Texas Tech University Athletics
Preview: Alabama A&M Series
April 19, 2010 | Baseball
April 19, 2010
TEXAS TECH vs. ALABAMA A&M
April 20-21, 2010
Dan Law Field, Lubbock, Texas
6:30 PM/Noon (CT)
 | MEDIA COVERAGE |
Television - None
Network Radio - Texas Tech Sports Network
Live Audio/Video - RaiderVision All-Access
Gameday Information - Gameday Central
Texas Tech Notes | Alabama A&M Notes | Big 12 Notes
| | NOTING THE RED RAIDERS |
 Ben Flora will get the start for Texas Tech on Tuesday.  | |
After an intense weekend series against No. 11 Oklahoma, the Texas Tech Red Raiders get a brief reprieve from the rigors of Big 12 play with a two-game non-conference set at Dan Law Field. Texas Tech will welcome the Alabama A&M Bulldogs to the South Plains for the first time and the two squads will get the series started at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. The series will conclude at noon on Wednesday. The Red Raiders and Bulldogs were originally slated to play a doubleheader on Tuesday but the series has been split into two single games. Both games of the series will be carried live on the Texas Tech Sports Network and tickets are on sale through the athletics ticket office and online at www.texastech.com. The Dan Law Field box open will open at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
MIDWEEK PROMOTIONS
- Tuesday: Free popcorn and soft drink to the first 200 Texas Tech Faculty/Staff in attendance.
- Saturday: Free popcorn and soft drink to the first 200 Texas Tech students in attendance.
RANKINGS
Neither Alabama A&M nor Texas Tech is ranked by the USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 Coaches Poll, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Magazine or the NCBWA.
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 hits the road in the Big 12 Conference for the third time this season as the Red Raiders head to Lawrence, Kan., for a three-game series at Kansas. The series against the Jayhawks get underway at 7 p.m. on Friday and will resume at 6 p.m. on Saturday before concluding at noon on Sunday. Following the series at Kansas, the Red Raiders head to Albuquerque for a midweek match-up at New Mexico.
THE SERIES
Texas Tech and Alabama A&M will be meeting for the first time this week.
SCOUTING ALABAMA A&M
Alabama A&M enters the midweek series at Texas Tech riding a six-game losing skid after getting swept in a four-game series last weekend at Mississippi Valley State. The sweep dropped the Bulldogs record to 15-23 on the year and to 3-19 on the road. The Bulldogs do have a Big 12 win under their belt as they handed Oklahoma State a 6-5 defeat in the first game of a doubleheader on March 23 in Stillwater.
Offensively, the Bulldogs have a team batting average of .269 along with 52 doubles, 11 triples and 12 home runs. Most impressively, the team ranks fourth nationally with 109 stolen bases in 133 attempts. LaDale Hayes leads the squad with a .366 average along with 12 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 34 RBIs.
On the mound, the staff owns an 8.04 earned run average and opponents are hitting .304. A.J. Campbell leads the staff with 4.38 ERA and a 3-4 record over 37 innings of work.
BARNES NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Freshman first baseman Barrett Barnes, who was instrumental in a midweek win over Dallas Baptist and a crucial series victory over No. 11 Oklahoma, picked up the first Big 12 Player of the Week honor of his career on Monday, April 19.
Barnes, a freshman from Sugarland, had a big week offensively for the Red Raiders and helped propel Tech to a 4-1 record and a rise to sole possession of third place in the Big 12 standings. For the week, Barnes hit .529 (9-for-17) including a double, two home runs and five RBIs. Both of his home runs came in the weekend series against Oklahoma and he now leads the team with nine and is tied for fourth in the Big 12. In the four games last week, he compiled a .600 on-base percentage with 16 total bases.
Barnes is the second Red Raider to earn weekly honors from the Big 12 this season as teammate Chad Bettis earned the pitcher accolade back on Feb. 22.
