Tech baseball overwhelms Northern Colorado
By: Scott Lacefield-Texas Tech Communications
Updated: February 16, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas -
Texas Tech improved to 2-0 on the season with a 10-1 victory over
Northern Colorado on Saturday afternoon at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin
Park.
The
Red Raiders were guided by a solid start from junior right-handed
pitcher Corey Taylor who made his Tech debut pitching six innings with
four strikeouts allowing
just one run on five hits in the win.
For
the second straight game the Red Raiders had a freshman make his
collegiate debut by pitching three innings to record a save while
right-handed pitcher Matt Custred
struck out four and allowed one hit in three scoreless frames.
Tech
scored early and often with four runs in the first inning - highlighted
by junior right fielder Devon Conley's three-run inside-the-park home
run to center field.
Conley went 2-for-2 with three runs and four RBI.
The
Red Raiders extended their lead to 8-0 with a two-run double from
freshman catcher Jarrard Poteete and with a two-run single up the middle
by freshman outfielder
Zach Davis.
Taylor
retired 11 of his first 13 batters faced and escaped two jams with
runners in scoring position in both the fourth and sixth innings.
The Red Raiders also scored a run in the fifth inning and Conley added a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning.
Freshman
first baseman Eric Gutierrez went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple and
an RBI while Poteete had a multi-hit game going 2-for-4 with a run and
two RBI.
Tech will play Saturday evening against BYU at 6 p.m. at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
