COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 BIG 12 TITLES 1997, 1998, 2016, 2017, 2019 2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES Schedule / Results Games 32-34 24-7 Overall, 5-4 Big 12 April 16-18 • Monongalia County Ballpark • Morgantown, W. Va. FEBRUARY (3-3) #8 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS College Baseball Showdown (Arlington, Tx) Record _________________________ 24-7 Record ________________________ 13-14 20 ^ vs. #8 Arkansas FloBaseball L, 13-9 Big 12 Record ___________________5-4 Southland Record ________________4-5 21 ^ vs. #6 Ole Miss FloBaseball L, 5-4 Home Record ___________________20-2 Home Record ____________________7-5 22 ^ vs. #8 Mississippi State FloBaseball L, 11-5 Away Record ____________________1-2 Away Record ____________________4-9 26 HOUSTON BAPTIST ESPN+ W, 18-3 (7) Neutral _________________________3-3 Neutral ________________________ 2-0 27 HOUSTON BAPTIST ESPN+ W, 8-1 Streak _________________________ W4 Streak _________________________ W2 28 HOUSTON BAPTIST ESPN+ W, 11-2 Last 10 _________________________7-3 Last 10 _________________________4-6 Head Coach _______________ Tim Tadlock Head Coach ______________ Randy Mazey RANKINGS Career Record ________ 760-289 (22nd) RANKINGS Career Record ______ 438-355-2 (15th) MARCH (16-1) D1: __________8 Record at Texas Tech ___ 325-162 (9th) D1: ________ NR Record at WVU _________ 251-195 (9th) 2 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 14-2 NCBWA: ______8 Record vs. WVU _______________ 13-14 NCBWA: ____ NR Record vs. Texas Tech _________ 14-13 3 TEXAS SOUTHERN ESPN+ W, 15-0 CB: __________9 2020 Record _____________________16-3 CB: ________ NR 2020 Record _____________________11-5 Shriners College Classic (Houston) Coaches: _____7 2019 Record ___________________ 46-20 Coaches: ___ NR 2019 Record ___________________ 38-22 5 ! vs. Texas State AT&T W, 8-4 BA: _________11 Big 12 Record _____________16-8 (1st) BA: ________ NR Big 12 Record ________________ 13-11 6 ! vs. Sam Houston State AT&T W, 8-0 PG: __________8 Postseason ___________ CWS Semifinal PG: ________ NR Postseason ____________Regional Host 7 ! vs. Texas A&M - CC AT&T W, 4-3 9 GONZAGA ESPN+ W, 5-4 Date Time (CT) TV/Stream Radio Locally Audio Stream Live Stats 10 GONZAGA ESPN+ W, 5-4 April 16 5:30 pm Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Texas Tech Sports Network Double T 97.3 FM TuneIn Radio App Statbroadcast.com 12 UCONN ESPN+ W, 4-3 April 17 3 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 April 18 12 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 15 UCONN ESPN+ W, 9-8 (10) Leading Off 19 * #14 OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN+ L, 0-2 20 * #14 OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN+ W, 4-2 • After a top-25 series win and a midweek sweep at home, No. 8 Texas Tech baseball carries a four-game winning streak 21 * #14 OKLAHOMA STATE ESPN+ W, 6-5 on the road as it travels to Morgantown, W. Va. , for just its second true road test of the season. 26 SOUTH FLORIDA ESPN+ W, 16-6 27 SOUTH FLORIDA ESPN+ W, 8-0 • The Red Raiders have played 22 of their 31 games within the friendly confines at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock. Of 28 SOUTH FLORIDA ESPN+ W, 7-4 those nine games played outside of Lubbock, six of those were at neutral site tournaments, as Tech went 0-3 at the College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, against three top-10 foes, but went 3-0 at APRIL (5-3) the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic in Houston. 1 * at Kansas State ESPN+ W, 17-1 2 * at Kansas State ESPN+ L, 7-2 • This will be only the second time Tech has traveled out of state this season, and the Red Raiders will be looking 3 * at Kansas State ESPN+ L, 10-4 for a better result this time as Tech dropped a series at Kansas State to open the month of April. Tech opened the 9 * #10 TCU ESPN+ L, 7-3 series blasting the Wildcats, 17-1, in the opener, but K-State controlled the next two contests. 10 * #10 TCU ESPN+ W, 6-5 (10) 11 * #10 TCU ESPN+ W, 17-7 (7) • Texas Tech has won four games in a row despite being bitten considerably by the injury bug. Tech was down three 13 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ESPN+ W, 4-3 regular starters this week, including the team’s batting leader in Dru Baker, Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ESPN+ W, 7-5 Dylan Neuse and versatile starter Kurt Wilson. A key piece of the rotation was also sidelined this week as Friday 16 * at West Virginia ESPN+ 5:30 pm 17 * at West Virginia ESPN+ 3 pm starter Brandon Birdsell exited his start against TCU early due to injury. 18 * at West Virginia ESPN+ 12 pm 20 # vs. Oklahoma ESPNU 6:30 pm • Friday’s meeting between Texas Tech and West Virginia will be the 28th all-time between the two teams. It’s the 23 * BAYLOR ESPN+ 6:30 PM first time they are meeting, of course, since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tech and WVU squared off six 24 * BAYLOR ESPN+ 2 PM times in 2019 with WVU winning 2-of-3 during the regular season in Morgantown and later winning 2-of-3 against 25 * BAYLOR ESPN+ 2 PM Tech in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship in Oklahoma City. WVU holds a 14-13 edge in the series. 27 NEW MEXICO ESPN+ 6:30 PM 30 * at #5 Texas LHN 7 pm • Tech is coming off a series win over No. 10 TCU and is currently in four place in the Big 12 standings, two games behind the leader. Tech snapped the Frogs’ 11-game winning streak on Saturday in walk-off fashion as Cal Conley hit a walk- MAY (0-0) off home run in the bottom of the 10th. Tech run-ruled the Frogs on Sunday behind five home runs to win the series. 1 * at #5 Texas LHN 2:30 pm 2 * at #5 Texas LHN 2:30 pm • Three Red Raiders were placed on national watch lists this week. Jace Jung and Dru Baker were among 45 players 7 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ESPN+ 6:30 PM named to the Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list as Tech was one of four schools nationally with multiple 8 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ESPN+ 12 PM players. Cal Conley was one of 100 players named to the Brooks Wallace Award watch list for the top shortstop. 9 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ESPN+ 4 PM 10 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ESPN+ 1 PM • Without Birdsell in the rotation, Tim Tadlock will move Pittsburgh native Patrick Monteverde from Saturday to Friday, 14 * at Oklahoma SS.TV 6:30 pm 15 * at Oklahoma SS.TV 2 pm and go with Micah Dallas on Saturday followed by Mason Montgomery on Sunday. Dallas and Montgomery both have 16 * at Oklahoma SS.TV 2 pm plenty of experience in the weekend rotation dating back to their freshman seasons in 2019 when Tech made a run 20 * KANSAS ESPN+ 6:30 PM to the College World Series. Dallas earned Freshman All-America honors that season in the Friday role. 21 * KANSAS ESPN+ 6:30 PM 22 * KANSAS ESPN+ 1 PM Projected Starters 26-30 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship TBA Pos. # Name Yr. B/T Ht./Wt. Avg. R H 2B HR RBI Notes C 26 Braxton Fulford Jr. R/R 5-11/190 .269 21 25 7 6 23 On pace to double his career RBI #s JUNE (0-0) 1B 18 Cole Stilwell So. R/R 6-1/205 .226 12 14 5 3 17 Went 4-for-12 in 3 starts vs. TCU 4-7 NCAA Regionals TBA 2B 2 Jace Jung Fr. L/R 6-0/200 .404 32 46 6 0 15 Tied for the national lead in home runs 11-14 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 3B 15 Parker Kelly Jr. R/R 6-3/205 .250 12 15 1 0 7 Went 3-for-9 in 3 starts vs. TCU 19-30 College World Series TBA SS 13 Cal Conley R-Fr. S/R 5-10/185 .326 20 42 9 5 29 Two walk-off hits in last four games Rankings from D1Baseball * Big 12 game LF 4 Dru Baker So. R/R 5-11/205 .427 33 44 6 2 15 Has missed last 7 games due to injury HOME GAMES IN BOLD AND CAPS ^ Globe Life Field (Arlington, TX) CF 1 Dillon Carter Fr. L/R 6-0/210 .282 7 11 2 1 7 Made his season debut against USF All times central, subject to change ! Shriners College Classic (Houston) RF 19 Easton Murrell Jr. L/R 6-0/210 .222 17 14 5 3 9 First career multi-HR game Wednseday # HODGETOWN (Amarillo, TX) DH 7 Cody Masters Jr. L/R 6-1/180 .244 15 10 3 5 14 8-of-10 hits are for extra bases Projected Pitching Matchups Texas Tech Rotation West Virginia Rotation Game 1 LHP Patrick Monteverde (5-1, 2.58) LHP Jackson Wolf (3-3, 3.05 ERA) @TTU_Baseball | #WreckEm Game 2 RHP Micah Dallas (1-2, 3.38 ERA) LHP Adam Tulloch (0-3, 7.03 ERA) Game 3 LHP Mason Montgomery (1-1, 4.13 ERA) LHP Ben Hampton (3-0, 3.10 ERA) 2021 TEXAS TECH BASEBALL Series History Texas Tech Notes WEST VIRGINIA (13-14) INSIDE THE SERIES - WEST VIRGINIA Home: 7-2 • Friday’s meeting will be the 28th all-time between the two programs Away: 5-7 • Tech will be looking to even or take over the series lead as it currently trails 13-14 Neutral: 1-5 Streak: L1 • Tech is 5-7 all-time in Morgantown and neither team has scored more than 4 runs in the last six games there Last 10: 6-4 • Tech head coach Tim Tadlock and WVU head coach Randy Mazey were both in the first season leading their pro- grams when the first head-to-head matchup was played in 2013 as WVU joined the Big 12 • Tech has won three of the last four regular-season series and is 12-9 against WVU in the regular season ALL-TIME MEETINGS (Since 2013) • Tech and WVU met six times in 2019, including three times at the Big 12 Championship in OKC 3/22/13 Charleston, W.