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Tuesday, March 22
Lubbock, TX
6:30 p.m. CT

Texas Tech University

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California Baptist

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By: Matt Burkholder

No. 16 TEXAS TECH vs. CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
March 22, 2022

Texas Tech Game Notes (PDF) | California Baptist Game Notes (PDF)

Promotion: "Turn Back the Clock " STARTERS
Texas Tech kicks off a six-game homestand, starting Tuesday with California Baptist from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). It's Tech's last test before opening Big 12 conference play this upcoming weekend against No. 2 Texas. Texas Tech's homestand also marks the end of a seven-game stretch of road games in a nine-game period. The Red Raiders' finished 5-2 between games played against No. 23 Mississippi State in Biloxi, at Rice and at Iowa. Back at home, Tech owns one of the top home-field advantages in the nation, and will look to continue its home-field dominance where it has won over 75% of its home games since Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park opened in 2012. The Red Raiders own a 246-71 mark since 2012, and are 10-0 at home in 2022.

Chris Slyvester will call the game while Mike Gustafson will provide color commentary from inside Rip Griffin Park as coverage will be provided via Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The broadcast can be accessed from any desktop or laptop computer, any personal cellular device and television streaming services using the ESPN app. Registration for the subscription service can be found at ESPNPlus.com.

Texas Tech Sports Network will also broadcast the game over 46 affiliates throughout the state of Texas and New Mexico as Jamie Lent will have the call alongside analyst, Texas Tech baseball alum, Cam Warren.

TEXAS TECH IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS

  • D1Baseball: No. 16
  • Baseball America: 23
  • NCBWA: No. 11
  • Collegiate Baseball: No. 16
  • USA Coaches: No. 11
  • Perfect Game: No. 11
  
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PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS

  • Tuesday, March 22: RHP Chase Hampton (4.50 ERA, 2-0) vs. RHP Anthony Silvas (7.80 ERA, 2-1)

STREAKING
With runs comes hits, and a constant as of late has been junior designated hitter Ty Coleman. Coleman owns a streak of 12-straight games with a hit, that includes as of recent memory going 1-for-1 in a pinch-hit appearance on March 16 in the eighth inning to lead off the frame, which sparked the Red Raiders' seven-run outpouring that helped them come from behind and win in Tech's last home game. Over the weekend, Coleman had a double in Tech's win on Saturday, and a solo home run on Sunday - which was one of four hits Tech managed in the loss.

PARKER KELLY HAS ARRIVED
Always the sure-handed third baseman known for his defense, Parker Kelly has emerged as a power hitter in his fifth year on the team. Entering this season, the senior owned two career home runs and 17 RBI, and was a career .211 hitter in 247 career at-bats (2018-2021). Kelly leads Texas Tech in 2022 with six home runs (three grand slams) and is also the team leader in RBI with 26. Even more impressive, he hit three Grand Slams in the span of five days (March 5-9), and hit six home runs within a span of six games. In the Merrimack game alone on March 5, he hit three home runs in a single game, two bring Grand Slams, for a nine-RBI single game performance. 

 
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SCOUTING - CALIFORNIA BAPTIST

  • The California Baptist Lancers are located in Riverside, Calif. and members of the Western Athletic Conference.
  • Cal Baptist is not an acceptable reference. Its official name is California Baptist University, and California Baptist and CBU are acceptable alternatives. 
  • California Baptist is 13-5, and 3-1 in road games while 10-4 in home contests. Texas Tech will be its first Power 5 opponent in 2022, they will also visit Washington in Seattle on May 17.
  • California Baptist's trip to West Texas will be the first of four games in the region. CBU travels to Las Cruces, N.M. for a three-game series, March 25-27, against its conference foe New Mexico State after Tuesday's game.
  • California Baptist last hosted Yale for a three-game series and won the series two games to one.
  • WAC baseball is broken into the Southwest and West Divisions. California Baptist was picked to finish third in the West Division, behind first place Grand Canyon and second place Sacramento State. New Mexico State, Dixie State, Utah Valley and Seattle U. round out the West Division.
  • Texas Tech also plays California Baptist's conference mates Abilene Christian, Stephen F. Austin and Grand Canyon in 2022.
  • CBU relief pitcher CJ Culpepper was named to the 2022 Preseason All-WAC Team.
  • California Baptist is led by head coach Gary Adcock. He was named the CBU baseball head coach in 2004.

SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday's contest will be the first all-time meeting between Texas Tech and California Baptist.

THIS-N-THAT

  • Texas Tech is 17-4, and has won 16 of its last 18 games.
  • The Red Raiders are 10-0 in home games this season.
  • The Red Raiders have win streaks this season of nine games and seven. The seven-game streak was halted last time out at Iowa on Sunday.
  • Tech is 13-2 this season when scoring first. The Red Raiders' two losses when scoring first coincidentally both ended each of their extended winning streaks. The first ended the nine-game streak against No. 23 Mississippi State on Tuesday, March 8, and the last vs. Iowa on Sunday, March 20.
  • Tech is 16-2 this season against unranked opponents. Its two losses are to Auburn (L, 2-1) in game No. 2 of the season during the State Farm Collegiate Showdown in Arlington, Texas, and at Iowa (L, 6-3).
  • Tech has scored more than six runs in 15 of 21 games this season. TTU is 15-0 in those games.
  • Tech has scored in the first inning nine times this season. TTU is 9-0 in those games.
  • Of Tech's Big 12 best 202 runs scored this season, Tech has scored 30+ in each the second, fifth, sixth and eighth innings to tally more than half its runs. Tech is one of seven schools in the nation to own 200+ runs. 
  • Texas Tech owns three wins this season when trailing after the seventh inning. In its last home game, TTU scored seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to erase a 5-4 deficit against New Mexico.
  • Texas Tech is 11-2 this season when having at least one home run.
  • Parker Kelly is the first Red Raider to own three Grand Slams in the same season since Cameron Blair achieved the feat in both 2004 and 2005. Kelly's Grand Slams were achieved in a five-day span - two in the same game vs. Merrimack on March 5 at home, and again vs. No. 23 Mississippi State on March 9 in a neutral site game in Biloxi.
  • Brandon Birdsell's 15 strikeouts against Rice on March 12 were the most by a Red Raider since Bobby Doran's 16 versus Missouri on May 1, 2010.


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