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Red Raiders Sweep San Diego State
March 05, 2000 | Baseball
March 5, 2000
The Texas Tech baseball team earned its first sweep of the season with an 11-2 victory over the San Diego State Aztecs on Sunday afternoon. Tech won the first two games of the series, 11-3 and 14-6. Red Raider pitcher Kevin Tracey notched his second straight complete game as he allowed just two runs on seven hits, one walk and nine strikeouts over 9.0 innings.
The Red Raiders wasted no time as they scored at least one run in the first four innings. After six innings, Texas Tech led 9-0. Marco Cunningham led off the game with a single to leftfield. Three batters later, Shaun Larkin singled home Cunningham with a base hit to centerfield to score the game's first run.
Tech added four more runs in the second on just one hit and three walks. Cory Sellars started the inning with a single and advanced to third on back-to-back walks to Mark Austry and Trey Lunsford. Eric McLamore knocked in Sellars with a fielder's choice that forced Lunsford out at second. Cunningham walked to load the bases before Scott Holzhauer grounded out. On the same play, McLamore scored one a bad throw to third which enabled Cunningham to also score from second. At the end of the second, the Red Raiders led 5-0.
In the third inning, Jason Rainey's triple scored Larkin who started the inning with a walk. Rainey then scored the seventh run of the game on a sacrifice fly by Sellars.
Tracey, a right-hander, allowed just four hits through six innings as he retired 17 of 23 batters faced. He struck out a career-high nine while walking only one over 9.0 innings. On the weekend, Tech pitchers posted a 3.33 ERA (10 ER/27.0 IP).
The Red Raiders have won a season-high four straight and are 12-8 overall. Texas Tech will play at Texas A&M next weekend. Game times are set for 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. Tech will make up the season-opening series at UT-Pan American on March 13 and 14 in Edinburg. The Red Raiders will play a 4 p.m. doubleheader on Monday and a 2 p.m. game on Tuesday.
