Rewind: Texas Tech 5, LSU 4
Tanner Gardner’s infield hit off Hunter Newman’s foot drove home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Texas Tech a 5-4 victory against LSU in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Classic at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Sunday afternoon.
HOW THEY SCORED
LSU second inning – Greg Deichmann singled. Deichmann advanced to second on Josh Smith’s ground out to the shortstop. Jake Slaughter struck out, but he reached safely on a wild pitch by Ryan Shetter. Deichmann advanced to third base on the wild pitch. Deichmann scored on a single by Jordan Romero. LSU 1, TEXAS TECH 0
Texas Tech second inning – With two out, Ryan Long hit a home run over the rightfield fence. LSU 1, TEXAS TECH 1
LSU seventh inning – Slaughter struck out and Romero popped out to the shortstop. Michael Papierski and Brennan Breaux singled. Papierski and Breaux advanced to third base and second base, respectively, on a passed ball by Clay Koelzer. After Cole Freeman was intentionally walked, Papierski and Breaux scored on a single by Antoine Duplantis. LSU 3, TEXAS TECH 1
Texas Tech seventh inning – Long walked and Connor Beck singled. Long scored and Beck moved to third on a single by Brian Klein. Beck scored and Klein went to second base on a wild pitch by Todd Peterson. Klein moved to third on a ground out to the pitcher by Koelzer. After Michael Davis struck out, pinch-runner Cody Farhat scored on a single by Josh Jung. TEXAS TECH 4, LSU 3
LSU ninth inning – Pinch-hitter Rankin Woley singled. Pinch-runner Beau Jordan went to second on a ground out to the third baseman by Freeman. Jordan advanced to third on a ground out to the first baseman by Duplantis. Kramer Robertson walked and Jordan scored on a wild pitch by Parker Mushinski. LSU 4, TEXAS TECH 4
Texas Tech ninth inning – Farhat was hit by a pitch. Farhat moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by pinch-hitter Anthony Lyons. Davis was intentionally walked. Farhat went to third and Davis went to second on a ground out to the third baseman by Jung. Hunter Hargrove was intentionally walked to load the bases. Farhat scored on an infield single by Gardner. TEXAS TECH 5, LSU 4
KEY STRETCH OF GAME
Hunter Newman hit the leadoff batter in the ninth inning which resulted in the winning run. There were two intentional walks in the inning before Gardner got his two-out, game-winning infield hit.
KEY TEAM STATISTICS
Texas Tech outhit LSU 11-8. . .There were four extra base hits – all by the Red Raiders. Texas Tech had three doubles and a home run. . .There were no errors in the game. . .The Tigers bullpen allowed four runs and five hits in 2.2 innings. The Red Raiders bullpen gave up three runs and five hits in four innings. . .Two LSU base runners were thrown out stealing – Freeman and Slaughter. . .The Tigers stranded nine runners – four in scoring position. LSU was 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS
LSU
Antoine Duplantis: 2-for-5, 2 RBIs
Eric Walker: 6 innings, 6 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 7 strikeouts
TEXAS TECH
Connor Beck: 3-for-4, 1 run scored, 1 double
Tanner Gardner: 2-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 double
Ryan Long: 1-for-3, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 home run
Cody Farhat: 0-for-0, 2 runs scored
Ryan Shetter: 5 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts
LSU’S PLAYER OF THE GAME
Freshman pitcher Eric Walker turned in his best outing of the year against the nationally-ranked Red Raiders. Walker gave up one run and six hits in six innings. He walked none and struck out seven. Walker was in line for the victory, but the Tigers bullpen was unable to protect a two-run lead. The one run allowed by Walker came on a homer by Long. On three occasions, Walker stranded a runner at second base.
NOTES
Papierski was back in the starting lineup at catcher. Breaux was the leftfielder and Romero was the designated hitter. . .Robertson went 0-for-10 in the three games. . .Tigers batters struck out eight times. Freeman, Slaughter and Papierski each struck out twice. . .Todd Peterson had his first poor outing of the season. He retired just one of four batters in the seventh inning when Texas Tech scored three runs. Peterson gave up two hits and issued a walk. . .Newman permitted an inherited runner to score in the seventh and then yielded the game-winning run in the ninth. . .LSU had its first losing non-conference weekend in five years. The Tigers lost two of three games to Appalachian State in 2012. . .LSU is 9-3 overall, while the Red Raiders are 11-2. . .Zack Hess will be the starting pitcher against San Diego on Tuesday.
FROM THE LOCKER ROOM
Coach Paul Mainieri’s comments: “It was a tough loss, but I’m proud of the guys. They played well in a lot of ways. We didn’t quite play well enough to pull it off against a good team. I’m not discouraged at all. Our guys competed very hard and we were right there with a chance to win. There were a lot of positives this weekend. When you play this caliber of competition, somebody’s going to win and somebody’s going to lose the game. I don’t think we played poorly this weekend. We just came up a little bit short today.”
UP NEXT
LSU will play host to San Diego at The Box on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Central. The Toreros (6-3) won two of three games at the Dodgertown Classic in Los Angeles over the weekend. San Diego beat Southern California and UCLA and lost to Michigan. The LSU-San Diego game will be available on the SEC Digital Network.