Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Falls to A&M
June 21, 1999 | Baseball
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Texas A&M took advantage of a season-high six errors by Texas Tech to beat the Red Raiders 11-7 Saturday night and stay alive in the Big 12 tournament.
It was the second gift-filled game of the day for the Aggies (43-17). They started out with an 8-5 victory over Baylor, thanks in large part to five Baylor errors.
The victory leaves Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Texas Tech (41-18) remaining in the six-team, double-elimination tournament. Oklahoma and Tech will play at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon, with that winner meeting A&M at 7 p.m. for the title.
The Aggies scored once in the first inning on a wild pitch by Joe Smith (4-3), then added three after two were out in the second and scored two in the third for a 6-0 lead.
Craig Kuzmic drove in two of the second-inning runs with a single. Three errorss contributed to the two-run third.
The Aggies added three more in the sixth and scored twice in the eighth. The final two gave A&M some breathing room in the ninth, when Tech made things interesting by scoring four runs and getting two runners aboard before the final out was made.
John Scheschuk had three hits for A&M and Jason Landreth did the same for the Red Raiders. Chris Scarcella (2-1) went eight innings for the victory, allowing six hits and three runs. Smith gave up 14 hits and 11 runs -- just five of them earned -- in seven innings.
