Series Preview: Sam Houston State

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TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (3-1; 0-0) VS. SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS (0-4; 0-0) Feb. 24 • 6:30 p.m. • Huntsville, Texas • Don Sanders Stadium (1,163) • Texas Tech Sports Network from Learfield Sports #23 TEXAS TECH SAM HOUSTON STATE

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OVERALL: 3-1 | BIG 12: 0-0 | H: 3-1 | A: 0-0 | N: 0-0 FEBRUARY • (0-0) 19 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W, 12-3 20 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE L, 3-10 20 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W, 9-1 21 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W, 12-0 24 at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. 26 % vs. Houston 12 p.m. 27 % vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 12 p.m. 28 % vs. Arkansas 11 a.m. MARCH • (0-0) 1 NEW MEXICO STATE 6:30 p.m. 2 NEW MEXICO STATE 2 p.m. 4 CAL STATE FULLERTON 6:30 p.m. 5 CAL STATE FULLERTON 2 p.m. 6 CAL STATE FULLERTON 12:30 p.m. 8 & vs. Oral Roberts 2 p.m. 11 at California 9 p.m. 12 at California 4 p.m. 12 at California 8 p.m. 13 at California 3 p.m. 15 + vs. UT Arlington 7 p.m. 18 * at Baylor 4 p.m. 19 * at Baylor 3 p.m. 20 * at Baylor 1 p.m. 22 NEW MEXICO 2 p.m. 24 * OKLAHOMA 6:30 p.m. 25 * OKLAHOMA 6:30 p.m. 26 * OKLAHOMA 2 p.m. 28 at UNLV 8:05 p.m. 29 at UNLV 3:05 p.m. APRIL • (0-0) 1 * KANSAS STATE 6:30 p.m. 2 * KANSAS STATE 2 p.m. 3 * KANSAS STATE 12 p.m. 5 ~ vs. Abilene Christian 6:30 p.m. 8 * at Oklahoma State 6 p.m. 9 * at Oklahoma State 3 p.m. 10 * at Oklahoma State 1 p.m. 12 SAM HOUSTON STATE 6:30 p.m. 13 SAM HOUSTON STATE 2 p.m. 15 ^ SAN DIEGO STATE 6:30 p.m. 16 ^ SAN DIEGO STATE 2 p.m. 17 ^ SAN DIEGO STATE 1 p.m. 19 at New Mexico 7 p.m. 20 at New Mexico 2 p.m. 22 * TEXAS 6:30 p.m. 23 * TEXAS 2 p.m. 24 * TEXAS 2 p.m. 26 at Abilene Christian 6:30 p.m. 29 * at TCU 8 p.m. 30 * at TCU 4 p.m. MAY • (0-0) 1 * at TCU 1 p.m. 6 * at Kansas 6 p.m. 7 * at Kansas 2 p.m. 8 * at Kansas 1 p.m. 10 at Oral Roberts 1 p.m. 19 * WEST VIRGINIA 6:30 p.m. 20 * WEST VIRGINIA 2 p.m. 21 * WEST VIRGINIA 1 p.m. 25-29 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship TBA

Record: 3-1 Overall; 0-0 in Big 12 Home / Away / Netural: 3-1 / 0-0 / 0-0 Rankings: PG: 23 | CB: NR | NCBWA: NR | Coaches: NR Head Coach: Tim Tadlock Career Record: 105-76 (4th Season) Record at Texas Tech: Same

Record: 0-4 Overall; 0-0 in Southland Home / Away / Netural: 0-0 / 0-3 / 0-0 Rankings: PG: NR | CB: NR | NCBWA: NR | Coaches: NR Head Coach: Matt Deggs Career Record: 31-32 (2nd Season) Record at Sam Houston: Same

FIRST PITCH • Texas Tech makes its first road trip of the season beginning Wednesday when the Red Raiders face Sam Houston State at 6:30 p.m. in Don Sanders Stadium. The game is the first of four on the road this week for the Red Raiders, who will also take part in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic hosted by the Houston Astros on Friday through Sunday. • Texas Tech and Sam Houston State will be meeting for the seventh time on the baseball diamond Wednesday. The Red Raiders are 2-4 all-time against the Bearkats as the two schools last met at the 2014 Houston College Classic where Sam Houston claimed a 10-6 victory. • This will be Texas Tech’s first trip to Huntsville to face Sam Houston State since the 1955 season. The Bearkats swept the April 24-25 series with 12-4 and 12-8 victories. • Sam Houston State will be Texas Tech’s final test prior to facing a ranked opponent in 10 of its next 13 games, beginning with the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic this weekend at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The Red Raiders open the three-day tournament against No. 9 Houston on Friday before facing No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday and No. 18 Arkansas on Sunday. • The Red Raiders remained in the national rankings this week as Texas Tech moved up two spots to No. 23 in Stephen Smith was named the Big 12 Player the Perfect Game top-25 poll. of the Week on Monday after hitting .571 • Texas Tech’s 3-1 start marks the eighth-consecutive season where the Red Raiders have won at least three of last weekend against Milwaukee. their first four games. • Texas Tech currently leads the country with eight double plays turned already this season, five of which that came in its Opening Day victory over Milwaukee. Tech’s five double plays turned last Friday marked its most on Opening Day dating back to 1987. • The Texas Tech pitching staff closed last weekend by tossing a two-hitter in each of the final two games of the Milwaukee series. It marked the first time the Red Raiders had recorded consecutive two-hitters dating back to the start of the 2001 season. • Stephen Smith was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday after the junior hit a team-leading .571 overall (8-for-14) this past weekend in a series win over Milwaukee. Smith, who earned his first career weekly award, ended the weekend with at least a share of the Big 12 lead in five categories: hits (8), runs scored (7), doubles (4), total bases (12) and on-base percentage (.684). • Steven Gingery will become the third Texas Tech freshman to start on the mound for the Red Raiders already this season on Wednesday. He joins fellow freshmen Ty Harpenau and Erikson Lanning who both earned starts during the Milwaukee series. Dating back to 2001, Tech has not previously started three freshmen on the mound over the first five games of a season. • Eric Gutierrez has been a regular in the Texas Tech lineup throughout his career as the senior has started in all 181 games of his career, marking the longest active streak in the country. • Gutierrez has driven in Texas Tech’s first run of the game in all four contests this season. He leads the team with seven RBI.

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% Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic (Houston, Texas - Minute Maid Park) • & at Frisco, Texas (Dr Pepper Ballpark) • + at Arlington, Texas (Globe Life Park) • ~ at Midland, Texas (Security Bank Ballpark) • * Big 12 Conference series FSSW+ - FOX Sports Southwest Plus • FSSW - FOX Sports Southwest • FCS - FOX College Sports • MLBN - MLB Network • FS1 - FOX Sports 1

STEVEN GINGERY

LHP • 6-1 • 210 • Fr./HS Huntington Beach, Calif. / Marina H.S. W-L 4-6 ERA 3.46 IP 65.0 K/BB 30/25

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STEPHEN SMITH

OF • 6-1 • 220 • Jr./2L Wolfforth, Texas / Frenship H.S. AVG. .571 RUNS 7 HITS 8 2B 4 RBI 5 SB 2-3


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