Gonzaga at Texas Tech
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1 p.m. Wednesday
WHERE: Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
RECORDS: Gonzaga 6-5, Texas Tech 8-3
LAST TIME OUT: The Bulldogs topped Portland 8-1 at home on Sunday to claim the weekend series, 2-1. The Red Raiders reeled off their eighth win in a row with a gritty 4-3 decision against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to cap the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park. RECAPS
LAST MEETING/SERIES: The teams split a midweek series in 2010, with Tech taking the opener 9-7 before the Bulldogs prevailed 13-9. The Red Raiders won the only other meeting, 7-1 in 2009 in a California tournament for a 2-1 advantage.
RANKINGS: Texas Tech – No. 10 DIBaseball.com, No. 11 USA Today (coaches) | RANKINGS ROUNDUP
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PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Game 1
Gonzaga – RH Alex Jacob (1-0, 9.2 IP, 5.59 ERA, 16 SO/3 BB, .216 opponent BA)
Texas Tech – RH Micah Dallas (1-1, 7.2 IP, 2.35 ERA, 10 SO/5 BB, .185 opponent BA)
Game 2
Gonzaga – TBA
Texas Tech – Chase Hampton (1-0, 5 IP, 5.40 ERA, 5 SO/5 BB, .111 opponent BA)
LINEUP LEADERS
Gonzaga
SS Brett Harris (.375/.554/.550, 13 R, 2 2B, 1 3B 1 HR, 14 RBIs)
C Stephen Lund (.323/.463/.419, 8 R, 1 HR, 6 RBIs)
CF Guthrie Morrison (.294/.357/.451, 10 R, 6 2B, 1 3B, 10 RBIs)
Texas Tech
2B Jace Jung (.432/.558.892, 13 R, 2 2B, 5 HR, 20 RBIs, 12 BB)
C/1B/DH Braxton Fulford (.364/.481/.909, 7 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBIs)
LF Dru Baker (.356/442/.400, 15 R, 2 2B, 4 RBIs, 3-4 SB)
SS Cal Conley (.333/.346/.569, 9 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, 14 RBIs, 4-4 SB)
OUT OF THE BULLPEN
Gonzaga
RH William Kempner (1-0, 14.1 IP, 1.88 ERA, 16 SO/8 BB, .163 opponent BA)
RH Alec Gomez (2-0, 11 IP, 3.27 ERA, 7 SO/2 BB, .302 opponent BA)
RH Nico Zeglin (1-0, 7.2 IP, 4.70 ERA, 9 SO/4 BB, .222 opponent BA)
Texas Tech
RH Hayde Key (1-0, 5 IP, 0.00 ERA, 8 SO/1BB, .118 opponent BA)
RH Connor Queen (1-0, 5 IP, 1.80 ERA, 5 SO/2 BB, .222 opponent BA)
RH Brendan Girton (0-0, 5.2 IP, 4.76 ERA, 8 SO/1 BB, .333 opponent BA)
UP NEXT
Texas Tech continues a 12-game homestand when Connecticut comes to town for a four-game series starting on Friday.
AROUND THE HORN
- During a current eight-game winning streak, Texas Tech is averaging 9.5 runs and 10.2 hits per game.
- The Red Raiders bring a 17-game home winning streak into the series, including 8 straight in mid-week affairs.
- Red-hot Jace Jung leads the Big 12 Conference in batting average, home runs, slugging percentage and RBIs. His 5 home runs rank fifth nationally. He brings a team-best 9-game hitting streak into the week.
- Jung, Dru Baker and Dylan Neuse have reached base in every game this season.
- Tech’s pitching staff has recorded six consecutive double-digit strikeout efforts.
- Strikeouts are also a strength for Gonzaga pitching. The Bulldogs average 9.7 Ks a game, while the Red Raiders are logging 10 a contest.
- Tech batters finished with more strikeouts (33) than hits (21) in Houston.
- Including Micah Dallas’s last start against Texas Southern, Red Raider starters have recorded 8 or more Ks in five of the last eight games. Patrick Monteverde and Mason Montgomery each mowed down 9 over the weekend.
- Through 11 games, Texas Tech has 46 extra-base hits (46 2B, 1 3B, 18 HR), which accounts for 41% of the Red Raiders’ hit total. By contrast, opponents have managed only 15 (8 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR), which is 22.7% of their total.
- Gonzaga pitching allowed only three runs on 7 hits in 27 innings of work against Portland over the weekend.
