STATE FARM COLLEGE BASEBALL SHOWDOWN
Game 3
Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State
WHEN: 11 a.m. Monday
WHERE: Globe Life Field | Arlington
RECORDS: Texas Tech 0-2, Mississippi State 1-1
LAST TIME OUT: Ole Miss 5, Texas Tech 4 on Sunday; TCU 3, Mississippi State 2 on Sunday
LAST MEETING/SERIES: Mississippi State has won the last four matchups and leads the series 4-3. The Bulldogs swept a pair of games in Starkville last season (6-3, 3-2) before the season abruptly ended as the COVID-19 pandemic kicked in. All four Mississippi State wins have been by 3 runs or fewer.
RANKINGS: Texas Tech – No. 4 DIBaseball.com/No. 4 USA Today (coaches); Arkansas – No. 7/No. 7
LOCAL RADIO: Double T 97.3 FM (Streaming within 100 miles of Lubbock)
STREAMED RADIO: TuneIn
TV: None
LIVESTREAM: FloBaseball.tv ($)
INTERNET: RedRaiderDugout.com
TWITTER: @RandyRosetta, @RedRaiderDugout
STARTING PITCHERS
Texas Tech – LH Mason Montgomery (2020: 3-1, 18 IP, 20 SO/2 BB)
Mississippi State – RH Jackson Fristoe (Freshman: 6-4, 205lbs, Paducah, KY)
LINEUP LEADERS
Texas Tech
IF Cal Conley: 4-for-10, R, 2N, 4 RBIs, 2-2 SB
IF Kurt Wilson: 2-for-6 2 R, 2B, 2 BB, 1-1 SB
LF Dru Baker: 2-for-7, R, 2B, 3 BB
Mississippi State
DH Luke Hancock: 5-for-8, 2 R, HR, 2 RBIs
1B Josh Hatcher: 3-for-9, 2B, 2 RBIs
CF Rowdey Jordan: 2-for-9, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBIs
UP NEXT
Houston Baptist at Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday
AROUND THE HORN
- The Red Raiders have dropped their first two games of a season since 1994 when they went 0-3 at Gran Canyon to lift the lid on a new campaign.
- 6 of the 11 pitchers who have thrown in two games made their D-I debuts, including solid first efforts from Brendan Girton and Hayde Key, neither of who allowed a run. Girton’s 3.1 stint is the second longest by a Tech hurler this weekend.
- Texas Tech hitters have struck out 26 times in 85 plate appearances – 30.6% of the time. Every hitter who has logged an AB has at least 1 K except Dru Baker. The Red Raiders have also drawn as many walks (15) as they have produced hits. 7 of those hits have been for extra bases (4 doubles, 3 HRs).
- Montgomery’s last start was also vs. Mississippi State – last March 10 – and he absorbed a loss with 4 hits and 3 runs allowed in 4 innings of work.
