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No. 23 Texas Tech Faces ORU in Midweek Road Game
April 07, 2015 | Baseball
Carpenter makes his third start of the season and second straight midweek start for Tech.
April 7, 2015
LEADING OFF
No. 23 Texas Tech (19-13) returns to the road for its second straight midweek game away from home while facing the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (20-10) for the third time this season on Tuesday, April 7 at 2 p.m. at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa. The Red Raiders and Golden Eagles split a midweek series in Lubbock three weeks ago with ORU taking the series opener, 9-7, and Tech winning the second game, 7-4. Tech lost its midweek game last week at New Mexico (6-5) and dropped 2-of-3 games at home last weekend against No. 2 TCU while the series finale was played in front of Tech's first capacity sellout of the season (4,432 fans) at Rip Griffin Park. ORU, meanwhile, is hot having won 10 of its last 11 and 14 of its last 17 games during the past month. The Golden Eagles are 3-1 against Big 12 opponents this season with wins over Oklahoma (5-1 on Mar. 10), Oklahoma State (4-2 on Mar. 31) and Tech. ORU is 14-6 at home this season.
FIRST PITCH
? Tech and ORU meet for the 22nd time Tuesday as Tech leads the all-time series, 12-9.
? Tech trails ORU 4-6 in the all-time series played in Tulsa, which dates back to the first-ever meeting in 1978.
? Tech and ORU will play for the 7th time in the last two seasons when they meet on Tuesday. Tech leads, 5-1.
? Tech and ORU split a midweek series (March 17-18) in Lubbock this season (ORU won, 9-7, Tech won, 7-4).
? Tech defeated ORU 4-1 (12 inn.) last season in Tulsa, which marked the first matchup in Tulsa since 1989.
? Cameron Smith became the first Red Raider to earn a pair of Big 12 Pitcher of the Week selections since 1998 (RHP Shane Wright).
? Texas Tech became the first Big 12 team with a weekly award winner in 4 straight weeks since 2013.
? Coach Tim Tadlock became the fastest head coach in school history to win 90 career games (153 games).
? Tech had its first sellout of the season with 4,432 in attendance for the TCU series finale on April 4.
? Tech set a 3-game series Rip Griffin Park attendance record (since 2012) against TCU (12,799) - 4266 avg.
? Tech ranks 11th nationally in total home attendance (68,168) and 13th in average attendance (3,587).
| GAME INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Opponent | Oral Roberts (20-10, 10-2 MWC) |
| Date & Times | Tuesday, April 7 - 2:00 p.m. (CT) |
| Location | Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium - 2,418) |
| Radio | Texas Tech Sports Network from Learfield Sports Brian Hanni (Play-by-Play/3rd Season) Jamie Lent (Analyst/3rd Season) |
| Television | None |
| Live Video | BOXCAST (www.ORUGoldenEagles.com) |
| Live Audio | Texas Tech TV (www.TexasTech.tv) |
| Online | Live statistics and other coverage can be found at www.TexasTech.com |
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