 10 meetings dating back to the 2018 Record in One-Run Games: 9-9 • The Red Raiders have won 16-of-26 matchups since Tadlock and Holliday both took over in 2013 Extra-Innings: N/A • The Red Raiders are 21-21 in Lubbock against the Pokes • Texas Tech went 5-1 against Oklahoma State during the 2019 season ALL-TIME MEETINGS (SINCE 2013 • This will be the first time Tech has opened Big 12 play against OSU 5/03/13 Lubbock, Texas W, 5-2 • The highest scoring game between the two clubs was a 13-12 win for Tech in 1998 5/04/13 Lubbock, Texas L, 5-11 • The largest margin of victory for Tech came in a 15-5 win in 2016 5/05/13 Lubbock, Texas L, 0-3 • The largest margin of victory in the series came in an 18-4 OSU win in 1986 4/04/14 Stillwater, Okla.