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Texas Tech Eliminated from Big 12 Championship
May 22, 2015 | Baseball
Texas Tech's run at a Big 12 Championship ended with a 5-4 loss against Baylor on Friday afternoon at ONEOK Field.
May 22, 2015
TULSA, Okla. - Texas Tech had its run at a Big 12 Championship come to an end with a 5-4 loss against Baylor in day three at the tournament on Friday afternoon at ONEOK Field.
The Red Raiders fall to 31-24 overall on the season while playing in their 15th one-run contest. The Bears (23-31) advance to the bracket finals on Saturday facing Texas - who is unbeaten in the tournament.
Trailing by a run in the ninth, sophomore pinch hitter Hunter Hargrove doubled down the left-field line with one out. Junior Cory Raley grounded back to the pitcher and junior outfielder Tyler Neslony grounded out to the shortstop to end the game with Hargrove left at third base.
Baylor scored four of its five runs in the opening three frames while the Red Raiders left runners in scoring position on six occasions.
Sophomore left-handed pitcher Dylan Dusek (2-2) took the loss while allowing three runs on five hits in two innings with two strikeouts and a walk.
Baylor right-handed pitcher Nick Lewis (4-2) pitched into the ninth inning going 8.1 innings allowing four runs -two earned - on seven hits with six strikeouts and one walk. He threw 105 pitches while recording the first out of the ninth and also allowing the double to Hargrove before being taken out of the game.
Bears closer Sean Spicer picked up his eighth save of the season retiring Raley and Neslony in order to end the game.
Neslony led Tech going 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBI while five other Red Raiders had base hits and two other Tech players finished with an RBI.
Trailing 3-0 in the third, Neslony scored a pair of runs with an RBI double down the left-field line to cut Baylor's lead to a run, 3-2.
Baylor added to its lead with a run in the third for a 4-2 advantage before Tech freshman third baseman Tanner Gardner hit a line shot over the right-field wall for a solo home run - his third homer of the season, to bring Tech within a run, 4-3.
Baylor scored the eventual game-winning run in the seventh as the Bears manufactured a lead-off single with a stolen base, sacrifice bunt and sacrifice fly to take a 5-3 lead.
Tech's final run of the game came in the eighth when pinch hitter Anthony Lyons reached on a fielding error by Baylor third baseman Duncan Wendel. Lyons then scored all the way from first on Gutierrez' RBI double down the left-field line.
TEXAS TECH - BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES -
- Dropped to 16-30 all-time at the Big 12 Championship while making its 15th appearance.
- Pitching staff set a school record with a 2.08 ERA (6 ER, 26.0 IP) during three games at the Big 12 Championship ... previous school record for team ERA was 4.00 (2005).
- Also set school records in the Big 12 Championship with fewest runs allowed (8), fewest earned runs allowed (6) and fewest base hits allowed (22).
- Dropped to 1-4 all-time as a No. 4 seed in the Big 12 Championship ... also No. 4 seed last season (0-2).
- Head coach Tim Tadlock is 2-6 all-time at the Big 12 Championship in three appearances.
TEXAS TECH NOTES -
- Has hit 41 home runs in 55 games ... Red Raiders hit 30 home runs in 66 games last season.
- Marked the 16th time this season without committing an error.
- Had four doubles marking its most since also hitting four against Baylor (4/12) earlier this season.
- Allowed a home run while snapping a streak of eight consecutive games without allowing a home run (3rd longest streak of the season).
TEXAS TECH - ALL-TIME SERIES WITH BAYLOR -
- Texas Tech is 82-77 all-time against Baylor in a series that dates back to 1928 ... Red Raiders are 2-4 all-time against Baylor at the Big 12 Championship ... marked Baylor's first over Tech at the tournament since 2006 ... Tech is 2-5 all-time against Baylor on a neutral field ... Tim Tadlock is 7-4 all-time against Baylor with a 1-1 record at the Big 12 Championship.
PLAYER NOTES -
- Dominic Moreno pitched two scoreless innings while notching his 15th scoreless outing of the season (25th career) ... didn't allow a run in seven of his last eight and nine of his last 11 outings.
- Dominic Moreno struck out two batters giving him 16 times this season to strikeout multiple batters.
- Dominic Moreno didn't allow a base hit for the sixth time this season.
- Dominic Moreno lowered his season ERA to 1.85, which ranks eighth in school history and fourth in school history during the aluminum bat era (since 1974).
- Dominic Moreno lowered his career ERA to 2.97, which ranks seventh in school history and fifth in school history during the aluminum bat era (since 1974).
- Tyler Neslony recorded his 19th multi-hit game of the season, which ties him for the team high (Raley) ... it marked his 41st career multi-hit game.
- Tyler Neslony collected multiple RBI for the seventh time this season (17th career).
- Tyler Neslony matched a career-high two doubles - was the third time this season with two doubles (5th career).
- Tyler Neslony has a team-high 17 doubles on the season (33 career).
- Cory Raley had his 16-game hit streak snapped going 0-for-4 ... marked the second longest hit streak by a Red Raider this season (Gutierrez - 17 games).
- Cory Raley had his reaching base safely streak snapped at 25 consecutive games ... marked the longest by a Red Raider this season and the longest by a Red Raider since last season when Tyler Neslony reached base safely in 37 straight games.
- Eric Gutierrez recorded his 46th RBI of the season - leads the team and ranks second in the Big 12 ... now has 133 career RBI leading all active Big 12 players.
- Eric Gutierrez led all Red Raiders with four RBI at the Big 12 Championship.
- Eric Gutierrez has started in 177 straight games - spanning his entire three-year Tech career ... streak ranks him ninth among active players in NCAA Division I baseball.
- Dylan Dusek is now 10-2 career while the Red Raiders are 21-4 during his 25 career outings (18-3 during 21 career starts).
- Dylan Dusek has seven appearances this season striking out multiple batters.
- Orlando Garcia hit safely in three of his last four games, including two games at the Big 12 Championship.
- Orlando Garcia is 1-of-6 Red Raiders to post at least three base hits in three games at the Big 12 Championship.
- Michael Davis went 1-for-4 while finishing the Big 12 Championship with a team-best .500 (4-for-8) batting average.
- Stephen Smith had his streak of reaching base safely in 23 consecutive games snapped while going 0-for-3.
- Hunter Hargrove doubled during a pinch-hit at-bat in the ninth inning for his fourth pinch-hit base hit of the season ... batting a team-high .400 (4-for-10) as a pinch hitter this season.
- Tanner Gardner hit his third home run of the season, which ties for the team lead among newcomers (Carpenter, Raley) and is the most by a Red Raider freshman since 2013 (Eric Gutierrez - 7).
- Matt Withrow matched a season-high with five strikeouts ... also struck out five against No. 9 Oklahoma State (4/26).
