Kansas State University
Texas Tech University
Apr 15, 2017 | Baseball
GAME RECAP
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4
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TEXAS TECH
RED RAIDERS
30-8 (7-4 Big 12)
NR
K-STATE
WILDCATS
17-17 (2-9 Big 12)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTU | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| KSU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
- Time of Game: 2:55
- First Pitch: 6:35
- Temperature: 76 F
- Wind: SSW 11
- Attendance: 1,606
MANHATTAN, Kan. โ Jake Scudder had his first career two-homer game but Kansas State's comeback bid fell short Friday night as No. 6 Texas Tech fended off the Wildcats, 7-4, at Tointon Family Stadium.
Scudder drove in three runs and his two long balls accounted for half of K-State's (17-17, 2-9 Big 12) hits as the senior first baseman moved into a tie for the Big 12 lead in home runs with eight. His eight blasts are a new career high and the most by a K-State hitter since 2012 (Wade Hinkle, 10).
"Pretty good approach by him," head coach Brad Hill said of Scudder. "He had a plan for what he wanted to do, we just couldn't get enough guys to follow up what he was doing."
Texas Tech (30-8, 7-4) had 13 hits in the game, 12 of which came from its first five batters, and three Red Raider pitchers combined to strikes out 13 Wildcat batters. Each of the first five Red Raider hitters in the order had at least two hits.
TTU starter Steven Gingery, who entered the night as the conference's leader in ERA, moved to 7-0 after striking out 10 over 6 2/3 innings.
"Gingery is really good," said Hill. "Once he settled in, I don't know what he had, 12 or 13 punchouts. That guy's really good, there's a reason why he's 7-0 now with a one ERA."
The Red Raiders jumped on the board and plated two runs in the top of the first inning behind Orlando Garcia's two-out triple.
K-State answered in the bottom of the first inning, turning a Will Brennan leadoff walk into a run on a Cameron Thompson groundout.
Garcia singled home another run in the top of the third inning, extending Texas Tech's lead to 3-1. The Red Raiders scored two more runs in the top of the fourth inning on a Michael Davis two-out triple.
Scudder's first home run, a solo shot in the bottom of the fourth, cut the Red Raiders' lead to 5-2, before Cody Farhat got the run back with a solo shot of his own in the top of the sixth.
The Cats climbed back within two runs at 6-4 after Scudder's second bomb, a two-run home run over the right-field fence, in the bottom of the seventh but Tech's Michael Davis launched a solo shot over the center-field fence off Mitch Zubradt in the top of the ninth to complete the Red Raiders' 7-4 victory.
Gingery was relieved in the bottom of the seventh by Parker Mushinski before John McMillon came on in the ninth inning and shut down the Wildcats in order to pick up his fourth save of the season.
Parker Rigler (2-4) struck out seven in six innings and gave up nine hits, two walks and six earned runs. Rigler's seven punchouts is a season high and equals his Big 12 career-best output.
Jared Marolf, Bryce Ward and Zubradt combined for three innings of work in relief of Rigler and yielded one earned run and struck out three.
K-State wraps up its three-game series with Texas Tech Saturday at 2 p.m., and will be broadcast on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app. Fans can also listen to Wildcat baseball on the K-State Radio Network and streaming free at k-statesports.com.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
โข K-State scored four runs on four hits and committed no errors and left two runners on base. TTU scored seven runs on 13 hits with one error while stranding eight baserunners.
โข Scudder was the only Wildcat to register multiple hits and drove in three of K-State's four runs.
โข Wildcat hitters struck out 13 times, matching their highest total in a game this season.
โข K-State pitchers combined to punch out 10 Red Raiders, the ninth team reaching double figures this year.
โข Cameron Thompson had an RBI groundout.
โข Texas Tech hit .357 (5-for-14) with two outs and had four two-out RBI. K-State was 1-for-11 (.091) with two outs.
โข The Cats had just four at-bats with runners in scoring position (1-for-4) while TTU was 3-for-10 in the same situation.
โข Each of the first five Red Raider hitters in the order had multiple hits in the game.
NOTES
โข K-State is now 27-37-1 all-time vs. Texas Tech and is 16-13 at home vs. TTU.
โข Scudder's eight homers is a single-season high for him and the most by a K-State hitter since 2012 (Wade Hinkle, 10).
โข Scudder is the fourth Wildcat with a multi-homer game this season.
