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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2019 VOLUME 93 ■ ISSUE 63

NEWS

SPORTS

ONLINE

Banker demand in West Texas prompts new Rawls program.

Even in defeat, Warriors’ influence permeates NBA.

Check out our recaps from Tech’s first two games of the College World Series, and read our preview for Wednesday’s game.

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INDEX

ONLINE

NEWS SPORTS CROSSWORD CLASSIFIEDS SUDOKU

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ONE UP

ONE DOWN MICHELLE BISHOP for The Daily Toreador

ALEC COHEN/The Michigan Daily

LEFT: Senior infielder Cameron Warren reacts after scoring in the eighth inning. Texas Tech beat Arkansas, 5-4, to avoid elimination at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. on June 17, 2019. RIGHT: Junior infielder Brain Klien attempts to make a play at second base against Michigan in the College World Series on Saturday, June 14, 2019. The Wolverines defeated the Red Raiders, 5-4.

Red Raiders split first two games of College World Series By MAX HENGST Sports Editor

The Texas Tech baseball team survived elimination after playing their first two games of the 2019 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Tech opened with the first game of the College World Series against Michigan on Saturday where they lost, 5-3. Michigan came off of knocking the No. 1 national seed out of the NCAA Tournament in the Super Regional round. The momentum from the win carried as Jordan Nwogu earned a leadoff single in the first at-bat of the game. A sacrifice hit, a passed ball and sacrifice fly sent Nwogu home to give the Wolverines an early 1-0 lead. The Wolverines continued with the hot bats, growing their lead to 4-0 in the second inning. The runs came off a two-RBI triple by Jimmy Kerr and an RBI single by Blake Nelson to send Kerr home. Sophomore Dylan Neuse followed the three-run inning by Michigan with a single to right field. With Neuse on base, junior Brian Klein earned his second home run this season, sending one over the right-center wall. The

junior’s eight home run of his collegiate career cut the Wolverines’ lead, 4-2. Although most of the runs came off of errors or missed opportunities on the defensive end, the freshman starting pitcher, Micah Dallas’ time at the mound came to an end in the fourth inning. The freshman gave up four runs (three earned) and six hits while striking two Wolverines out. “We wouldn’t be (in Omaha) without Micah Dallas,” Tadlock said. “There’s nobody that feels worse than Micah right now. He takes it upon his shoulders to go out and pitch into the sixth or seventh inning every time, and he’s done that quite a bit. He just had a bad day, and Michigan had a really good day.” The Red Raider pitching staff struggled against Michigan as Tech’s pitchers only struck six batters out collectively. Along with Dallas’ two, junior RHP Connor Queen struck three batters out and junior LHP Dane Haveman earned one. Tech’s junior Josh Jung and senior Cameron Warren landed on base in the sixth inning with a single and double, placing Jung on third and Warren on second. Freshman Dru Baker sent Jung home with a hit to second base for an RBI to make it a one-run game.

Michigan added a run to its lead in the seventh inning off of a throwing error to first base by Jung. “It’s a play we’ve seen Josh (Jung) make at third and short,” Tadlock said regarding Jung’s error. “We’ve actually bragged about it a little bit. Maybe we need to quit doing that. It’s also a play when he’s throwing it bad where Cam (Warren) has picked him up. Between those two things happening on that play, I’d bet the house the next time either one happens, we get an out, either Cam is going to pick it or Josh is going to hit him in the chest, one or the other. Just one of those deals. It does give them a little bit of separation. But we had opportunities. I mean, we had a lot of pitches to hit. I mean, even in the ninth we had pitches to hit.” The Red Raiders were unable to come back from Michigan’s two-run advantage, resulting in a 5-3 loss. The loss put Tech in the loser’s bracket of the College World Series, playing the No. 5 national seed, Arkansas. In the elimination game on Monday, Tech’s starting pitcher Caleb Kilian had a strong start as he retired the first three Razorbacks of the game. Kilian then gave up a home run in the second inning to Heston Kjerstad to put the Red Raiders behind by one run. A single,

triple and infield hit added two more runs to Arkansas’ lead in the third inning. Warren cut the Razorbacks’ lead, 3-2, with a two-run dinger over the left-center wall to give the team a little bit of momentum. Warren’s home run marked his 18th of the season and a Big 12 leading 78th RBI. Sophomore Easton Murrell then followed with a home run to tie the game, 3-3, in the fifth inning as he made his first start of the College World Series, hitting leadoff. The former Razorback’s home run was his first of the season with Tech. “Really just felt like the left-handed bat was the right thing to stick in there,” Tadlock said regarding Murrell’s first start as the leadoff hitter. “And then the advantage he has by he’s seen everybody out of their bullpen, the older guys. He’s seen them a number of times. So a little bit of both went into it.” A third Red Raider hit a home run off of Arkansas as Jung fired one over the rightcenter wall to give Tech its first lead of the College World Series, 4-3. The home run marked Jung’s 15th of the season and 57th RBI of the year.

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LOCAL

Mosquito population, viruses prompt caution among community By ADÁN RUBIO News Editor

For most people, mosquitoes are annoyances that may not seem dangerous to the naked eye. Although, as summer continues, people may need to consider methods to protect themselves from these pests. With the possibility of local mosquito species carrying viruses, educating oneself and working to limit mosquitoes in the area are ways a person may keep themselves healthy. Ronald Warner, epidemiologist and professor emeritus at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, said some mosquito species in West Texas can carry West Nile virus. “Some mosquitoes are adapted to some viruses, and some are not,” he said. “The Aedes mosquitoes and the Culex mosquitoes seem to be the primary ones that transmit disease to humans and animals. Although, they’re not the only ones.”

Female mosquitoes taking a blood meal from other organisms is an issue Warner said results in these insects laying thousands of eggs. Due to male mosquitoes needing to feed on plant juices, he said certain species will live in specific ecosystems that can provide males with their necessary food source. Depending on the species, Warner said mosquitoes will feed on specific mammals or birds while others may feed on any organism that can provide a warm blood meal. “That will determine where that disease will show up,” he said regarding the type of ecosystem and the organisms a mosquito species will target. “But if we want to just talk about West Nile, even though there are several different mosquitoes that can inhabit the high plains of West Texas, Culex tarsalis is by far the most efficient in transmitting West Nile.”

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ADRIAN ROMERO/The Daily Toreador

Steve Peper, post-doctoral research associate in theTexasTech Department of EnvironmentalToxicology, explains how he contains mosquitoes for research on June 14, 2019, in the department’s labs located at the ReeseTechnology Center.


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