Series Details:
Dates: Friday, March 6 – Sunday, March 8th
Good Guys: Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-1, 0-0)
Bad Guys: Cal-State Fullerton Titans (6-5, 0-0)
Location: Goodwin Park | Fullerton, CA
TV/Stream: Fullerton Titans — All games streamed for free.
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Probable Starters:
Outfield: LF: Tyler Neslony| CF: Hunter Hargrove or Zach Davis or Stephen Smith | RF: Stephen Smith or Tanner Gardner
Infield: 3B: Michael Davis or Orlando Garcia or Ryan Long | SS: Tim Proudfoot | 2B: Cory Raley or Bryant Burleson | 1B Eric Gutierrez | C: Tyler Floyd or Bryant Burleson | DH: William Hairston or Quinn Carpenter or Tanner Gardner
Game 1: Friday, March 6th @ 9:00 pm
Texas Tech Starting Pitcher: LHP Cameron Smith (1-0, 4.20, 14K/2BB)
Cal State Fullerton Starting Pitcher: RHP Thomas Eshelman (1-2, 1.77, 25K/3BB)
Final Score & Box Score: –
Game 2: Saturday, March 7th @ 9:00 pm
Texas Tech Starting Pitcher: RHP Ryan Moseley (1-0, 1.80, 8K/4B)
Cal State Fullerton Starting Pitcher: RHP Justin Garza (0-0, 2.25, 8K/3B)
Final Score & Box Score: –
Game 3: Sunday, March 8th @ 3:00 pm
Texas Tech Starting Pitcher: LHP Dylan Dusek (2-0, 1.20, 10K/6BB)
Cal State Fullerton Starting Pitcher: LHP John Gavin (1-0, 5.65, 13K/3BB)
Final Score & Box Score: –
This much anticipated series begins tonight as the #5 Texas Tech Red Raiders travel to California to take on the #30 Cal State Fullerton Titans. The Titans are recovering a bit after starting off a bit slow and have won four in a row coming into the weekend series, sweeping Baylor and beating Pepperdine this week. The Daily Titan writes that the Titans will rely on their strong starting pitching:
The Titans will need to depend on their starting pitching in order to contain the strong Texas Tech offense. Junior Thomas Eshelman is expected to take the mound Friday night. Eshelman earned his first win in a 10-1 blowout of Baylor last Friday, but his 1.77 ERA will be tested by the Red Raiders.
The Titans’ other ace, Justin Garza, hopes to rebound from a somewhat shaky outing against Baylor on Sunday, where he gave up two earned runs on nine hits and a walk in four innings pitched.
Sophomore first baseman Josh Estill stood out with a pair of game-winning RBIs against the Bears, which earned him Big West Field Player of the Week. The Purdue transfer bumped his batting average to .389 with a team-high 11 RBIs.