Texas Tech University Athletics
Preview: Red Raiders At Oklahoma State
April 08, 2010 | Baseball
April 8, 2010
TEXAS TECH at OKLAHOMA STATE
Friday, April 9 - Sunday, April 11
Allie P. Reynolds, Stillwater, Okla.
6:30 PM/2 PM/1 PM (CT)
 | MEDIA COVERAGE |
Television - None
Network Radio - Texas Tech Sports Network
Live Audio/Video - RaiderVision All-Access
Gameday Information - Gameday Central
Texas Tech Notes | Oklahoma State Notes | Big 12 Notes
| | NOTING THE RED RAIDERS |
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Texas Tech heads north to Stillwater, Okla., this weekend for a three-game series against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. All three games of the series will be played at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium on the Oklahoma State campus and gets underway at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The series will continue at 2 p.m. on Saturday and will conclude with a 1 p.m. first pitch on Sunday. All three games of the series can be heard live on the Texas Tech Sports Network while no television is slated for any of the three games. Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.okstate.com.
RANKINGS
Neither Oklahoma State 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 will have just one midweek game on the slate next week as the Red Raiders travel to Dallas to take on the Dallas Baptist Patriots on Wednesday evening. Following the midweek game against the Patriots, Tech will play host to the Oklahoma Sooners for a three-game series beginning on Friday, April 16.
THE SERIES
Oklahoma State leads the all-time series against the Red Raiders 28-21.
TEXAS TECH/OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES NOTES
- Both Texas Tech and OSU will be looking for consecutive Big 12 series wins as the Red Raiders took 2-of-3 from No. 20 Kansas State this past weekend while OSU took two from Nebraska. Texas Tech is 4-5 in Big 12 play while the Cowboys stand at 2-4.
- Oklahoma State has won each of the last four series dating back to the 2006 season. Last year, Tech won the first game of the series to officially eliminate the Cowboys from the Big 12 Tournament but OSU rallied to win the last two games and thus won the series.
- Texas Tech's last series win in Stillwater came in 2004 when the Red Raiders took 2-of-3 from the Cowboys at Allie Reynolds Stadium. Tech dropped the series opener that year but responded with a 6-2 win on Saturday and then put up a dramatic 11-8 win in the finale on Sunday.
- Texas Tech is 9-15 all-time in Stillwater.
SCOUTING OKLAHOMA STATE
The Oklahoma State Cowboys come into Friday's series opener against Texas Tech riding a two-game losing skid. OSU dropped a 9-6 decision at home on Tuesday to Wichita State and then lost a road contest at Missouri State 7-5 on Wednesday. Wednesday's loss dropped OSU to 17-10 on the year and they stand at 2-4 in Big 12 play after winning a three-game home series last weekend against Nebraska.
The Cowboys are as potent as ever offensively as they enter the weekend with a .335 team batting average. Coming into the week, OSU led the Big 12 in hitting and catcher Dane Phillips was second individually. Phillips leads the Cowboys with a .410 clip and is tied for first with 10 doubles. Third baseman Mark Ginther leads the squad with six home runs and 32 RBIs.
On the mound, the Cowboys have a staff earned run average of 5.22 and are led by Mike Strong. Strong is 3-1 on the year in eight appearances and has logged a 2.90 ERA over 31 innings of work.
