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Red Raiders End Season With 7-5 Loss To Coastal Carolina
June 24, 2016 | Baseball
Errors plague Texas Tech in a 7-5 season-ending loss to Coastal Carolina on Thursday night
OMAHA, Neb. -- Texas Tech saw its season come to an end Thursday night as Coastal Carolina took advantage of three Red Raider errors on its way to a 7-5 victory at TD Ameritrade Park.
The loss ends the Red Raiders' season at 47-20 overall, marking the most wins for Tech since 1996 and the third-most victories in program history. Tech concludes the season tied for fifth nationally, its highest finish in school history.
Six of Coastal Carolina's seven runs went unearned to the Tech pitching staff after the Red Raiders made a pair of miscues during a three-run third inning. Another costly throwing error with one out in the fifth inning extended to a three-run frame for the Chanticleers (51-17).
The two big innings for Coastal proved too much to overcome as the Red Raiders were unable to erase the four-run deficit. Tech scored two runs in the seventh off a Hunter Hargrove sacrifice fly and a Michael Davis RBI single to make it 7-5 before Coastal reliever Bobby Holmes registered a strikeout to strand two runners.
The Red Raiders had another chance to slice into Coastal's lead, but Holmes worked his way out of another jam in the eighth inning. Tech set the table with a Tanner Gardner single and a Cory Raley walk. The sophomore right-hander induced a ground ball by Tyler Neslony which deflected off of Holmes' glove. He recovered the ball and tossed over to first to get Neslony by a half-step to end the inning.
Holmes sat down the Red Raiders in order during the ninth inning to secure his fourth save. The win allowed the Chanticleers to advance to face TCU on Friday at 7 p.m. CT.
The Red Raiders had an opportunity to bounce back from Coastal Carolina's three-run third inning. With the score 4-3, the Chanticleers turned to their closer Mike Morrison. He wiggled his way out of bases loaded situation and stranded two more Tech runners during the fifth inning. The Red Raiders ended the night with 12 runners left on-base.
Morrison (8-1) logged 4.1 innings and picked up six strikeouts against four walks to earn the win for Coastal. Tech starter Erikson Lanning (3-4) was dealt the loss after allowing four runs, only one of which that was earned, off four hits and three strikeouts in his 2.1 innings of work.
The Red Raider bullpen combined for 6.2 innings and didn't surrender an earned run. Robert Dugger matched his career-high with five strikeouts, while Ryan Moseley tossed four innings of three-hit ball.
Tech erased a 1-0 deficit in the second inning courtesy of a three-run double into the left centerfield gap from Stephen Smith. The three RBI by Smith is the most for a Tech player in a College World Series game.
The Red Raiders totaled nine hits off the Coastal pitching staff as all nine starters reached base via either a base knock or one of nine walks issued by the Chanticleers. Tech's five runs marked its most ever in a College World Series game.
Eric Gutierrez, playing in his school-record 244th game of his Red Raider career, finished 2-for-4 overall to wrap a very successful week at the College World Series. Gutierrez, the Big 12 Player of the Week, was clutch throughout the tournament, hitting a team-leading 5-for-10 with a home run and two RBI over three games.
Davis added a 2-for-5 night at the plate while Gardner was 1-for-2 overall with three walks.
The loss ends the Red Raiders' season at 47-20 overall, marking the most wins for Tech since 1996 and the third-most victories in program history. Tech concludes the season tied for fifth nationally, its highest finish in school history.
Six of Coastal Carolina's seven runs went unearned to the Tech pitching staff after the Red Raiders made a pair of miscues during a three-run third inning. Another costly throwing error with one out in the fifth inning extended to a three-run frame for the Chanticleers (51-17).
The two big innings for Coastal proved too much to overcome as the Red Raiders were unable to erase the four-run deficit. Tech scored two runs in the seventh off a Hunter Hargrove sacrifice fly and a Michael Davis RBI single to make it 7-5 before Coastal reliever Bobby Holmes registered a strikeout to strand two runners.
The Red Raiders had another chance to slice into Coastal's lead, but Holmes worked his way out of another jam in the eighth inning. Tech set the table with a Tanner Gardner single and a Cory Raley walk. The sophomore right-hander induced a ground ball by Tyler Neslony which deflected off of Holmes' glove. He recovered the ball and tossed over to first to get Neslony by a half-step to end the inning.
Holmes sat down the Red Raiders in order during the ninth inning to secure his fourth save. The win allowed the Chanticleers to advance to face TCU on Friday at 7 p.m. CT.
The Red Raiders had an opportunity to bounce back from Coastal Carolina's three-run third inning. With the score 4-3, the Chanticleers turned to their closer Mike Morrison. He wiggled his way out of bases loaded situation and stranded two more Tech runners during the fifth inning. The Red Raiders ended the night with 12 runners left on-base.
Morrison (8-1) logged 4.1 innings and picked up six strikeouts against four walks to earn the win for Coastal. Tech starter Erikson Lanning (3-4) was dealt the loss after allowing four runs, only one of which that was earned, off four hits and three strikeouts in his 2.1 innings of work.
The Red Raider bullpen combined for 6.2 innings and didn't surrender an earned run. Robert Dugger matched his career-high with five strikeouts, while Ryan Moseley tossed four innings of three-hit ball.
Tech erased a 1-0 deficit in the second inning courtesy of a three-run double into the left centerfield gap from Stephen Smith. The three RBI by Smith is the most for a Tech player in a College World Series game.
The Red Raiders totaled nine hits off the Coastal pitching staff as all nine starters reached base via either a base knock or one of nine walks issued by the Chanticleers. Tech's five runs marked its most ever in a College World Series game.
Eric Gutierrez, playing in his school-record 244th game of his Red Raider career, finished 2-for-4 overall to wrap a very successful week at the College World Series. Gutierrez, the Big 12 Player of the Week, was clutch throughout the tournament, hitting a team-leading 5-for-10 with a home run and two RBI over three games.
Davis added a 2-for-5 night at the plate while Gardner was 1-for-2 overall with three walks.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mike Morrison (8-1)
L: Lanning, Erikson (3-4)
S: Bobby Holmes (4)
Batting:
2B: Connor Owings 1
RBI: Kevin Woodall Jr. 1 ; Tyler Chadwick 1 ; David Parrett 3
SF: Tyler Chadwick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zach Remillard 1 ; Connor Owings 1 ; G.K. Young 2 ; Kevin Woodall Jr. 1 ; Billy Cooke 2
SB: Anthony Marks 1 ; Billy Cooke 1 ; David Parrett 2
CS: Michael Paez 1 ; Zach Remillard 1
PO: Michael Paez 1
Batting:
2B: Smith, Stephen 1 ; Neslony, Tyler 1
RBI: Smith, Stephen 3 ; Hargrove, Hunter 1 ; Davis, Michael 1
SF: Hargrove, Hunter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gardner, Tanner 1 ; Neslony, Tyler 1 ; Hargrove, Hunter 1 ; Davis, Michael 1 ; Floyd, Tyler 1
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