2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
Big 12 Conference Regular season Champions; NCAA Lubbock Regional champions; NCAA Lubbock Super Regional champions
College World Series
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
Record	47–19 (19–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Tim Tadlock (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Ray Hayward (4th season); J-Bob Thomas (4th season); Matt Gardner (4th season);
Captain	Eric Gutierrez
Home stadium	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represents Texas Tech University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders play their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Tim Tadlock, in his 4th season at Texas Tech.

2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	5	–	0	.792	47	–	20	–	0	.701
No. 4 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	–	0	.667	43	–	22	–	0	.662
No. 3 TCU ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9	–	0	.625	49	–	18	–	0	.731
West Virginia ‍‍‍	12	–	11	–	0	.522	36	–	22	–	0	.621
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0	.458	30	–	27	–	1	.526
Baylor ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0	.417	24	–	29	–	0	.453
Texas ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0	.417	25	–	32	–	0	.439
Kansas State ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0	.333	26	–	31	–	0	.456
Kansas ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0	.261	20	–	35	–	1	.366

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball ^[1]

Previous season edit

The 2015 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team notched a 31–24 (13–11) regular season record and finished third in the Big 12 Conference standings.^[2] The Red Raiders reached the 2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament championship game, where they were eliminated in the second round.^[3] Texas Tech did not receive an at-large bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel edit

Roster edit

2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders roster^[4]

Pitchers

13 - Dalton Brown (RHP) - Senior
14 - Chandler Eden (RHP) - Junior
21 - Erikson Lanning (LHP) - Freshman
28 - Ty Harpenau (RHP) - Freshman
30 - Davis Martin (RHP) - Freshman
34- Ryan Shetter (RHP) - Freshman
36 - Ty Damron (LHP) - Junior
37 - Jonathan Nicholson (RHP) - Freshman
39 - Robert Dugger (RHP) - Junior
41 - Dylan Dusek (LHP) - Junior
42 - Parker Mushinski (LHP) - Sophomore
43 - Garrett Bruce (RHP) - Junior
44 - Ryan Moseley (RHP) - Junior
45 - Hayden Howard (LHP) - Junior
46 - Tanner Buxton (RHP) - Junior
47 - Steven Gingery (LHP) - Freshman
48 - Sean Thompson (RHP) - Junior
55 - Jacob Patterson (LHP) - Sophomore

Catchers

15 - Kholeton Sanchez - Senior
16 - Tyler Floyd - Senior
35 -Matt Bernstein - Freshman
51 - Braden Williams - Freshman

Infielders

2 - Orlando Garcia - Sophomore
3 - Michael Davis - Sophomore
4 - Cory Raley - Senior
7 - Ryan Long - Junior
8 - Tanner Gardner - Sophomore
9 - Trey Ochoa - Freshman
12 - Eric Gutierrez - Senior
20 - Tyler Fowler - Freshman
25 - Hunter Hargrove - Junior
42 - Parker Mushinski - Sophomore

Outfielders

1 - Cody Farhat - Freshman
8 - Tanner Gardner - Sophomore
10 - Tyler Neslony - Senior
11 - Stephen Smith - Junior
17 - Zach Davis - Senior
25 - Hunter Hargrove - Junior
29 - Anthony Lyons - Junior

Coaching staff edit

Name	Position	Seasons at Texas Tech	Alma Mater
Tim Tadlock	Head coach	4	Texas Tech University (1992)
Ray Hayward	Pitching Coach	4	University of Oklahoma (1983)
J-Bob Thomas	Assistant coach & RecruitingCoordinator	4	Abilene Christian University (2005)
Matt Gardner	Volunteer Assistant Coach	4	Oklahoma State University (2008)

Schedule and results edit

2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball game log

Regular season

February

Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12
February 19	2:00 pm	FSSW+	Milwaukee*	#39	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 12–3	Moseley (1–0)	Schulfer (0–1)	–	4,070	1–0	–
February 20	12:00 pm		Milwaukee*	#39	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 3–10	Tuttle (1–0)	Gingery (0–1)	Sommers (1)	4,176	1–1	–
February 20	4:00 pm		Milwaukee*	#39	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 9–1	Damron (1–0)	Reuss (0–1)	Martin (1)	4,176	2–1	–
February 21	12:00 pm		Milwaukee*	#39	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 12–0	Lanning (1–0)	Keller (0–1)	–	3,097	3–1	–
February 24	6:30 pm		at Sam Houston State*		Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX	W 11–6	Martin (1–0)	Mills (0–1)	–	1,108	4–1	–
February 26	12:00 pm	MLBN RSSW	#16 Houston*		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX (Shiners Hospitals for Children College Classic)	W 3–2	Howard (1–0)	Lantrip (0–1)	Martin (2)	5,628	5–1	–
February 27	12:00 pm	MLBN RSSW	#6 Louisiana–Lafayette*		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX (Shiners Hospitals for Children College Classic)	W 5–3¹⁰	Shetter (1–0)	Moore (1–1)	–	7,881	6–1	–
February 28	11:00 am	MLB RSSW	#24 Arkansas*		Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX (Shiners Hospitals for Children College Classic)	L 6–10	Chadwick (1–0)	Howard (1–1)	–	6,516	6–2	–

March

Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12
March 1	6:30 pm		New Mexico State*		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 6–7	Butts (1–0)	Lanning (1–1)	Butcher (1)	3,453	6–3	–
March 2	2:00 pm		New Mexico State*		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 14–2	Gingery (1–1)	Reyes (0–1)	–	2,922	7–3	–
March 4	6:30 pm	FSSW+	#29 Cal State Fullerton*		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 3–7	Quinn (2–1)	Moseley (1–1)	–	4,191	7–4	–
March 5	2:00 pm		#29 Cal State Fullerton*		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 6–5	Howard (2–1)	Seabold (0–1)	Dugger (1)	3,557	8–4	–
March 6	12:30 pm	FSSW+	#29 Cal State Fullerton*		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 1–4	Eastman (3–0)	Damron (1–1)	Hockin (2)	3,505	8–5	–
March 11	9:00 pm		at #18 California*		Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA	L 2–9	Jefferies (4–0)	Lanning (1–2)	–	509	8–6	–
March 12	4:00 pm		at #18 California*		Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA	W 11–8	Howard (3–1)	Dodson (0–2)	–	575	9–6	–
March 15	7:00 pm		Texas–Arlington*		Globe Life Park • Arlington, TX	W 6–4	Moseley (2–1)	Michalski (0–1)	Dugger (2)	4,033	10–6	–
March 18	4:05 pm	FSSW	at Baylor		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 5–0	Martin (2–0)	Castano (2–2)	–	2,328	11–6	1–0
March 19	3:00 pm	FCSC	at Baylor		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 3–4	Ott 2–2	Moseley (2–2)	Montemayor (4)	3,523	11–7	1–1
March 20	1:00 pm	FSSW+	at Baylor		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 6–5	Howard (4–1)	Lewis (0–3)	Dugger (3)	2,377	12–7	2–1
March 22	2:00 pm		New Mexico*		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 14–10	Shetter (2–0)	Tripp (0–1)	–	2,757	13–7	–
March 24	6:30 pm	FSSW+	Oklahoma		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 5–0	Martin (3–0)	A. Hansen (0–4)	Howard (1)	3,231	14–7	3–1
March 25	6:30 pm		Oklahoma		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 6–1	Gingery (2–1)	Andritsos (3–2)	–	4,014	15–7	4–1
March 26	2:00 pm		Oklahoma		Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 13–7	Howard (5–1)	Berry (0–2)	Moseley (1)	4,432	16–7	5–1
March 28	8:05 pm		at UNLV*	#29	Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	L 5–8	Wilson (1–2)	Shetter (2–1)	Wright (5)	336	16–8	–
March 29	4:05 pm		at UNLV*	#29	Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 14–6	Damron (2–1)	Myers (0–2)	–	436	17–8	–

April

Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12
April 2	1:00 pm		Kansas State	#29	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 10–3	Martin (4–0)	MaVorhis (3–2)	Shetter (1)	4,145	18–8	6–1
April 2	4:15 pm		Kansas State	#29	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 10–4	Gingery (3–1)	Rigler (2–5)	Howard (2)	4,145	19–8	7–1
April 3	12:00 pm		Kansas State	#29	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 6–5	Dugger (1–0)	Fischer (1–3)	Moseley (2)	3,655	20–8	8–1
April 5	5:00 pm		at #5 Florida State*	#19	Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	L 1–10	Voyles (3–0)	Lanning (1–3)	–	4,002	20–9	–
April 6	5:00 pm	ESPN3	at #5 Florida State*	#19	Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 8–4	Dugger (2–0)	Sands (3–3)	Howard (3)	3,821	21–9	–
April 8	6:00 pm	FSSW+ FCSP	at Oklahoma State	#19	Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK	W 5–1	Moseley (3–2)	Hatch (2–1)	–	1,977	22–9	9–1
April 9	3:00 pm	Cox OK	at Oklahoma State	#19	Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK	W 8–2	Dugger (3–0)	Cobb (3–5)	–	2,855	23–9	10–1
April 10	1:00 pm	FCSP	at Oklahoma State	#19	Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK	W 15–5⁷	Harpenau (1–0)	Elliott (3–2)	–	1,258	24–9	11–1
April 13	2:00 pm		Sam Houston State*	#10	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 8–6	Lanning (2–3)	Rahm (0–3)	Howard (4)	3,176	25–9	–
April 13	5:15 pm		Sam Houston State*	#10	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 20–3	Damron (3–1)	Brown (0–4)	–	3,176	26–9	–
April 15	12:00 pm		San Diego State*	#10	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (Brooks Wallace Memorial Series)	W 3–1	Martin (5–0)	Pyatt (0–3)	Howard (5)	2,891	27–9	–
April 16	12:00 pm		San Diego State*	#10	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (Brooks Wallace Memorial Series)	W 10–0	Shetter (3–1)	Reyes (0–4)	–	4,050	28–9	–
April 17	11:30 am		San Diego State*	#10	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (Brooks Wallace Memorial Series)	W 7–2	Moseley (4–2)	Thompson (1–6)	–	3,330	29–9	–
April 19	7:00 pm	Comcast 26	at New Mexico*	#7	Santa Ana Star Field • Albuquerque, NM	W 7–4	Howard (6–1)	Sanchez (0–4)	–	614	30–9	–
April 20	2:00 pm	Comcast 26	at New Mexico*	#7	Santa Ana Star Field • Albuquerque, NM	L 5–6¹⁰	Estrella (2–1)	Brown (0–1)	–	811	30–10	–
April 22	6:30 pm	FSSW+	Texas	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 13–6	Martin (6–0)	Dunbar (0–1)	–	4,432	31–10	12–1
April 23	2:00 pm	FSSW+	Texas	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 4–7	Culbreth (8–2)	Moseley (4–3)	Kingham (2)	4,432	31–11	12–2
April 24	2:00 pm	FSSW+	Texas	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 1–17⁷	Johnston (3–1)	Howard (6–2)	–	4,432	31–12	12–3
April 26	6:30 pm		at Abilene Christian*	#10	Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX	Game cancelled due to weather. Later rescheduled for May 10 after Oral Roberts game got cancelled.
April 27	6:30 pm		vs. Abilene Christian*	#10	Security Bank Ballpark • Midland, TX	W 5–4	Howard (7–2)	Lambright (0–1)	–	4,268	32–12	–
April 29	8:00 pm	FS1	at #11 TCU	#10	Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 7–3	Martin (7–0)	Trieglaff (4–1)	–	4,564	33–12	13–3
April 30	4:00 pm	FSSW	at #11 TCU	#10	Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 6–13	Guillory (1–1)	Moseley (4–4)	–	6,451	33–13	13–4

May

Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12
May 1	1:00 pm		at #11 TCU	#10	Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 3–1	Damron (4–1)	Hill (2–3)	Mushinski (1)	5,829	34–13	14–4
May 6	6:00 pm	ESPN3	at Kansas	#10	Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS	W 10–3	Martin (8–0)	Krauth (4–5)	–	1,108	35–13	15–4
May 7	2:00 pm	ESPN3	at Kansas	#10	Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS	W 9–2	Gingery (4–1)	Goddard (2–5)	–	1,201	36–13	16–4
May 8	1:00 pm	ESPN3	at Kansas	#10	Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS	W 6–3	Moseley (5–4)	Weiman (2–6)	Howard (6)	905	37–13	17–4
May 10	1:00 pm		vs. Oral Roberts*	#9	Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX	Game cancelled due to projected weather, replaced with at Abilene Christian
May 10	6:30 pm		at Abilene Christian*	#9	Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX	W 7–2	Moseley (6–4)	Lambright (0–2)	–	1,064	38–13	–
May 19	6:30 pm	FSSW	West Virginia	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 2–1	Howard (8–2)	Grove (2–4)	Moseley (3)	3,966	39–13	18–4
May 20	2:00 pm		West Virginia	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	W 4–2	Dugger (4–0)	Donato (3–4)	Moseley (4)	3,842	40–13	19–4
May 21	2:00 pm		West Virginia	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX	L 7–8	Smith (4–1)	Howard (8–3)	–	4,432	40–14	19–5

Post-season

Big 12 Tournament

Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12 Tourn.
May 25	12:30 pm	FCSC FSSW+	Kansas State	#7	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	W 8–5	Dugger (5–0)	Erickson (2–1)	Howard (7)	4,047	41–14	1–0
May 26	4:00 pm	FCSC FSSW+	West Virginia	#7	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	L 4–9	Smith (5–1)	Shetter (3–2)	–	4,064	41–15	1–1
May 27	3:15 pm	FCSC FSSW+	Oklahoma	#7	Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK	L 4–17⁷	Grove (2–1)	Gingery (4–2)	–	5,104	41–16	1–2

NCAA tournament

Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	NCAA Tourn.
June 3	2:00 pm	ESPN3	Fairfield*	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Regional)	W 12–1	Martin (9–0)	Dube (6–4)	–	4,732	42–16	1–0
June 4	6:00 pm	ESPN3	New Mexico*	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Regional)	W 4–3	Shetter (4–2)	Tripp (2–2)	Howard (8)	4,732	43–16	2–0
June 5	6:15 pm	ESPN3	#19 Dallas Baptist*	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Regional)	L 6–10	Johnson (5–3)	Damron (4–2)	Fritz (1)	4,732	43–17	2–1
June 6	2:00 pm	ESPN3	#19 Dallas Baptist*	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Regional)	W 5–3	Howard (9–3)	Wilson (0–1)	–	4,732	44–17	3–1
June 10	7:00 pm	ESPNU	#15 East Carolina*	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Super Regional)	L 6–8	Kruczynski (8–1)	Martin (9–1)	Bridges (2)	4,817	44–18	3–2
June 11	2:00 pm	ESPNU	#15 East Carolina*	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Super Regional)	W 3–1¹³	Dugger (6–0)	Lanier (2–2)	–	4,817	45–18	4–2
June 12	2:00 pm	ESPNU	#15 East Carolina*	#7	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Super Regional)	W 11–0	Lanning (3–3)	Wolfe (6–4)	–	4,817	46–18	5–2
June 19	2:00 pm	ESPNU	vs. #3 TCU*	#4	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE (College World Series)	L 3–5	Burnett (3–1)	Dugger (6–1)	Feltman (9)	19,834	46–19	5–3
June 21	2:00 pm	ESPN2	vs. #1 Florida*	#4	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha,NE (College World Series)	W 3–2	Martin (10–1)	Faedo (13–3)	Howard (9)	16,865	47–19	6–3
June 23	7:00 pm	ESPN2	vs. #5 Coastal Carolina*	#4	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha,NE (College World Series)

Legend: = Win = Loss Bold = Texas Tech team member

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[5]	RV	RV*	RV*	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	13	14	10	9	7	8	11	11*	11*	6
Baseball America^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	15	10	13	8	5	5	5	8	8*	8*	7
Collegiate Baseball^^[7]	39	—	—	—	—	—	29	19	10	7	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	4	5
NCBWA†^[8]	RV	—	RV	—	—	RV	RV	RV	23	16	17	14	5	8	9	11	8	8*	5

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References edit

^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "2015 Big 12 Conference Final Weekly Release" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
^ "Texas Tech Eliminated from Big 12 Championship". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. May 22, 2015. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
^ "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
^ Baseball Coaches Poll
^ Baseball America College: Top 25
^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
^ NCBWA Division I poll

[1] "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

[2] "2015 Big 12 Conference Final Weekly Release" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

[3] "Texas Tech Eliminated from Big 12 Championship". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. May 22, 2015. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

[4] "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

[5] Baseball Coaches Poll

[6] Baseball America College: Top 25

[CBNPoll-7] NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

[8] NCBWA Division I poll

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