Tech Baseball Wins Opening Exhibition
By: Scott Lacefield, Tech Athletics
Updated: January 26, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas -
Texas Tech scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and held
on to its lead while defeating its Alumni with a 5-4 victory on Saturday
at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
The
Red Raiders are now 4-0 all-time against its alums dating back to 2010.
This year's alumni team was made up of numerous big leaguers, Major
League Baseball draft
picks and former Tech All-Americans.
Texas
Tech scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning on sophomore Bryant
Burleson's RBI single through the right side and then scored the
eventual game-winning run
in the following at-bat with sophomore Blake Bass' run-scoring single
through the left side.
Burleson
led the Red Raiders at the plate going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Bass was
the only other Tech player to post a multi-hit game going 2-for-4 with a
double and RBI.
Junior
left-handed pitcher Jonny Drozd earned the win for Tech pitching the
final two innings while allowing zero earned runs on just two base hits.
Alumni
right-handed pitcher Miles Morgan (2006-2009) took the loss allowing
two runs in one inning of work while allowing four base hits.
The
Alumni took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning with four walks
and a sacrifice fly by former Red Raider catcher Bo Altobelli
(2010-2012).
The
Red Raiders erased several of the Alumni's scoring opportunities with
three ground ball double plays turned by shortstop Tim Proudfoot and
second baseman Bryant
Burleson while Tech's defense had four double plays on the afternoon.
Tech
evened the score at 2-2 in the second inning with catcher Mason
Randolph hitting a leadoff triple to left field and then scoring on
freshman Jarrard Poteete's
RBI double to left field. Tech's other run in the second came off an
error while third baseman Jake Barrios reached base on a dropped fly
ball in center field.
The
Alumni tied the game, 3-3, on Reid Redman's (2011-2012) groundout in
the eighth inning before the Red Raiders pushed two runs across in the
bottom of the eighth.
Leading
the way for the Alumni were right fielder and Red Raider All-American
Jamodrick McGruder (2010-2012) going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases,
Altobelli (1-for-3,
RBI), former big leaguer Mike Humphreys (1985-1988) (2-for-4) and former
All-American Saul Bustos (1-for-4) who made several highlight plays at
second base.
