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Jersey Number 45
Derek Bridges
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Duncan, Okla.
- High School:
- Duncan
Bio
2024 (Senior/4th Yr.):
• Appeared in 18 games as a reliever
• Pitched 12.1 innings and had 12 strikeouts
• Struck out both batters he faced in the season opener against No. 9 Tennessee
• Pitched two scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts at Baylor (Mar. 16)
• Threw a perfect inning and struck out a batter against BYU (Mar. 21)
• Did not allow a run in his final four appearances (2.2 IP) of his career against KU (Apr. 28), OU (May 5), Arizona State (May 17) and Oklahoma State (May 22)
2023 (Junior/3rd Yr.):
2022 (Sophomore/2nd Yr.):
2021 (Freshman/1st Yr.):
• Made 19 appearances in relief for a total of 11.1 innings on the mound
• Shared the team-lead for appearances with Ryan Sublette
• Finished the season with a 3.97 ERA
• Against 42 batters faced, surrendered 12 hits while striking out 11
• Earned one save against Oklahoma State on March 21.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner for coach Erik Hughes at Duncan High School in Duncan, Oklahoma … ranked as the No. 3 left-handed pitcher and the No. 13 player by Perfect Game … was on the Daily Oklahoman All-State team his senior year … as a senior, was named OBCA All-State as well as the All-Area Pitcher of the Year by the Duncan Banner … recorded a 9-2 record as a senior in 11 starts with a 1.93 ERA and 99 strikeouts in 61.2 innings pitched … helped lead the team to three state championships … career ERA of 1.46 with 329 strikeouts in 218.2 innings pitched … offensively, hit .379 his senior year with two dingers, 14 doubles, 36 RBI, and a .523 on base percentage … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Oklahoma State, Wichita State, and Missouri.
PERSONAL: Born in Enid, Oklahoma … son of Darren and Jana Bridges … brother to Kelsey and Bethany … Accounting major.
• Appeared in 18 games as a reliever
• Pitched 12.1 innings and had 12 strikeouts
• Struck out both batters he faced in the season opener against No. 9 Tennessee
• Pitched two scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts at Baylor (Mar. 16)
• Threw a perfect inning and struck out a batter against BYU (Mar. 21)
• Did not allow a run in his final four appearances (2.2 IP) of his career against KU (Apr. 28), OU (May 5), Arizona State (May 17) and Oklahoma State (May 22)
2023 (Junior/3rd Yr.):
- Made his junior debut on March 28 at New Mexico after missing the first month of the season due to injury
- Posted a 7.71 ERA across 7.0 innings
- Held opposing batters to a .231 average, the lowest of his career, and did not allow a home run
- Tossed a season-high 2.0 innings on April 30 at Kansas State; retired the first five Wildcats he faced, including back-to-back strikeouts to being his outing
2022 (Sophomore/2nd Yr.):
- Big 12 Honorable Mention selection
- Made 27 appearances totaling 22.0 innings pitched.
- 27 appearances led the Red Raiders and ranked as the sixth-most by a Big 12 player
- Situational left-handed reliever that 10 times tossed less than 10 pitches in his appearances
- Allowed zero hits in 14 appearances and one hit or less in 23 of 27 appearances
- Entered bottom of the first inning following a five-hour, 59-minute weather delay in Statesboro Regional versus Notre Dame with runners on second and third base and one out; used 10 pitches to strikeout two Irish batters to get out of the jam
- Inherited runners on first and second base with two outs in the eighth at then-No. 3 Oklahoma State on May 14 and needed four pitches to end the threat with a strikeout looking (watch) in his short appearance
- Entered a 3-3 game at Dallas Baptist on March 1 with runners on the corners and one out, and struck out two to push the game to the ninth unscathed (watch)
- Twice tossed three strikeouts in a game, setting a career-best mark in games versus Kent State (Feb. 27) and Dallas Baptist (March 1)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2021 (Freshman/1st Yr.):
• Made 19 appearances in relief for a total of 11.1 innings on the mound
• Shared the team-lead for appearances with Ryan Sublette
• Finished the season with a 3.97 ERA
• Against 42 batters faced, surrendered 12 hits while striking out 11
• Earned one save against Oklahoma State on March 21.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner for coach Erik Hughes at Duncan High School in Duncan, Oklahoma … ranked as the No. 3 left-handed pitcher and the No. 13 player by Perfect Game … was on the Daily Oklahoman All-State team his senior year … as a senior, was named OBCA All-State as well as the All-Area Pitcher of the Year by the Duncan Banner … recorded a 9-2 record as a senior in 11 starts with a 1.93 ERA and 99 strikeouts in 61.2 innings pitched … helped lead the team to three state championships … career ERA of 1.46 with 329 strikeouts in 218.2 innings pitched … offensively, hit .379 his senior year with two dingers, 14 doubles, 36 RBI, and a .523 on base percentage … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Oklahoma State, Wichita State, and Missouri.
PERSONAL: Born in Enid, Oklahoma … son of Darren and Jana Bridges … brother to Kelsey and Bethany … Accounting major.
Highlights: Cincinnati (Big 12 Tournament)
Wednesday, May 21
Behind the Mic - UC vs TTU
Wednesday, May 21
Preview Presser: Cincinnati (B12 Tournament)
Tuesday, May 20
Highlights: BYU (Game Three)
Saturday, May 17
