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SERIES UPDATE
Game 3
Texas Tech vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
WHEN: 11 a.m. Sunday
WHERE: Minute Maid Park | Houston
RECORDS: Texas Tech 7-3, TAM-CC 4-6
LAST TIME OUT: Recapping the Bearkats | Recapping the Bobcats
With nasty pitching as the foundation, the Red Raiders plowed past Sam Houston State 8-0 on Saturday to notch their seventh consecutive victory. The Islanders didn’t have an answer for Rice’s offense in a 16-5 run-rule loss on Saturday,
LAST MEETING/SERIES: The teams have met 16 times with Tech claiming 13 wins, including four of the last five games.
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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TWITTER: @RandyRosetta | @RedRaiderDugout | @KeithBPatrick
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Texas Tech – LH Mason Montgomery (1-0, 9 IP, 2.00 ERA, 7 SO/4 BB, .172 opponent BA)
Sam Houston State – RH Hayden Thomas (1-0, 12 IP, 1.40 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 17 SO/8 BB, .250 opponent BA)
LINEUP LEADERS
Texas Tech
2B Jace Jung (.441/.563/.912, 13 R, 1 2B, 5 HR, 17 RBIs, 11 BB)
SS Cal Conley (2-for-5 Saturday, R, GS, 4 RBIs; .362/.375/.617, 9 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, 14 RBIs, 4-4 SB)
LF Dru Baker (2-for-4 Saturday, 2B, R, RBI; .372/.438/.419, 14 R, 2 2B, 4 RBIs, 3-3 SB)
1B/DH Nate Rombach (.324/.439/.706, 11 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBIs)
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
LF Mike Williams (.250, 9 H, 5 R, 1 2B, 2 RH, 7 RBIs, 2 BB on the season)
2B Luke Markotic (.286, 2 H, 2 R, 2 2B, 3RBIs, 3 BB on the season)
RF Itchy Burts (.212, 7 H, 3 H, 1 2B, 5 RBIs, 7 BB on the season)
OUT OF THE BULLPEN
Texas Tech
RH Brendan Girton (0-0, 5.1 IP, 1.69 ERA, 7 SO/1 BB, .250 opponent BA)
RH Connor Queen (0-0, 3 IP, 3.00 ERA, 2 SO/0 BB, .273 opponent BA)
LH Derek Bridges (0-0, 2.1 IP, 0.00, 5 SO/0 BB, .333 opponent BA)
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
RH JT Moeller (1-0, 3.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 5 SO/1BB, .214 opponent BA)
RH Cassius Shy (0-1, 7 IP, 2.57 ERA, 0.86 WHIP. 9 SO/4 BB, .087 opponent BA)
RH Jaime Ramirez (0-1, 6 IP, 9.00 ERA, 2.67 WHIP, 6 SO/7 BB, .346 opponent BA)
UP NEXT
Gonzaga at Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Wednesday
AROUND THE HORN
- Texas Tech pitchers bring a 13.1-inning scoreless streak into the game after the shutout on Saturday – the staff’s second in the last three games. Red Raider relievers have allowed just one run in the last 13 innings of work.
- In two games at Minute Maid Park, Texas Tech has racked up 16 runs and 11 of those have come around via the home run. The Red Raiders have clouted four balls over the fence in the Houston Astros’ home digs, all with two outs. Cal Conley did the honors Saturday with his first career grand slam.
- Patrick Monteverde turned in the best starting performance this season by a Tech pitcher with 7 shutout frames when he retired 20 of the 23 batters he faced. He navigated the lone danger spot he encountered with three consecutive strikeouts after allowing a leadoff double in the 3rd inning then balking the runner to third with no outs. He has logged 9 strikeouts in each of his last two starts with no walks either time out. In fact, he has not walked a batter since the 3rd inning of the season opener – a stretch of 15.1 innings.
- Neither Levi Wells nor Ryan Sublette walked a batter, either, giving the Tech staff its second game this season without a base on balls.
- Saturday marked the seventh game in a row – all victories – that the Red Raider offense has generated 8 runs or more. They have also produced at least three extra-base hits in every game of their current hot stretch.
