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No. 17 Texas Tech Wins Series Over Kansas
March 29, 2015 | Baseball
Taylor pitched 4.2 innings in relief to earn his second win this season and to lead Tech to the series win over Kansas.
March 29, 2015
LUBBOCK, Texas - Senior Corey Taylor allowed one run in 4.2 relief innings and sophomore Anthony Lyons drove in the game-winning run with a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth inning leading No. 17 Texas Tech to a 3-2 victory over Kansas on Sunday afternoon while winning the three-game series in front of 3,812 fans at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
Texas Tech (18-10, 3-3 Big 12) won its seventh consecutive home series - including four in Big 12 play - with a combined record of 22-1 dating back to last season. The Jayhawks (10-17, 1-2 Big 12) out-hit Tech, 7-4, but left town with back-to-back losses after winning the series opener on Friday.
Tech's four base hits marked its fewest during a Big 12 win since 2013 (3 hits at Texas) while recording its fewest hits in a series finale victory since 2011 (4 vs. Nebraska).
Taylor (2-0) entered in the fifth inning with the Red Raiders down, 1-0. He ended the fifth with a strikeout and ground-ball double play - Tech's NCAA leading 41st double play.
Taylor allowed his first earned run of the season on five hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Taylor had a streak of 29.1 consecutive innings pitched without allowing an earned run snapped.
Senior right-handed pitcher Dominic Moreno earned his fourth save of the season while striking out the only batter he faced to end the game with runners left stranded at first and second base.
Kansas reliever Stephen Villines (1-1) took the loss allowing the game-winning run in one inning of work.
Tech starting pitcher Ty Damron made his first career Big 12 start in the no decision going four-plus innings allowing a run on two hits with a strikeout and a career-high four walks.
Tech tied the game at one and then took the lead in the fifth inning when junior outfielder Tyler Neslony drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game, and junior first baseman Eric Gutierrez gave Tech the lead with a sacrifice fly to score catcher Tyler Floyd.
KU tied the game scoring a run in the top of the eighth inning with a leadoff walk and later an RBI single to left field.
Tech scored the eventual game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth as Gutierrez started the inning with a walk and advanced to second base on Cory Raley's sacrifice bunt. Senior shortstop Tim Proudfoot grounded out to shortstop for the second out and Gutierrez moved to third base. Lyons then singled with two outs to score Gutierrez for the go-ahead run.
Gutierrez went 1-for-2 with an RBI, Proudfoot went 1-for-4, third baseman Orlando Garcia went 1-for-4 with a run and Lyons (1-for-1) were the only Red Raiders with a base hit.
Texas Tech will play its first midweek road game of the season on Tuesday, March 31 at New Mexico (14-11) with a 3 p.m. CT first pitch at Lobo Field.
NOTES:
- Texas Tech won its seventh straight home weekend series (4 in Big 12 play) with a combined 22-1 record dating back to last season.
- Texas Tech won its first series over Kansas since 2011 (sweep in Lubbock).
- Texas Tech improves to 35-24 all-time against Kansas with a 20-9 record against the Jayhawks in Lubbock.
- Turned one double play and eight double plays on the weekend series ... Tech leads the NCAA with 41 double plays.
- Recorded 10 two-out RBI in three-game series ... batted .344 (11-for-32) with runners in scoring position ... batted .342 (13-for-38) with two outs in the series.
- Corey Taylor had a streak of 29.1 consecutive innings pitched without allowing an earned run snapped ... he now has a 0.29 ERA in 31.0 innings pitched.
- Corey Taylor earned his ninth career win during his 51st career appearance.
- Corey Taylor was the only Red Raider to make a pair of outings in the Big 12 series ... he has pitched multiple innings in 9-of-12 relief outings this season.
- Ty Damron made his second start this week - he also started against New Mexico on Tuesday.
- Anthony Lyons recorded his first game-winning RBI of the season (2nd career).
- Anthony Lyons is batting .625 (5-for-8) as a pinch hitter this season ... Lyons is now batting .500 (8-for-16) career as a pinch hitter.
- Dominic Moreno earned his seventh career save.
- Dominic Moreno posted his fifth scoreless outing this season (15th career).
- Eric Gutierrez has started in 150 straight games - spanning his entire three-year Tech career ... he became the first Red Raider to start in his first 150 career games since Roger Kieschnick started in all 168 games during his three-year career (2006-08) ... Kieschnick is currently an outfielder with the Los Angeles Angels.
- Eric Gutierrez received his eighth hit-by-pitch this season (44th career).
- Tim Proudfoot has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games.
- Tim Proudfoot moved into ninth place all-time at Tech for career games played (179).
- Bryant Burleson moved into a tie for eighth all-time at Tech for career games played with 189 games (Scott LeJeune, 2009-13).
- Bryant Burleson recorded eight assists which is tied with Orlando Garcia (vs. NIU) for the most by a Red Raider this season.
