Postgame Notes
May 20, 2011 | Softball
May 20, 2011
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• Texas Tech is now only 1-3 in first games of the postseason. Tech's only win came in 1999 when the Red Raiders defeated South Carolina, 1-0, in the Fresno Regional.
• The Red Raiders are now 7-7 all-time in regional games as Tech has dropped its last two postseason games dating back to last year's trip to the Stanford Regional.
• Texas Tech had been run-ruled in a postseason game only once before in school history as Arizona defeated the Red Raiders, 8-0, over six innings on May 18, 2001.
• Despite dropping the opening game a year ago, Texas Tech was able to win two-straight games over UC Davis and host Stanford to advance to the regional championship game against Hawaii, who eventually defeated the Red Raiders, 7-1.
• The shutout was only the third against Texas Tech this season and the fourth all-time in postseason games.
• Despite the loss, Texas Tech still maintains a 19-10 lead in the all-time series between the two schools. New Mexico State now leads 3-2 in games played at neutral sites.
• The loss was Texas Tech's first this season at a neutral site. The Red Raiders were previously 11-0 on the year.
• Texas Tech's three errors in the game marked its most since also committing three in the second game of a midweek doubleheader against Baylor on April 6.
• Texas Tech's first eight outs at the plate all came on the ground as Emily Bledsoe's strikeout to end the third inning was the first to not on the ground.
• Bledsoe did not reach base for only the fourth time all season as the junior came into the game having reached base in 51 of 54 games.
• Brittany Talley's 2.1 innings pitched marked her shortest start since April 2 when she was only able to record one out in a loss to Oklahoma. Talley's five runs surrendered were her most since giving up six to Texas on April 23.
