South Florida at Texas Tech
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
RECORDS: South Florida 9-9, Texas Tech 16-4
LAST MEETING/SERIES: This will be the first meeting.
LAST TIME OUT: The Red Raiders edged Oklahoma State 6-5 last Sunday to claim a Big 12 Conference opening series after losing the opener 2-0.
OSU RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
PODCAST: Gunnin’ Down the Cowboys | Dinger Derby
RANKINGS: Texas Tech – No. 6 D1Baseball, No. 6 USA Today/coaches’ poll
RADIO: 97.3-FM | TuneIn Radio App
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
INTERNET: RedRaiderDugout.com
TWITTER: @RandyRosetta | @RedRaiderDugout | @KeithBPatrick
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Friday – South Florida RH Jack Jasiak (2-2, 33 IP, 1.64 ERA, 37 SO/5 BB, .215 BAA) vs. Texas Tech RH Brandon Birdsell (2-1, 22.2 IP, 3.57 ERA, 22 SO/8 BB, .211 BAA)
Saturday – South Florida RH Dylan Burns (1-2, 24 IP, 3.38 ERA, 30 SO/6 BB, .253 BAA) vs. Texas Tech LH Patrick Monteverde (4-0, 29 IP, 0.93 ERA, 30 SO/3 BB, .160 BAA)
Sunday – South Florida RH Collin Sullivan (0-0, 20 IP, 6.30 ERA, 25 SO/0 BB, .311 BAA) vs. Texas Tech LH Mason Montgomery (1-0, 22.2 IP, 3.18 ERA, 24 SO/11 BB, .228 BAA)
OUT OF THE BULLPEN
South Florida
RH Orion Kerkering (2-0, 1 save, 15 IP, 2.40 ERA, 22 SO/8 BB, .214 BAA)
LH Logan Lyle (1-0, 1 save, 8.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 12 SO/3 BB, .107 BAA)
RH Tanner Mink (0-1, 4 IP, 2.25 ERA, 2 SO/2 BB, .200 BAA)
RH Baron Stuart (2-1, 17.1 IP, 7.79 ERA, 19 SO/9 BB, .231 BAA)
Texas Tech
RH Micah Dallas (1-1, 1 save, 18.2 IP, 1.93 ERA, 21 SO/6 BB, .224 BAA)
RH Connor Queen (1-0, 3 saves, 7 IP, 3.86 ERA, 5 SO/3 BB, .280 BAA)
RH Hayde Key (1-0, 7.2 IP, 2.35 ERA, 10 SO/3 BB, .179 BAA)
RH Ryan Sublette (2-0, 12 IP, 4.50 ERA, 18 SO/5 BB, .239 BAA)
LINEUP LEADERS
South Florida
LF Carmine Lane (.400/.453/.538, 17 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 13 RBIs)
CF Brew Brutcher (.352/.483/.718, 19 R, 5 2B, 7 HR, 14 RBIs, 16 BB, 4-4 SB)
3B Matt Ruiz (.316/.381/.487, 15 R, 6 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 8 RBIs, 4-4 SB)
2B Roberto Pena (.277/.405/.585, 12 R, 2 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 17 RBIs, 12 BB)
Texas Tech
2B Jace Jung (.403/.521/.806, 20 R, 5 2B, 8 HR, 29 RBIs, 18 BB)
LF Dru Baker (.395/.484/.494, 27 R, 5 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBIs, 13 BB, 8-10 SB)
SS Cal Conley (.363/.429/.600, 14 R, 7 2B, 4 HR, 22 RBIs, 5-6 SB)
C Braxton Fulford (.269/.367/.615, 10 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 15 RBIs)
UP NEXT
Texas Tech at Kansas State | April 1-3
AROUND THE HORN
- With the next Red Raider victory, 9th-year skipper Tim Tadlock will climb into second place on the program’s all-time victory list with 318.
- Texas Tech enters the weekend leading the nation with 22 double plays turned.
- During a 7-game hitting streak, Red Raider left fielder Dru Baker is hitting .536 (15 of 28) with five multi-hit games. He earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors after producing 7 hits in 13 at-bats last weekend.
- The Red Raiders won the series vs. Oklahoma State last weekend despite scoring only 10 runs on 20 hits. Conversely, Texas Tech pitchers surrendered 20 hits and 9 runs.
- Brandon Birdsell is coming off his best Division I start in the series opener against OSU: 7 IP, 9 SO, 2 hits & 2 runs (1 earned).
- The Bulls’ three projected starting pitchers have combined for 92 strikeouts and only 11 walks in 77 innings.
