SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN COLLEGE CLASSIC
Game 2
Texas Tech vs. Sam Houston State
WHEN: 3 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Minute Maid Park | Houston
RECORDS: Texas Tech 6-3, Sam Houston State 2-4
LAST TIME OUT: Recapping the Bobcats
The Red Raiders set the table with free passes and used three timely home runs to rally past Texas State 8-4 on Friday. The Bearkats knocked around the Rice Owls Friday behind a homerun and four doubles, all from different batters.
LAST MEETING/SERIES: The teams have split 12 games, and the Bearkats won the biggest two in 2017 when they strolled into Lubbock and claimed a Regional crown with 9-8 and 4-3 triumphs.
RANKINGS: Texas Tech – No. 10 DIBaseball.com, No. 11 USA Today (coaches) | Rankings Roundup
RADIO: 97.3-FM | TuneIn Radio App
TV: AT&T SportsNet SW (DirectTV channel 674, U-Verse channels 758/1758)
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INTERNET: RedRaiderDugout.com
TWITTER: @RandyRosetta | @RedRaiderDugout | @KeithBPatrick
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Texas Tech – LH Patrick Montverde (1-0, 11 IP, 0.00 ERA, 14 SO/2 BB, .086 opponent BA)
Sam Houston State – LH Matt Dillard (0-1, 4.1 IP, 18.69 ERA, 4 SO/1 BB, .381 opponent BA)
LINEUP LEADERS
Texas Tech
2B Jace Jung (.429/.501/.936, 12 R, 1 2B, 5 HR, 15 RBIs, 10 BB)
SS Cal Conley (.357/.372/.571, 8 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBIs)
LF Dru Baker (.359/.419/.385, 13 R, 1 2B, 3 RBIs, 3-3 SB)
1B/DH Nate Rombach (.333/.459/.767, 11 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBIs)
Sam Houston State
1B Jack Rogers (2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBIs vs. Rice; .455/879/.773, 6 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBIs)
C Gavin Johnson (2-for-5, 4 RBIs vs. Rice; .368/.368/.526, 3 2B, 6 RBIs)
CF Colton Cowser (2-for-3, 3 R vs. Rice; .318/.483/.455, 8 R, 1 2B, 1 3B)
OUT OF THE BULLPEN
Texas Tech
Brendan Girton (0-0, 5.1 IP, 1.69 ERA, 7 SO/1 BB, .250 opponent BA)
Connor Queen (0-0, 3 IP, 3.00 ERA, 2 SO/0 BB, .273 opponent BA)
Derek Bridges (0-0, 2.1 IP, 0.00, 5 SO/0 BB, .333 opponent BA)
Micah Dallas (1-1, 7.2 IP, 2.35 ERA, 10 SO/5 BB, .185 opponent BA)
Sam Houston State
Tanner Sembera (0-0, 4.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3 SO/1 BB, .200 opponent BA)
Dominic Robinson (0-0, 4 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1 SO/0 BB, .133 opponent BA)
Alex Havlicek (0-0, 3 IP, 6.00 ERA, 5 SO/1BB, .308 opponent BA)
UP NEXT
Texas Tech vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 11 a.m. Sunday
AROUND THE HORN
- In their win Friday, the Red Raiders produced seven runs on three swings – Cody Masters’ 3-run homer and a pair of 2-run jacks by Braxton Fulford. Those two were slotted eighth and ninth in the batting order.
- 5 of Texas Tech’s 6 hits vs. Texas State came with two outs, including all three homers. These two Red Raiders also got hits to start 3 of their 8 at-bats.
- Limiting free passes was key for Texas Tech pitchers in the Friday victory. The Bobcats earned only one walk, although four got on via hit batsmen. The Red Raiders also struck out 12, with Hayde Key getting Ks on five of the 10 batters he faced.
- Texas Tech prevailed despite just one hit among Jace Jung (1-for-5), Dylan Neuse (0-for-3) and Cal Conley (0-for-4). Conley stranded four runners on base.
