2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

The 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represents Texas Tech University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders play their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Tim Tadlock, in his 4th season at Texas Tech.

2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
Big 12 Conference Regular Season Champions NCAA Lubbock Regional Champions NCAA Lubbock Super Regional Champions
College World Series
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
2016 record	47–19 (19–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Tim Tadlock (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Ray Hayward (4th season) J-Bob Thomas (4th season) Matt Gardner (4th season)
Captain	Eric Gutierrez
Home stadium	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park

2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	5	–	0		.792			47	–	20	–	0		.701
No. 4 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			43	–	22	–	0		.662
No. 3 TCU ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			49	–	18	–	0		.731
West Virginia ‍‍‍	12	–	11	–	0		.522			36	–	22	–	0		.621
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			30	–	27	–	1		.526
Baylor ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Texas ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Kansas State ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			26	–	31	–	0		.456
Kansas ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0		.261			20	–	35	–	1		.366
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Previous Season

The 2015 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team notched a 31–24 (13–11) regular season record and finished third in the Big 12 Conference standings.[2] The Red Raiders reached the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament championship game, where they were eliminated in the second round.[3] Texas Tech did not receive an at-large bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders roster[4]
	Pitchers 13 - Dalton Brown (RHP) - Senior 14 - Chandler Eden (RHP) - Junior 21 - Erikson Lanning (LHP) - Freshman 28 - Ty Harpenau (RHP) - Freshman 30 - Davis Martin (RHP) - Freshman 34- Ryan Shetter (RHP) - Freshman 36 - Ty Damron (LHP) - Junior 37 - Jonathan Nicholson (RHP) - Freshman 39 - Robert Dugger (RHP) - Junior 41 - Dylan Dusek (LHP) - Junior 42 - Parker Mushinski (LHP) - Sophomore 43 - Garrett Bruce (RHP) - Junior 44 - Ryan Moseley (RHP) - Junior 45 - Hayden Howard (LHP) - Junior 46 - Tanner Buxton (RHP) - Junior 47 - Steven Gingery (LHP) - Freshman 48 - Sean Thompson (RHP) - Junior 55 - Jacob Patterson (LHP) - Sophomore		Catchers 15 - Kholeton Sanchez - Senior 16 - Tyler Floyd - Senior 35 -Matt Bernstein - Freshman 51 - Braden Williams - Freshman Infielders 2 - Orlando Garcia - Sophomore 3 - Michael Davis - Sophomore 4 - Cory Raley - Senior 7 - Ryan Long - Junior 8 - Tanner Gardner - Sophomore 9 - Trey Ochoa - Freshman 12 - Eric Gutierrez - Senior 20 - Tyler Fowler - Freshman 25 - Hunter Hargrove - Junior 42 - Parker Mushinski - Sophomore		Outfielders 1 - Cody Farhat - Freshman 8 - Tanner Gardner - Sophomore 10 - Tyler Neslony - Senior 11 - Stephen Smith - Junior 17 - Zach Davis - Senior 25 - Hunter Hargrove - Junior 29 - Anthony Lyons - Junior

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Texas Tech	Alma Mater
Tim Tadlock	Head Coach	4	Texas Tech University (1992)
Ray Hayward	Pitching Coach	4	University of Oklahoma (1983)
J-Bob Thomas	Assistant Coach & RecruitingCoordinator	4	Abilene Christian University (2005)
Matt Gardner	Volunteer Assistant Coach	4	Oklahoma State University (2008)

Schedule & Results

2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders Baseball Game Log
Legend:           = Win           = Loss      Bold = Texas Tech team member
Regular Season
February Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 February 19 2:00 pm FSSW+ Milwaukee* #39 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 12–3 Moseley (1–0) Schulfer (0–1) – 4,070 1–0 – February 20 12:00 pm Milwaukee* #39 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 3–10 Tuttle (1–0) Gingery (0–1) Sommers (1) 4,176 1–1 – February 20 4:00 pm Milwaukee* #39 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 9–1 Damron (1–0) Reuss (0–1) Martin (1) 4,176 2–1 – February 21 12:00 pm Milwaukee* #39 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 12–0 Lanning (1–0) Keller (0–1) – 3,097 3–1 – February 24 6:30 pm at Sam Houston State* Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 11–6 Martin (1–0) Mills (0–1) – 1,108 4–1 – February 26 12:00 pm MLBN RSSW #16 Houston* Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX (Shiners Hospitals for Children College Classic) W 3–2 Howard (1–0) Lantrip (0–1) Martin (2) 5,628 5–1 – February 27 12:00 pm MLBN RSSW #6 Louisiana–Lafayette* Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX (Shiners Hospitals for Children College Classic) W 5–3^10 Shetter (1–0) Moore (1–1) – 7,881 6–1 – February 28 11:00 am MLB RSSW #24 Arkansas* Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX (Shiners Hospitals for Children College Classic) L 6–10 Chadwick (1–0) Howard (1–1) – 6,516 6–2 –
March Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 March 1 6:30 pm New Mexico State* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 6–7 Butts (1–0) Lanning (1–1) Butcher (1) 3,453 6–3 – March 2 2:00 pm New Mexico State* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 14–2 Gingery (1–1) Reyes (0–1) – 2,922 7–3 – March 4 6:30 pm FSSW+ #29 Cal State Fullerton* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 3–7 Quinn (2–1) Moseley (1–1) – 4,191 7–4 – March 5 2:00 pm #29 Cal State Fullerton* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 6–5 Howard (2–1) Seabold (0–1) Dugger (1) 3,557 8–4 – March 6 12:30 pm FSSW+ #29 Cal State Fullerton* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 1–4 Eastman (3–0) Damron (1–1) Hockin (2) 3,505 8–5 – March 11 9:00 pm at #18 California* Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 2–9 Jefferies (4–0) Lanning (1–2) – 509 8–6 – March 12 4:00 pm at #18 California* Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 11–8 Howard (3–1) Dodson (0–2) – 575 9–6 – March 15 7:00 pm Texas–Arlington* Globe Life Park • Arlington, TX W 6–4 Moseley (2–1) Michalski (0–1) Dugger (2) 4,033 10–6 – March 18 4:05 pm FSSW at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX W 5–0 Martin (2–0) Castano (2–2) – 2,328 11–6 1–0 March 19 3:00 pm FCSC at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX L 3–4 Ott 2–2 Moseley (2–2) Montemayor (4) 3,523 11–7 1–1 March 20 1:00 pm FSSW+ at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX W 6–5 Howard (4–1) Lewis (0–3) Dugger (3) 2,377 12–7 2–1 March 22 2:00 pm New Mexico* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 14–10 Shetter (2–0) Tripp (0–1) – 2,757 13–7 – March 24 6:30 pm FSSW+ Oklahoma Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 5–0 Martin (3–0) A. Hansen (0–4) Howard (1) 3,231 14–7 3–1 March 25 6:30 pm Oklahoma Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 6–1 Gingery (2–1) Andritsos (3–2) – 4,014 15–7 4–1 March 26 2:00 pm Oklahoma Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 13–7 Howard (5–1) Berry (0–2) Moseley (1) 4,432 16–7 5–1 March 28 8:05 pm at UNLV* #29 Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV L 5–8 Wilson (1–2) Shetter (2–1) Wright (5) 336 16–8 – March 29 4:05 pm at UNLV* #29 Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W 14–6 Damron (2–1) Myers (0–2) – 436 17–8 –
April Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 April 2 1:00 pm Kansas State #29 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 10–3 Martin (4–0) MaVorhis (3–2) Shetter (1) 4,145 18–8 6–1 April 2 4:15 pm Kansas State #29 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 10–4 Gingery (3–1) Rigler (2–5) Howard (2) 4,145 19–8 7–1 April 3 12:00 pm Kansas State #29 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 6–5 Dugger (1–0) Fischer (1–3) Moseley (2) 3,655 20–8 8–1 April 5 5:00 pm at #5 Florida State* #19 Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 1–10 Voyles (3–0) Lanning (1–3) – 4,002 20–9 – April 6 5:00 pm ESPN3 at #5 Florida State* #19 Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–4 Dugger (2–0) Sands (3–3) Howard (3) 3,821 21–9 – April 8 6:00 pm FSSW+ FCSP at Oklahoma State #19 Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 5–1 Moseley (3–2) Hatch (2–1) – 1,977 22–9 9–1 April 9 3:00 pm Cox OK at Oklahoma State #19 Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 8–2 Dugger (3–0) Cobb (3–5) – 2,855 23–9 10–1 April 10 1:00 pm FCSP at Oklahoma State #19 Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 15–5^7 Harpenau (1–0) Elliott (3–2) – 1,258 24–9 11–1 April 13 2:00 pm Sam Houston State* #10 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 8–6 Lanning (2–3) Rahm (0–3) Howard (4) 3,176 25–9 – April 13 5:15 pm Sam Houston State* #10 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 20–3 Damron (3–1) Brown (0–4) – 3,176 26–9 – April 15 12:00 pm San Diego State* #10 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (Brooks Wallace Memorial Series) W 3–1 Martin (5–0) Pyatt (0–3) Howard (5) 2,891 27–9 – April 16 12:00 pm San Diego State* #10 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (Brooks Wallace Memorial Series) W 10–0 Shetter (3–1) Reyes (0–4) – 4,050 28–9 – April 17 11:30 am San Diego State* #10 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (Brooks Wallace Memorial Series) W 7–2 Moseley (4–2) Thompson (1–6) – 3,330 29–9 – April 19 7:00 pm Comcast 26 at New Mexico* #7 Santa Ana Star Field • Albuquerque, NM W 7–4 Howard (6–1) Sanchez (0–4) – 614 30–9 – April 20 2:00 pm Comcast 26 at New Mexico* #7 Santa Ana Star Field • Albuquerque, NM L 5–6^10 Estrella (2–1) Brown (0–1) – 811 30–10 – April 22 6:30 pm FSSW+ Texas #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 13–6 Martin (6–0) Dunbar (0–1) – 4,432 31–10 12–1 April 23 2:00 pm FSSW+ Texas #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 4–7 Culbreth (8–2) Moseley (4–3) Kingham (2) 4,432 31–11 12–2 April 24 2:00 pm FSSW+ Texas #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 1–17^7 Johnston (3–1) Howard (6–2) – 4,432 31–12 12–3 April 26 6:30 pm at Abilene Christian* #10 Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX Game cancelled due to weather. Later rescheduled for May 10 after Oral Roberts game got cancelled. April 27 6:30 pm vs. Abilene Christian* #10 Security Bank Ballpark • Midland, TX W 5–4 Howard (7–2) Lambright (0–1) – 4,268 32–12 – April 29 8:00 pm FS1 at #11 TCU #10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 7–3 Martin (7–0) Trieglaff (4–1) – 4,564 33–12 13–3 April 30 4:00 pm FSSW at #11 TCU #10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 6–13 Guillory (1–1) Moseley (4–4) – 6,451 33–13 13–4
May Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 May 1 1:00 pm at #11 TCU #10 Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 3–1 Damron (4–1) Hill (2–3) Mushinski (1) 5,829 34–13 14–4 May 6 6:00 pm ESPN3 at Kansas #10 Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 10–3 Martin (8–0) Krauth (4–5) – 1,108 35–13 15–4 May 7 2:00 pm ESPN3 at Kansas #10 Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 9–2 Gingery (4–1) Goddard (2–5) – 1,201 36–13 16–4 May 8 1:00 pm ESPN3 at Kansas #10 Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 6–3 Moseley (5–4) Weiman (2–6) Howard (6) 905 37–13 17–4 May 10 1:00 pm vs. Oral Roberts* #9 Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX Game cancelled due to projected weather, replaced with at Abilene Christian May 10 6:30 pm at Abilene Christian* #9 Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX W 7–2 Moseley (6–4) Lambright (0–2) – 1,064 38–13 – May 19 6:30 pm FSSW West Virginia #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 2–1 Howard (8–2) Grove (2–4) Moseley (3) 3,966 39–13 18–4 May 20 2:00 pm West Virginia #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 4–2 Dugger (4–0) Donato (3–4) Moseley (4) 3,842 40–13 19–4 May 21 2:00 pm West Virginia #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 7–8 Smith (4–1) Howard (8–3) – 4,432 40–14 19–5
Post-Season
Big 12 Tournament Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Tourn. May 25 12:30 pm FCSC FSSW+ Kansas State #7 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 8–5 Dugger (5–0) Erickson (2–1) Howard (7) 4,047 41–14 1–0 May 26 4:00 pm FCSC FSSW+ West Virginia #7 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 4–9 Smith (5–1) Shetter (3–2) – 4,064 41–15 1–1 May 27 3:15 pm FCSC FSSW+ Oklahoma #7 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 4–17^7 Grove (2–1) Gingery (4–2) – 5,104 41–16 1–2
NCAA Tournament Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAA Tourn. June 3 2:00 pm ESPN3 Fairfield* #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Regional) W 12–1 Martin (9–0) Dube (6–4) – 4,732 42–16 1–0 June 4 6:00 pm ESPN3 New Mexico* #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Regional) W 4–3 Shetter (4–2) Tripp (2–2) Howard (8) 4,732 43–16 2–0 June 5 6:15 pm ESPN3 #19 Dallas Baptist* #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Regional) L 6–10 Johnson (5–3) Damron (4–2) Fritz (1) 4,732 43–17 2–1 June 6 2:00 pm ESPN3 #19 Dallas Baptist* #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Regional) W 5–3 Howard (9–3) Wilson (0–1) – 4,732 44–17 3–1 June 10 7:00 pm ESPNU #15 East Carolina* #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Super Regional) L 6–8 Kruczynski (8–1) Martin (9–1) Bridges (2) 4,817 44–18 3–2 June 11 2:00 pm ESPNU #15 East Carolina* #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Super Regional) W 3–1^13 Dugger (6–0) Lanier (2–2) – 4,817 45–18 4–2 June 12 2:00 pm ESPNU #15 East Carolina* #7 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX (NCAA Super Regional) W 11–0 Lanning (3–3) Wolfe (6–4) – 4,817 46–18 5–2 June 19 2:00 pm ESPNU vs. #3 TCU* #4 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE (College World Series) L 3–5 Burnett (3–1) Dugger (6–1) Feltman (9) 19,834 46–19 5–3 June 21 2:00 pm ESPN2 vs. #1 Florida* #4 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha,NE (College World Series) W 3–2 Martin (10–1) Faedo (13–3) Howard (9) 16,865 47–19 6–3 June 23 7:00 pm ESPN2 vs. #5 Coastal Carolina* #4 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha,NE (College World Series) All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

See also: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[5]	RV	RV*	RV*	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	13	14	10	9	7	8	11	11*	11*	6
Baseball America[6]	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	15	10	13	8	5	5	5	8	8*	8*	7
Collegiate Baseball^[7]	39	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	29	19	10	7	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	4	5
NCBWA†[8]	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	23	16	17	14	5	8	9	11	8	8*	5
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
2. "2015 Big 12 Conference Final Weekly Release" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
3. "Texas Tech Eliminated from Big 12 Championship". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. May 22, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
4. "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
5. Baseball Coaches Poll
6. Baseball America College: Top 25
7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
8. NCBWA Division I poll