May 16, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Texas Tech scored six runs in the first inning and tallied 14 hits in the game to defeat the New Mexico baseball team, 14-6, Monday afternoon at Dan Law Field. The Lobos (23-29) return to action May 19-21 (Thursday-Saturday) to take on Air Force in the last regular season series of the year. Live stats of all three games will be available at www.AirForceSports.com.
The Red Raiders (32-20) jumped on Lobo starter Tyler Cales early with six runs in the first, including a leadoff homer by Cameron Blair, his 18th of the season.
UNM came back and cut it to 6-3 as Matt Foote singled home a run in the second and Chris Carlson delivered a two-run double in the third. Foote went 3-for-4 in the contest.
Tech scored three runs in the bottom half of the third, however, to go up 9-3. Cales (0-2) lasted three innings, surrendering nine hits and nine runs while striking out three.
Both teams stayed off the scoreboard in the middle innings. The Lobos added one in the seventh on a Carlos Castillo sacrifice fly, making it 9-4.
Texas Tech plated five in the bottom of the seventh to put the game out of reach, taking a 14-4 advantage.
Ryan Barba, who went 2-for-4, continued his hot hitting with a leadoff homer in the eighth. In his last four games, Barba has hit four triples and two home runs.
The Lobos loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth, but could only manage one run on a Jay Russell RBI groundout.
Alex Lawford (3-6) picked up the win for Tech, allowing four runs on six hits in seven innings.
GAME NOTES:
With the win, Tech sweeps the season series, 3-0.
This game was a makeup date from May 3, when rain washed out that contest.
Freshman second baseman Jordan Pacheco was hit by a pitch in the face in the third inning. He exited the game, but it expected to play this week against Air Force.
Sophomore Tim Grady pitched the first inning of his Lobo career in the bottom of the eighth. He allowed two hits and a walk, but didn’t surrender a run.