Game Notes: West Virginia (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 (41-14; 19-5) AT BIG 12 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

GAME 56

May 25-29 • 4 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: 41-14 | BIG 12: 19-5 | H: 20-7 | A: 16-6 | N: 5-1 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 • (8-1) 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 # Kansas State W, 8-5 FCS 26 # West Virginia 4 p.m. FCS

Record: 41-14 Overall; 19-5 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 20-7 / 16-6 / 5-1 Rankings: BA: 5 | D1: 6 | PG: 6 | CB: 7 Head Coach: Tim Tadlock Career Record: 143-89 (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: 34-20 Overall; 12-11 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 20-10 / 13-11 / 1-0 Rankings: D1: NR | BA: NR | NCBWA: NR | CB: NR Head Coach: Randy Mazey Career Record: 305-260-2 (10th Season) Record at WVU: 118-100 (4th Season)

#5 OKLAHOMA

Record: 28-26-1 Overall; 11-13 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 16-9 / 10-15 / 2-2-1 Rankings: D1: NR | BA: NR | NCBWA: NR | CB: NR Head Coach: Pete Hughes Career Record: 615-467-3 (21st Season) Record at OU: 94-82-1 (3rd Season)

FIRST PITCH • Fresh off an 8-5 victory over Kansas State, No. 5 Texas Tech continues the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Thursday as the Red Raiders face West Virginia in a 4 p.m. first pitch at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The game will air live on FOX College Sports. • Texas Tech is looking to win its first two games of the Big 12 Championship for just the second time in program history. The Red Raiders also claimed the opening two games of the 1998 Big 12 Championship en route to claiming their only tournament title. • This will be the fourth game between Texas Tech and West Virginia over the past week as the Red Raiders claimed a series win against the Mountaineers last weekend in Lubbock. Tech and West Virginia have never met previously in the Big 12 Championship. • The Red Raiders are coming off an 8-5 victory Wednesday against Kansas State. The win snapped a seven-game losing streak for Texas Tech in Big 12 Championship opening-round games. Tech had not previously opened the tournament with a win since defeating Nebraska, 5-3, in 2005. • Texas Tech was forced to rally from a four-run deficit en route to defeating K-State on Wednesday. Tyler Floyd was one of six Red Raiders It marked the largest deficit the Red Raiders have ever overcome in a win at the Big 12 Champi- with at least two hits in Wednesday’s win over Kansas State. onship in school history. • Texas Tech had six different players record a multi-hit game against Kansas State, its most since seven Red Raiders recorded at least two hits on Feb. 21 this year against Milwaukee. Tech finished with 17 hits in the win. • 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

DAVIS MARTIN

RHP • 6-1 • 200 • Fr./HS San Angelo, Texas / Central W-L 8-0 ERA 2.19 IP 65.2 K/BB 47/20

WEST VIRGINIA PROJECTED STARTER Wednesday W-L ERA K/BB Chad Donato (RHP) 3-4 3.32 110/20 #WreckEm

TEXAS TECH AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP The Red Raiders are making their 16th appearance at the Big 12 Championship as Texas Tech is 17-30 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 will face West Virginia for the first time ever in the Big 12 Championship on Thursday. The Mountaineers previously defeated Oklahoma, 6-0, on Wednesday.


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