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No. 5 Texas Tech Sweeps Doubleheader From Dons
February 14, 2015 | Baseball
Texas Tech scored 28 runs during its doubleheader sweep on Saturday.
LUBBOCK, Texas - No. 5 Texas Tech clinched its first series of the season with a doubleheader sweep, 15-6 and 13-5, over San Francisco on Saturday afternoon in front of a near capacity crowd of 4,418 fans at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
The Red Raiders (3-0) had 12 different players post at least one base hit while four Tech pitchers allowed one or fewer earned runs. San Francisco (0-3) used nine pitchers in the doubleheader.
Tech freshman left-handed pitcher Parker Mushinski (1-0) made his career debut in game one of the doubleheader in relief while earning the win going three innings allowing just one run with a strikeout.
The Red Raiders took advantage of two big innings in game one scoring five runs in the fourth and seven runs in the eighth. Tech pounded out eight doubles - its most since 2010 (12 at Kansas).
San Francisco starter Jeider Rincon (0-1) took the loss in the opener going 4.1 innings allowing six runs (all earned) on seven hits with two strikeouts and three walks. Tech starter junior right-handed pitcher Quinn Carpenter made his Tech debut as the starter but took a no decision allowing four runs on four hits in three innings with three strikeouts and four walks.
Freshman third baseman Michael Davis made his career debut going 2-for-5 with his first career hit coming as a two-run home run during Tech's five-run fourth inning.
Sophomore designated hitter William Hairston also made his career debut going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two RBI.
Tech came out of the gates fast in the nightcap scoring seven runs in the first inning and never looked back.
In the first, Tech had five of its first six batters reach base via walk and then capitalized on back-to-back two-run singles by Hairston and Davis.
That was more than enough of a cushion for Tech starting pitcher Dylan Dusek (1-0) who pitched six innings allowing only two runs on five hits with five strikeouts without allowing a walk. San Francisco's starter, Sheldon Lee (0-1), didn't make it out of the first inning allowing seven runs on just two hits with five walks in 0.1 inning of work.
The Red Raiders were guided by nine players that had base hits, including junior second baseman Cory Raley who made his career debut going 3-for-5 with a double and triple. Davis, Hairston, center fielder Hunter Hargrove and junior left fielder Tyler Neslony notched multi-hit games.
Senior right-handed pitcher Corey Taylor - who also pitched two innings in the first game - closed down the game throwing the eighth and ninth innings without allowing an earned run with a strikeout.
NOTES:
- Texas Tech has won 19 consecutive home games - marks the longest active home win streak in the country.
- Texas Tech has posted at least 10 base hits in the opening three games of the season for the first time since 2009 (5).
- A pair of Tech freshmen earned wins in the opening two games of the season (Patterson, Mushinski).
- Davis is the first Red Raider to homer in his career debut since 2010 (Barrett Barnes).
- Five Red Raiders made career debuts in the doubleheader (M. Davis, Hairston, Raley, Carpenter, Mushinski) while 11 newcomers have made career debuts this opening weekend.
- Gutierrez has started in 125 consecutive games - spanning his entire three-year Tech career.
- Burleson made his team-leading 157th career start in game two - while marking his first career start behind the plate.
- Stephen Smith reached base safely in all five plate appearances in the nightcap, including four walks which matches his career high.
