Game Notes: Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship)

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TEXAS TECH 2016 RED RAIDER BASEBALL @TTU_Baseball | @TimTadlockTTU | #WreckEm

2016 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS | 10 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 2014 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 2016 SCHEDULE / RESULTS

% Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic (Houston, Texas - Minute Maid Park) • & at Frisco, Texas (Dr Pepper Ballpark) • + at Arlington, Texas (Globe Life Park) • ^ Brooks Wallace Memorial Series • ~ at Midland, Texas (Security Bank Ballpark) • * Big 12 Conference series • # Big 12 Championship (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (41-15; 19-5) AT BIG 12 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

GAME 57

May 25-29 • 3:15 p.m. • Oklahoma City, Okla. • Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (9,000) • Texas Tech Sports Network #1 TEXAS TECH #8 KANSAS STATE

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OVERALL: 41-15 | BIG 12: 19-5 | H: 20-7 | A: 16-6 | N: 5-2 FEBRUARY • (6-2) 19 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W, 12-3 FSSW+ 20 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE L, 3-10 20 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W, 9-1 21 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W, 12-0 24 at Sam Houston State W, 11-6 26 % vs. #9 Houston W, 3-2 MLBN 27 % vs. #6 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 5-3 (10) MLBN 28 % vs. #18 Arkansas L, 6-10 MLBN MARCH • (11-6) 1 NEW MEXICO STATE L, 6-7 2 NEW MEXICO STATE W, 14-2 4 #22 CAL STATE FULLERTON L, 3-7 FSSW+ 5 #22 CAL STATE FULLERTON W, 6-5 6 #22 CAL STATE FULLERTON L, 1-4 FSSW+ 8 & vs. Oral Roberts Canceled 11 at #9 California L, 2-9 12 at #9 California W, 11-8 12 at #9 California Canceled 13 at #9 California Canceled 15 + vs. UT Arlington W, 6-4 18 * at Baylor W, 5-0 FSSW 19 * at Baylor L, 3-4 FCS 20 * at Baylor W, 6-5 FSSW+ 22 NEW MEXICO W, 14-10 24 * OKLAHOMA W, 5-0 PLUS 25 * OKLAHOMA W, 6-1 26 * OKLAHOMA W, 13-7 28 at UNLV L, 5-8 29 at UNLV W, 14-6 APRIL • (16-5) 2 * KANSAS STATE W, 10-3 2 * KANSAS STATE W, 10-4 3 * KANSAS STATE W, 6-5 5 at #5 Florida State L, 1-10 6 at #5 Florida State W, 8-4 ESPN3 8 * at #16 Oklahoma State W, 5-1 FSSW+ 9 * at #16 Oklahoma State W, 8-2 10 * at #16 Oklahoma State W, 15-5 (7) FCS 13 SAM HOUSTON STATE W, 8-6 13 SAM HOUSTON STATE W, 20-3 15 ^ SAN DIEGO STATE W, 3-1 16 ^ SAN DIEGO STATE W, 10-0 17 ^ SAN DIEGO STATE W, 7-2 19 at New Mexico W, 7-4 20 at New Mexico L, 5-6 (10) 22 * TEXAS W, 13-6 FSSW+ 23 * TEXAS L, 4-7 FSSW+ 24 * TEXAS L, 1-17 (7) FSSW+ 27 ~ vs. Abilene Christian W, 5-4 29 * at #6 TCU W, 7-3 FS1 30 * at #6 TCU L, 6-13 FSSW MAY • (8-2) 1 * at #6 TCU W, 3-1 6 * at Kansas W, 10-3 ESPN3 7 * at Kansas W, 9-2 ESPN3 8 * at Kansas W, 6-3 ESPN3 10 at Abilene Christian W, 7-2 19 * WEST VIRGINIA W, 2-1 FSSW 20 * WEST VIRGINIA W, 4-2 FSSW 21 * WEST VIRGINIA L, 7-8 FSSW+ 25 # vs. Kansas State W, 8-5 FCS 26 # vs. West Virginia L, 4-9 FCS 27 # vs. Oklahoma 3:15 p.m. FCS

Record: 41-15 Overall; 19-5 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 20-7 / 16-6 / 5-2 Rankings: BA: 5 | D1: 6 | PG: 6 | CB: 7 Head Coach: Tim Tadlock Career Record: 143-90 (4th Season) Record at Texas Tech: Same

Record: 26-30 Overall; 8-16 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 15-14 / 9-13 / 2-3 Rankings: D1: NR | BA: NR | NCBWA: NR | CB: NR Head Coach: Brad Hill Career Record: 808-398-3 (22nd Season) Record at KSU: 416-333-3 (13th Season)

#4 WEST VIRGINIA Record: 35-20 Overall; 12-11 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 20-10 / 13-11 / 2-0 Rankings: D1: NR | BA: NR | NCBWA: NR | CB: NR Head Coach: Randy Mazey Career Record: 306-260-2 (10th Season) Record at WVU: 119-100 (4th Season)

#5 OKLAHOMA

Record: 29-26-1 Overall; 11-13 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 16-9 / 10-15 / 3-2-1 Rankings: D1: NR | BA: NR | NCBWA: NR | CB: NR Head Coach: Pete Hughes Career Record: 616-467-3 (21st Season) Record at OU: 95-82-1 (3rd Season)

FIRST PITCH • No. 5 Texas Tech will look to continue its stay in Oklahoma City on Friday afternoon when the Red Raiders meet Oklahoma in an elimination game. First pitch is slated for 3:15 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. • Friday will mark the fourth time in the last five years where Texas Tech and Oklahoma have met in the Big 12 Championship. The Red Raiders are 0-3 in those games. • Texas Tech is 3-8 all-time against Oklahoma during the Big 12 Championship. The Red Raiders have not defeated the Sooners during the tournament since the opening round game of the 2001 tournament as Oklahoma has won each of the past six meetings against Tech. • The Red Raiders swept a three-game series against Oklahoma earlier this year in Lubbock. Texas Tech won all three games by at least five runs as the Red Raiders outscored the Sooners, 24-8, during the weekend set. • Texas Tech is coming off a 9-4 setback Thursday afternoon at the hands of West Virginia. The Red Raiders previously opened the tournament with an 8-5 victory Wednesday over Kansas State, Tyler Neslony leads the Red Raiders marking Tech’s first opening-round win since the 2005 season. with a .556 average (5-for-9) so far in • Texas Tech is hitting .348 overall over the course of the first two days of the tournament. Tyler the Big 12 Championship. Neslony and Stephen Smith have led the Red Raiders at the plate, hitting .556 overall (5-for-9) while Tyler Floyd (4-for-8) and Hunter Hargrove (3-for-6) have both compiled .500 averages. Hargrove leads Tech with four RBI. • Texas Tech is looking to become the first Big 12 regular-season champion to win the conference tournament since Texas A&M claimed a share of the regular-season title and then went on to win the Big 12 Championship in 2011. BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE

Date TV/Stream Play-by-Play Analyst May 25-28 FOX College Sports Bill Doleman Mickey Tettleton May 29 FOX Sports Net Dave Barnett Pat Combs

Radio TTU Sports Network TTU Sports Network

Play-by-Play Analyst Brian Hanni Jamie Lent Brian Hanni Jamie Lent

Live Stats - TexasTech.StatBroadcast.com

Twitter - @TTU_Baseball / #WreckEm

TEXAS TECH PROJECTED STARTER THURSDAY

STEVEN GINGERY

LHP • 6-1 • 210 • Fr./HS Huntington Beach, Calif. / Marina W-L 4-1 ERA 2.72 IP 53.0 K/BB 53/21

OKLAHOMA PROJECTED STARTER Friday W-L ERA K/BB Dylan Grove (RHP) 2-1 3.32 20/12 #WreckEm

TEXAS TECH AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP The Red Raiders are making their 16th appearance at the Big 12 Championship as Texas Tech is 17-31 all-time in the event. Tech is looking to become just the fourth team in conference history to win both the regular season and tournament titles in the same season. Texas A&M was the last school to do so as the Longhorns claimed at least a share of both league trophies in 2011. The Red Raiders head into Friday’s elimination game against Oklahoma with a 3-8 all-time record against the Sooners at the Big 12 Championship.


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