Texas Tech vs. Stephen F. Austin
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Wednesday
WHERE: Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park | Lubbock, TX
RECORDS: Texas Tech 22-7, 5-3 Big 12 Conference; SFA 12-14, 9-7 Southland Conference
RANKINGS: Texas Tech – No. 8 D1Baseball, No. 7 USA Today/coaches’ poll
LAST MEETING/SERIES: The Red Raiders defeated the Lumberjacks in 2014 with Tech winning 2-of-3 games in the season series. The 2014 contest that SFA won broke a 10-game midweek home winning streak, the last time Tech built a streak of that kind until this season with the 10-game home midweek winning streak they carry into today’s matchup with the Lumberjacks.
LAST TIME OUT: Texas Tech took down TCU going 2-1 in the series. After dropping the Friday matchup 7-3, the Red Raiders bounced back with a 10th inning walk-off bomb from Cal Conley and run-ruled the Horned Frogs 17-7 in the 7th on Sunday.
TCU RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
PODCAST: Bombing the Frogs | Dinger Derby
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TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
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PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Tuesday – Texas Tech RH Brendan Girton (1-0, 11 IP, 5.73 ERA, 14 SO/8 BB, .333 BAA) vs. SFA RH Joseph Sgambelluri (2-1, 22 IP, 3.68 ERA, 32 SO/22 BB, .185 BAA)
Wednesday – TBA vs. TBA
OUT OF THE BULLPEN
Texas Tech
Jamie Hitt (0-0, 4.2 IP, 5.79 ERA, 2 SO/2 BB, .455 BAA)
Josh Sanders (0-0, 4.1 IP, 2.08 ERA, 4 SO/1 BB, .083 BAA)
Chase Webster (0-0, 4.1 IP, 8.31 ERA, 0 SO/3 BB, .176 BAA)
Nick Gorby 0-0, 3.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1 SO/3 BB, .286 BAA)
SFA
Lance Koch (1-0, 10.1 IP, 3.86 ERA, 9 SO/4 BB, .200 BAA)
Easton Turnage (0-0, 9.1 IP, 3.86 ERA, 8 SO/9 BB, .179 BAA)
Chandler Poell (1-1, 8.2 IP, 2.08 ERA, 6 SO/5 BB, .103 BAA)
Harrison Lee (1-0, 13 IP, 4.85 ERA, 14 SO/9 BB, .229 BAA)
Pedro Cuellar (0-1, 4.2 IP, 1.93 ERA, 1 SO/3 BB, .143 BAA)
LINEUP LEADERS
Texas Tech
2B Jace Jung (.405/.504/.865, 30 R, 6 2B, 15 HR, 44 RBIs, 22 BB)
LF Dru Baker (.427/.500/.563, 33 R, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 15 RBIs, 14 BB, 11-13 SB)
SS Cal Conley (.331/.390/.529, 20 R, 9 2B, 5 HR, 28 RBIs, 5-6 SB)
C Braxton Fulford (.259/.364/.565, 6 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 23 RBIs)
CF Dylan Neuse (.281/.440/.427, 29 R, 7 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 16 RBIs, 23 BB, 11-12 SB)
SFA
DH Skylar Black (.303/.385/.545, 13 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 17 RBIs, 6 BB, 4-4 SB)
C Jake Zarrello (.275/.362/.392, 5 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBIs, 6 BB)
RF Cameron Crawford (.250/.375/.391, 19 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 11 BB, 10-14 SB)
CF Kyle Cullen (.246/.394/.281, 11 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 13 BB, 4-6 SB)
UP NEXT
Texas Tech at West Virginia | April 16-18
AROUND THE HORN
- Tuesday is the 6th meeting all time between the Red Raiders and Lumberjacks with Tech holding a 3-2 advantage dating back to 2007.
- Tech is 17-3 against non-conference teams this season with its only three losses to top-10 SEC teams at the College Baseball Showcase in Arlington. Tech heads into Tuesday with 33 consecutive home wins against teams outside of the Big 12 dating back to 2019
- At home, Tech has won 30 of its last 32 games dating back to 2019. The Red Raiders are 18-2 at home this season and went 11-0 at home in the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
- Prior to this season the last Red Raider to hit two home runs in an inning was Cameron Blair in 2004, it has been done three times in 2021.
- Drew Woodcox – 5th inning vs. USF (March 26)
- Jace Jung – 7th inning at K-STATE (April 1)
- Jace Jung – 6th inning vs. TCU (April 11)
- Texas Tech has hit back-to-back home runs 4 times this season and gone back-to-back-to-back in two of those.
