Texas Tech University Athletics
USC Hands Texas Tech Baseball First Loss
June 21, 1999 | Baseball
February 13, 1999
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - No. 4 Southern California took advantage of two home runs as it handed No. 13 Texas Tech a 5-3 loss Saturday at Dedeaux Field in Los Angeles. Tech dropped to 6-1 on the season while Southern California snapped a five-game losing streak and improved to 2-5 overall.
USC received a break in the fifth inning when Ryan Ruiz singled to rightfield driving home Brennan Burns and David O'Keeffe. But USC appealed O'Keeffe's run, saying that he missed third base. The appeal was accepted and instead of tying up the game at 4-4, USC held a 4-3 lead.
USC scored an insurance run in the sixth inning when Beau Craig's sacrifice fly to centerfield scored Dominic Correa. That gave USC a 5-3 lead. USC scored one run in the second on a Justin Gemoll solo home run, two runs in the third on Eric Munson's two run home run and one run in the fourth on Brian Barre's RBI single.
Tech threatened several times putting runners in scoring position in both the eighth and ninth innings but could not force a run across.
Texas Tech jumped on top first with two runs in the second inning on a Brennan Burns RBI double and a Lance Woodcock RBI single.
Brennan Burns led Texas Tech with a 2-4, two run and RBI performance while Lance Woodcock, Joey Hart, Ryan Ruiz, Jon Weber and Josh Bard all registered hits for Texas Tech.
LINESCORE
Texas Tech (6-1) 020 010 000 3 7 0
So. California (2-5) 012 101 00x 5 9 2
TTU: Tracey and Fossum (6) and Bard. USC: Zito, Immel (9) and Smyth (9) and Munson. WP: Zito (1-1). LP: Tracey (1-1). Save: Smyth (1). Doubles: TTU- Bard, Burns; USC- Correa, Craig. Triples: None. Home Runs: USC- Munson, Gemoll. Time: 2:30. Att: 960.
