Texas Tech University Athletics
Preview: Red Raiders Set To Host No. 11 Oklahoma
April 15, 2010 | Baseball
April 15, 2010
TEXAS TECH vs. #11 OKLAHOMA
April 16-18, 2010
Dan Law Field, Lubbock, Texas
6:30 p.m./5 p.m./1 p.m.(CT)
 | MEDIA COVERAGE |
Television - None
Network Radio - Texas Tech Sports Network
Live Audio/Video - RaiderVision All-Access
Gameday Information - Gameday Central
Texas Tech Notes | New Mexico State Game Notes | Big 12 Notes
| | NOTING THE RED RAIDERS |
 Nick Popescu drove in four runs in Tech's 13-11 win at DBU on Wed.  | |
After extending its current win streak to three games in one of the most dramatic games in the last 10 years, Texas Tech faces a pivotal three-game home series this weekend against No. 11 Oklahoma. The Red Raiders will put their 18-18 overall record and 6-6 mark in Big 12 play to the test against an Oklahoma team that is 25-8 on the year (5-5 in the Big 12) and ranked in all four major polls. Texas Tech and Oklahoma will begin the three-game series at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night at Dan Law Field. The series continues at 5 p.m. on Saturday and will conclude at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.texastech.com or by calling the athletics ticket office at (806) 742-TECH. The Dan Law Field box office will open two hours prior to first pitch each day.
WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
- Friday: Red Raider Club Night/Guns Up Club Members receive free admission.
- Saturday: Sorority Softball Attendance Challenge/Double T Day/Campus Comebacker: Kids 12 and under are free with paying adult; show your football spring game ticket and get two tickets for the price of one.
- Sunday: Volunteer Appreciation Day; Autism Awareness; CPA Appreciation.
TECH TO RETIRE KAL SEGRIST'S NUMBER ON SATURDAY
Texas Tech will officially retire former head coach Kal Segrist's No. 24 jersey in a pregame ceremony on Saturday prior to the second game of the OU series. Coach Segrist was the fifth coach in school history and led Tech between 1968 and 1983.
RANKINGS
Oklahoma is ranked in all four of the major college baseball polls with a high ranking of No. 11 by Collegiate Baseball Magazine. Texas Tech is unranked.
TEXAS TECH SPORTS NETWORK
All 56 regular-season games will be carried live by Learfield Sports on the Texas Tech Sports Network. Red Raiders fans can listen to all the action on Double T 104.3 (the flagship station of the Texas Tech Sports Network) in Lubbock or KHOB 1390 AM in Hobbs, N.M. Fans outside of the above listening areas can tune in via the world wide web at texastech.com and purchase a monthly subscription to RaiderVision All-Access. Robert Giovannetti returns to the broadcast booth for his third season as the play-by-play voice while Daren Hays joins the network as the full-time color analyst.
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Red Raider fans unable to make it out to the ballpark can follow Texas Tech baseball games anywhere in the world through Gameday Central at texastech.com. Live scoring, audio and video (video only available for home games and select road games), a live game blog and twitter updates can all be found at Gameday Central. Comprehensive parking, weather, tailgating, security and ticket information can also be found in this convenient location.
UP NEXT
Texas Tech will close out a five-game homestand next week with a two-game midweek series against the Alabama A&M Bulldogs. The series was originally scheduled as a doubleheader but has been changed to a 6:30 first pitch on Tuesday and a noon game on Wednesday.
THE SERIES
Oklahoma leads the all-time series 31-24-1 while Texas Tech holds an 11-9 advantage in games played at Dan Law Field.
TEXAS TECH/OKLAHOMA SERIES NOTES
- Friday's game will signal the 57th all-time meeting between the Sooners and the Red Raiders. The two school's first met on the diamond on March 23, 1976 - a 3-0 Oklahoma win in Norman.
- Texas Tech will be looking to snap a string of five consecutive series losses to Oklahoma as the Red Raiders have not taken a three-game series since the 2004 season when Tech took 2-of-3 from the Sooners at Dan Law Field.
- Junior right-hander Chad Bettis helped Tech avoid a three-game sweep last year in Norman as he hurled a complete game in the finale to lead the Red Raiders to a 5-1 win.
- Oklahoma has won seven of the last 10 games in the series including the last game played between the two teams at the 2009 Big 12 Conference Championship in Oklahoma City.
- Friday night's game against OU will mark the 15th game of the season for the Red Raiders against a ranked opponent - the most of any school in the Big 12.
SCOUTING OKLAHOMA
The Oklahoma Sooners come into the weekend series with an impressive 25-8 overall record and are ranked as high as No. 11 in the national rankings. The Sooners are 5-5 in Big 12 play after dropping the series finale against Missouri on Sunday at L. Dale Mitchell Park. The Tigers pulled out a 12-11 victory to avoid a series sweep. Oklahoma State defeated Oklahoma on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th in a non-conference game on Tuesday night that gives the Sooners a two-game losing skid.
Offensively, the Sooners have posted the fourth best team batting average in the Big 12 at .310 and their .507 slugging percentage ranks second. First baseman Cameron Seitzer leads the squad with a .363 average along with eight home runs and 32 RBIs.
On the mound, the OU staff owns a 3.64 earned run average and that is the third best total in the league. Saturday `s scheduled starter Bobby Shore paces the group with a 5-1 record and a 2.27 ERA.
