Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Opens College World Series Sunday Against TCU
June 18, 2016 | Baseball
Red Raiders begin their second trip to Omaha with a 2 p.m. first pitch on ESPNU
NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Â
DATE:Â JUNE 19Â Â |Â Â LOCATION:Â OMAHA, NEBÂ Â |Â Â TIME:Â 2PM Â |Â Â TV:Â ESPNU
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FIRST PITCH...
- Texas Tech will begin its second trip to the College World Series in Omaha this Sunday when the Red Raiders face Big 12 Conference foe TCU. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m. inside TD Ameritrade Park with television coverage provided by ESPNU.Â
- Texas Tech is one of three national seeds to advance to the College World Series, joining top-seeded Florida as well as No. 2 Miami. The Red Raiders earned a national seed this season for the first time since the NCAA went to its current format (Super Regionals) in 1999.
- This is Texas Tech's second appearance all-time at the College World Series as the Red Raiders also advanced to Omaha in 2014. Tech is one of seven programs nationally to advance to Omaha twice over the past three seasons.
- The Red Raiders will face a familiar foe in TCU to open the College World Series. Texas Tech took two-of-three games against the Horned Frogs earlier this season during their Big 12 series held in Fort Worth.Â
- Texas Tech also opened the 2014 College World Series against TCU where the Horned Frogs escaped with a 3-2 victory. Both of Tech's losses during the 2014 event came via one-run decisions as Ole Miss eliminated the Red Raiders with a 2-1 victory.Â
- The Red Raiders advanced to Omaha after bouncing back from a game-one loss to defeat East Carolina in the NCAA Lubbock Super Regional. Texas Tech overcame an 8-6 setback in the opener by topping the Pirates, 3-1, in 13 innings last Saturday and then 11-0 on Sunday.Â
- Tim Tadlock, the Big 12 Coach of the Year and a finalist for the Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year Award, is the first skipper in Big 12 history to lead a program to Omaha twice in his first four seasons.Â
INSIDE THE TCU SERIES
- Texas Tech and TCU will be meeting for the 164th time on a baseball diamond Sunday afternoon which marks the most played series against an opponent in school history.Â
- The Red Raiders are 72-90-1 all-time against the Horned Frogs, including a 5-4 mark in neutral-site games.Â
- Since the start of the 2014 season, Texas Tech is 6-5 against TCU after the Red Raiders won both the 2014 and 2016 series in Fort Worth. TCU claimed two-of-three games during the 2015 series in Lubbock as well as the 2014 College World Series opener. Tech also defeated TCU, 8-1, at the 2015 Big 12 Championship.
- Texas Tech and TCU have split their four Big 12 series against each other since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 Conference prior to the 2013 season.Â
- The Red Raiders claimed two-of-three games from the Horned Frogs this season after defeating TCU, 7-3, in the series opener and then 3-1 in the rubber match. TCU managed a 13-6 victory in the second game of the series.Â
- This is the third-straight season where Texas Tech and TCU have met outside the regular season as the Horned Frogs claimed a 3-2 victory in the College World Series opener in 2014 while Tech scored an 8-1 win during last season's Big 12 Championship.Â
- Texas Tech is 7-8 against the Horned Frogs under fourth-year head coach Tim Tadlock.
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