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No. 2 Tech Tames Tigers With 14-7 Win In Game Two
March 29, 2017 | Baseball
The Red Raiders racked up a season-high 21 hits in Wednesday’s victory
LUBBOCK, Texas – The No. 2 Texas Tech baseball team picked up their 10-straight win behind a 14-7 victory over Texas Southern on Wednesday afternoon at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
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It marks back-to-back seasons the Red Raiders have won 10 games in-a-row, doing so in 2016 during an April 6-19 stretch against Florida State, Oklahoma State, Sam Houston State, San Diego State and New Mexico.
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Tech (24-4) capped off the two-game series sweep over the Tigers (8-17) to improve to 13-1 at home and 2-0 all-time against Texas Southern. The Red Raiders finished with 21 hits, a season-high and the most since the Red Raiders faced off against Baylor on May 20, 2013.
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Seven different Red Raiders recorded multi-hit performances including four with three-hit bids in: Connor Beck, Michael Berglund, Hunter Hargrove and Josh Jung. Michael Davis, Cody Farhat and Ryan Long all put down two hits, as 10 total student-athletes tallied a base hit on Wednesday afternoon.
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Among Tech's 14 RBI, 10 came from five different hitters: Beck, Berglund, Davis, Hargrove and Jung. With his numbers in the finale against the Tigers, Hargrove moved into the team-lead for multi-hit (12) and multi-run (eight) games this season.
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The Red Raiders put the leadoff man on base in each of the first six innings, contributing to their five consecutive innings with a run scored. It was the second time this season Tech has scored in five-straight innings, doing so against No. 4 Arizona on March 7. The fifth & sixth frames were highlighted by four & five runs each, respectively, making it the 14th time to score four or more runs in a single inning this season.
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Freshman right-hander Caleb Freeman started on the mound for the Red Raiders for the second time this season. The Abilene native tossed a career-high four frames, allowing five hits while striking out one. He left the game with the bases loaded in the fifth, ending his second start of the year with four runs charged. Junior lefty Parker Mushinski picked up his second win this season after going an inning, striking out two and walking two.
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Out of the bullpen, Tech's pitching staff went 5.0 innings, allowing only three hits and three runs among the six relievers.
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Texas Southern put the first run of the game on the board in the opening frame behind a single from Alamo that drove in Lucca, who singled earlier in the inning, for the early 1-0 lead.
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Long started the Red Raider bats with a single to right field in the bottom of the first that transformed to a three-base play after an error by the right fielder allowed Long to scoot over to third. Jung proceed to plate Long with a knock in shallow left field to tie the game at 1.
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The Red Raider offense added another in the second behind a leadoff solo homer from freshman designated hitter John McMillon that flew off the bat and over the right-center field wall to break the tie. It was a near copycat of McMillon's Tuesday night bomb, making it the first time since 2014 a Red Raider has hit a home run in back-to-back games.
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It was the first of two dingers hit by the Red Raiders on Wednesday, as Berglund followed in the third inning with a two-run blast, the first of his career, into the right field bullpen to make it 4-1.
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In the bottom of the fourth, freshman Clay Koelzer checked in to pinch hit and laced a double down the left line to score Jung, who reached earlier in the frame with a single, to push Tech's lead up to 5-1.
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The Tigers managed a three-run comeback in the fifth to make it a one-run game. A pair of singles by LeBlanc and Urbano placed the two Tigers on with nobody out. Back-to-back walks continued the scoring threat and brought the first run in, signaling the end of Freeman's day. Texas Southern would earn two more bases-loaded walks after Mushinski entered before a groundout ended the frame.
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The Red Raiders countered by tripling the Tigers' three-run bid over the next two frames, scoring four in the fifth inning and five in the sixth to move ahead, 14-6. Farhat led off the fifth with a triple to right-center field, his first as a Red Raider. A sacrifice fly from junior Orlando Garcia brought him in for the first run of the frame.
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Hargrove laced his second & third doubles of the day in the fifth & sixth innings, both scoring Jung after he was placed in scoring position on a balk (fifth) and a double (sixth) of his own. Hargrove & Berglund would both score in the fifth with two outs after an error & a Davis single, respectively.
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Farhat led off again in the sixth inning and reached on an infield single. A double over the right fielder's head from Garcia spelled more trouble for the Tigers, putting two in scoring position with no outs in the frame. Farhat would cross home on a groundout on the next play, while Garcia moved up to third on an interference call with the shortstop. Jung's double easily plated Garcia before Hargrove's drove in Jung to make it 12-4. With two outs in the sixth, Beck ripped his first triple in the scarlet & black & Davis singled to score the final two runs of the day for Tech.
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Texas Southern added two more in the seventh and one in the ninth to finish the series finale with a 14-7 score. A double from Jimenez in the seventh plated Lucca and Dukes for the first two runs, while a single from Alamo in the ninth scored Dukes again for the final run of the contest.
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The Red Raiders will make the trip to Norman, Oklahoma, to return to conference play against No. 15 Oklahoma on March 31-April 2 at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
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It marks back-to-back seasons the Red Raiders have won 10 games in-a-row, doing so in 2016 during an April 6-19 stretch against Florida State, Oklahoma State, Sam Houston State, San Diego State and New Mexico.
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Tech (24-4) capped off the two-game series sweep over the Tigers (8-17) to improve to 13-1 at home and 2-0 all-time against Texas Southern. The Red Raiders finished with 21 hits, a season-high and the most since the Red Raiders faced off against Baylor on May 20, 2013.
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Seven different Red Raiders recorded multi-hit performances including four with three-hit bids in: Connor Beck, Michael Berglund, Hunter Hargrove and Josh Jung. Michael Davis, Cody Farhat and Ryan Long all put down two hits, as 10 total student-athletes tallied a base hit on Wednesday afternoon.
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Among Tech's 14 RBI, 10 came from five different hitters: Beck, Berglund, Davis, Hargrove and Jung. With his numbers in the finale against the Tigers, Hargrove moved into the team-lead for multi-hit (12) and multi-run (eight) games this season.
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The Red Raiders put the leadoff man on base in each of the first six innings, contributing to their five consecutive innings with a run scored. It was the second time this season Tech has scored in five-straight innings, doing so against No. 4 Arizona on March 7. The fifth & sixth frames were highlighted by four & five runs each, respectively, making it the 14th time to score four or more runs in a single inning this season.
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Freshman right-hander Caleb Freeman started on the mound for the Red Raiders for the second time this season. The Abilene native tossed a career-high four frames, allowing five hits while striking out one. He left the game with the bases loaded in the fifth, ending his second start of the year with four runs charged. Junior lefty Parker Mushinski picked up his second win this season after going an inning, striking out two and walking two.
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Out of the bullpen, Tech's pitching staff went 5.0 innings, allowing only three hits and three runs among the six relievers.
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Texas Southern put the first run of the game on the board in the opening frame behind a single from Alamo that drove in Lucca, who singled earlier in the inning, for the early 1-0 lead.
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Long started the Red Raider bats with a single to right field in the bottom of the first that transformed to a three-base play after an error by the right fielder allowed Long to scoot over to third. Jung proceed to plate Long with a knock in shallow left field to tie the game at 1.
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The Red Raider offense added another in the second behind a leadoff solo homer from freshman designated hitter John McMillon that flew off the bat and over the right-center field wall to break the tie. It was a near copycat of McMillon's Tuesday night bomb, making it the first time since 2014 a Red Raider has hit a home run in back-to-back games.
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It was the first of two dingers hit by the Red Raiders on Wednesday, as Berglund followed in the third inning with a two-run blast, the first of his career, into the right field bullpen to make it 4-1.
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In the bottom of the fourth, freshman Clay Koelzer checked in to pinch hit and laced a double down the left line to score Jung, who reached earlier in the frame with a single, to push Tech's lead up to 5-1.
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The Tigers managed a three-run comeback in the fifth to make it a one-run game. A pair of singles by LeBlanc and Urbano placed the two Tigers on with nobody out. Back-to-back walks continued the scoring threat and brought the first run in, signaling the end of Freeman's day. Texas Southern would earn two more bases-loaded walks after Mushinski entered before a groundout ended the frame.
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The Red Raiders countered by tripling the Tigers' three-run bid over the next two frames, scoring four in the fifth inning and five in the sixth to move ahead, 14-6. Farhat led off the fifth with a triple to right-center field, his first as a Red Raider. A sacrifice fly from junior Orlando Garcia brought him in for the first run of the frame.
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Hargrove laced his second & third doubles of the day in the fifth & sixth innings, both scoring Jung after he was placed in scoring position on a balk (fifth) and a double (sixth) of his own. Hargrove & Berglund would both score in the fifth with two outs after an error & a Davis single, respectively.
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Farhat led off again in the sixth inning and reached on an infield single. A double over the right fielder's head from Garcia spelled more trouble for the Tigers, putting two in scoring position with no outs in the frame. Farhat would cross home on a groundout on the next play, while Garcia moved up to third on an interference call with the shortstop. Jung's double easily plated Garcia before Hargrove's drove in Jung to make it 12-4. With two outs in the sixth, Beck ripped his first triple in the scarlet & black & Davis singled to score the final two runs of the day for Tech.
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Texas Southern added two more in the seventh and one in the ninth to finish the series finale with a 14-7 score. A double from Jimenez in the seventh plated Lucca and Dukes for the first two runs, while a single from Alamo in the ninth scored Dukes again for the final run of the contest.
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The Red Raiders will make the trip to Norman, Oklahoma, to return to conference play against No. 15 Oklahoma on March 31-April 2 at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mushinski, Parker (2-1)
L: D.Boykins (0-3)
Batting:
2B: K.Dukes 1 ; G.Jimenez 1
RBI: K.Dukes 1 ; G.Lucca 1 ; G.Jimenez 2 ; R.Alamo 3
Base Running:
RUNS: K.Dukes 2 ; G.Lucca 2 ; H.LeBlanc 1 ; R.Urbano 1 ; O.Oloruntimi 1
CS: K.Dukes 1
HBP: K.Dukes 1 ; S.Motley 1
PO: G.Jimenez 1
Batting:
2B: Jung, Josh 1 ; Hargrove, Hunter 3 ; Koelzer, Clay 1 ; Garcia, Orlando 1
3B: Beck, Connor 1 ; Farhat, Cody 1
HR: Berglund, Michael 1 ; McMillon, John 1
RBI: Little, Grant 1 ; Jung, Josh 2 ; Hargrove, Hunter 2 ; Berglund, Michael 2 ; Beck, Connor 2 ; Koelzer, Clay 1 ; Davis, Michael 2 ; McMillon, John 1 ; Garcia, Orlando 1
SF: Garcia, Orlando 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Long, Ryan 1 ; Jung, Josh 3 ; Hargrove, Hunter 3 ; Berglund, Michael 2 ; Beck, Connor 1 ; McMillon, John 1 ; Farhat, Cody 2 ; Garcia, Orlando 1
SB: Farhat, Cody 1
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