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Red Raider of the Game
Tanner Gardner. Tanner was the DH tonight and went 3-4 with a pair of deep shots and a double.
B1 - Adios Muchacho! Gardner crushes his first homer of the year over the left-center field wall for the 1-0 lead! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/TZOBzBaoQb
— Texas Tech Baseball (@TTU_Baseball) May 18, 2017
Gardner before tonight: 0 HR. Gardner after six innings: 2 HR.
— Texas Tech Baseball (@TTU_Baseball) May 19, 2017
Tech up, 7-6! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/b34RMYfs8q
Play That Impacted the Game
After Kansas took a 6-4 lead in the top of the sixth inning, Brian Klein led off the bottom of the inning. After four pitches the count was even at two and Brian proceeded to foul off four straight, take a ball, and foul off another two before singling down the left field line. Grant Little would double him in to score and Tech took off from there.
Stat of the Game
30. It took Jacob Patterson just 30 pitches to shut down Kansas over the final three innings, in which he allowed just a single batter on base via a hit by pitch. 21 of his pitches were strikes as he struck out four.
Forgotten Play of the Game
Cody Farhat outta nowhere! @ESPNAssignDesk, we have a #SCTop10 nomination for you! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/jCzQyoPHRF
— Texas Tech Baseball (@TTU_Baseball) May 19, 2017
Another angle of Farhat's leaping grab at the wall! #SCTop10 #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/LVIvdRqcWZ
— Texas Tech Baseball (@TTU_Baseball) May 19, 2017
Big Reason Tech Won the Game
Resilience. Kansas scored three runs in two separate innings but each time Tech struck back. They scored once in the second inning to cut the lead to 3-2 and four runs crossed the plate in the sixth to give Tech the lead for good.
Pitching Lines
Texas Tech
Steven Gingery (Start) 5.0 IP 7H 3R 7K 3 BB
Caleb Killian (Win) 1.0 IP 3H 3R 1K 1BB
Jacob Patterson (Save) 3.0 IP 0H 0R 4K 0 BB
Kansas
Jackson Goddard (Start) 4.0 IP 8H 4R 1K 2BB
Zack Leban (Loss) 0.1 IP 4H 4R 0K 1BB