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No. 8 Tech Mashes Four Homers In 13-2 Saturday Win
March 24, 2018 | Baseball
The Red Raiders complete the doubleheader with 13 runs on 16 hits against the Huskies
LUBBOCK, Texas – The No. 8 Texas Tech baseball team finished off Saturday's doubleheader with a 13-2 win over Northeastern at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
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The Red Raiders (20-5) totaled 25 runs between the two games in the doubleheader, scoring 13 runs on 16 hits in the third overall game of the series against the Huskies (11-8). On Friday night, Tech plastered 22 runs in the opener against Northeastern.
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Four Tech batters put together multi-hit performances at the plate, with senior Michael Davis recording four hits, coming a triple shy of the cycle. Junior Zayne Willems had three hits & a run scored, Junior Cameron Warren had two hits, along with three RBI & two runs scored, while sophomore Josh Jung also had two hits to go with four RBI and two runs.
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The Red Raiders tallied four homers in the second game of the doubleheader, doing so for the third time this season. Tech also had four-home run days against Maine (Feb. 17) and New Mexico State (Feb. 20).
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Sophomore right-handed pitcher John McMillon started the second game of the doubleheader, his sixth start of the year. The Jasper native matched a season-high 6.0 innings on the mound, giving up just six hits, no runs, walking three & striking out a career-high nine Huskies. He improved to 4-0 on the season with the win.
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The Red Raiders struck first in the second game of the doubleheader, as Tech plated three in the second inning for a 3-0 lead. Warren led off the frame with a walk, then took second on a deep foul out along the fence in left field. The hustle was appreciated, but it wouldn't matter as junior Cody Farhat crushed a two-run homer in the next at-bat to make it 2-0.
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It was Farhat's second home run of the year and fourth-straight game Tech had sent a long ball over the wall. Freshman Gabe Holt kept the inning rolling with a single up the middle, then advanced to second on a wild pitch, making it easy for sophomore Brian Klein to drive him home with a double to the gap in right-center field.
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The three-run second was the 21st game this season and fourth-straight game the Red Raiders had scored three in a single inning.
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Four scoreless frames passed before Tech cracked up a seven-spot in the seventh inning. With Willems & Farhat in scoring position, Klein lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to bring in the first run of the frame. A two-out, RBI single from Jung to left field pushed Farhat home for the 5-0 lead.
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The next eight runs would come in the form of three dingers. Davis sent his fifth homer of the year into the left field bullpen, while Warren crushed a three-run jimmy jack, his third home run of the season, to wrap a seven-run seventh inning. In the eighth, Jung mashed Tech's fourth homer of the day, a three-run HR, onto a street lamp behind left-center field to push the Tech lead to 13-0.
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Northeastern scored their first runs of the game in the final inning, bringing in two after a bases-loaded walk to Farrell & an infield single by Holzwasser, preventing the game three shutout.
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The Red Raiders and Huskies wrap the four-game set on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
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The Red Raiders (20-5) totaled 25 runs between the two games in the doubleheader, scoring 13 runs on 16 hits in the third overall game of the series against the Huskies (11-8). On Friday night, Tech plastered 22 runs in the opener against Northeastern.
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Four Tech batters put together multi-hit performances at the plate, with senior Michael Davis recording four hits, coming a triple shy of the cycle. Junior Zayne Willems had three hits & a run scored, Junior Cameron Warren had two hits, along with three RBI & two runs scored, while sophomore Josh Jung also had two hits to go with four RBI and two runs.
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The Red Raiders tallied four homers in the second game of the doubleheader, doing so for the third time this season. Tech also had four-home run days against Maine (Feb. 17) and New Mexico State (Feb. 20).
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Sophomore right-handed pitcher John McMillon started the second game of the doubleheader, his sixth start of the year. The Jasper native matched a season-high 6.0 innings on the mound, giving up just six hits, no runs, walking three & striking out a career-high nine Huskies. He improved to 4-0 on the season with the win.
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The Red Raiders struck first in the second game of the doubleheader, as Tech plated three in the second inning for a 3-0 lead. Warren led off the frame with a walk, then took second on a deep foul out along the fence in left field. The hustle was appreciated, but it wouldn't matter as junior Cody Farhat crushed a two-run homer in the next at-bat to make it 2-0.
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It was Farhat's second home run of the year and fourth-straight game Tech had sent a long ball over the wall. Freshman Gabe Holt kept the inning rolling with a single up the middle, then advanced to second on a wild pitch, making it easy for sophomore Brian Klein to drive him home with a double to the gap in right-center field.
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The three-run second was the 21st game this season and fourth-straight game the Red Raiders had scored three in a single inning.
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Four scoreless frames passed before Tech cracked up a seven-spot in the seventh inning. With Willems & Farhat in scoring position, Klein lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to bring in the first run of the frame. A two-out, RBI single from Jung to left field pushed Farhat home for the 5-0 lead.
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The next eight runs would come in the form of three dingers. Davis sent his fifth homer of the year into the left field bullpen, while Warren crushed a three-run jimmy jack, his third home run of the season, to wrap a seven-run seventh inning. In the eighth, Jung mashed Tech's fourth homer of the day, a three-run HR, onto a street lamp behind left-center field to push the Tech lead to 13-0.
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Northeastern scored their first runs of the game in the final inning, bringing in two after a bases-loaded walk to Farrell & an infield single by Holzwasser, preventing the game three shutout.
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The Red Raiders and Huskies wrap the four-game set on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: McMillon, John (4-0)
L: Rodriguez (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Burt 1
RBI: Farrell 1 ; Holzwasser 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walsh 1 ; Costello 1
SB: Holzwasser 2
PO: Fair 1
Batting:
2B: Klein, Brian 1 ; Davis, Michael 1
HR: Jung, Josh 1 ; Davis, Michael 1 ; Warren, Cameron 1 ; Farhat, Cody 1
RBI: Klein, Brian 2 ; Jung, Josh 4 ; Davis, Michael 2 ; Warren, Cameron 3 ; Farhat, Cody 2
SF: Klein, Brian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Holt, Gabe 1 ; Masters, Cody 1 ; Klein, Brian 1 ; Jung, Josh 2 ; Davis, Michael 1 ; Little, Grant 1 ; Rheams, Zach 1 ; Warren, Cameron 2 ; Willems, Zayne 1 ; Farhat, Cody 2
SB: Holt, Gabe 1 ; Little, Grant 1
HBP: Little, Grant 1 ; Simonich, KC 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
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R
1
H
3
RBI
0
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
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