2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
Coral Gables Regional champions Lubbock Super Regional champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8T
CB	No. 8
Record	45–21 (14–10 Big 12)
Head coach	Tim Tadlock (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	J-Bob Thomas (2nd season) Matt Gardner (1st season)
Pitching coach	Ray Hayward (2nd season)
Home stadium	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park

2014 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y	18	–	6		.750			48	–	18		.727
No. 5 TCU ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	7		.708			48	–	18		.727
Kansas ‍‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			35	–	26		.574
No. 8 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y	14	–	10		.583			45	–	21		.682
No. 3 Texas ‍‍‍y	13	–	11		.542			46	–	21		.687
West Virginia ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			28	–	26		.519
Baylor ‍‍‍	8	–	15		.348			26	–	31		.456
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			29	–	29		.500
Kansas State ‍‍‍	5	–	19		.208			25	–	30		.455
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2014 college baseball season. Texas Tech competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. The Red Raiders played home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas. Second year head coach Tim Tadlock led the Red Raiders, a former starting shortstop for the team during the 1990 and 1991 seasons.

Personnel

Coaches

2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball coaching staff

No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Alma mater
6	Tim Tadlock	Head coach	2nd Season	Texas Tech University University of Texas at Tyler
33	Ray Hayward	Pitching Coach	2nd Season	University of Oklahoma
19	J-Bob Thomas	Recruiting Coordinator Assistant Coach	2nd Season	Abilene Christian University
15	Matt Gardner	Volunteer Assistant Coach	1st Season	Oklahoma State University

Players

2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball roster

No.	Name	Pos.	B	T	CL	Hometown	Previous school
1	Tim Proudfoot	INF	R	R	Jr.	North Bend, Washington	Mount Si High School
3	Jake Barrios	INF	R	R	Sr.	Weatherford, Oklahoma	Seward County Community College
4	Todd Ritchie	OF	L	L	Sr.	Georgetown, Texas	Howard College
5	Hunter Redman	C	R	R	Jr.	Midland, Texas	Midland College
7	Ryan Long	INF	L	R	Fr.	Crandall, Texas	Crandall High School
8	Alec Humphreys	INF	R	R	So.	Midlothian, Texas	Midlothian High School
9	Adam Kirsch	OF	R	R	Sr.	Spring, Texas	Florida International University
10	Tyler Neslony	OF	L	R	So.	Corpus Christi, Texas	Calallen High School
11	Stephen Smith	OF/RHP	R	R	Fr.	Wolfforth, Texas	Frenship High School
12	Eric Gutierrez	UTL/LHP	R	L	So.	Mission, Texas	Sharyland High School
13	Dalton Brown	RHP	R	R	So.	Ponder, Texas	Ponder High School
14	Dominic Moreno	RHP	R	R	Jr.	Farmington, New Mexico	Howard College
16	Tyler Floyd	C	R	R	So.	Stephenville, Texas	McLennan Community College
17	Zach Davis	OF	R	R	So.	Houston, Texas	Cypress Lakes High School
18	Mason Randolph	C	S	R	Sr.	Lubbock, Texas	Coronado High School
20	Cameron Smith	LHP	L	L	Jr.	Seabrook, Texas	New Mexico Junior College
21	Bryant Burleson	INF	R	R	Jr.	Midland, Texas	Midland Christian School
25	Matt Broadbent	INF	R	R	Fr.	Cypress, Texas	Cypress Woods High School
26	Nick Pettus	RHP/INF	R	R	Jr.	Broken Arrow, Oklahoma	Seminole State College
28	Devon Conley	OF	R	R	RS Fr.	Rio Rancho, New Mexico	New Mexico Junior College
29	Anthony Lyons	OF	L	L	Fr.	Arlington, Texas	Martin High School
30	Jonny Drozd	LHP	L	L	Sr.	Lake Dallas, Texas	Grayson College
32	Justin Bethard	RHP	R	R	So.	Frisco, Texas	Centennial High School
34	Corey Taylor	RHP	R	R	Jr.	Kennedale, Texas	Cisco College
35	Matt Withrow	RHP	R	R	So.	Odessa, Texas	Midland Christian School
36	Ty Damron	LHP	L	L	Fr.	Krum, Texas	Krum High School
37	Matt Custred	RHP	R	R	So.	Keller, Texas	Keller High School
38	Johnathon Tripp	RHP/UTL	R	R	So.	Spring, Texas	Klein High School
39	Brock Hunt	RHP	R	R	RS So.	Madison, Mississippi	Howard College
41	Dylan Dusek	LHP	L	L	Fr.	Sugar Land, Texas	Kempner High School
42	Chris Sadberry	LHP	L	L	RS Jr.	Holliday, Texas	Grayson College
44	Ryan Moseley	RHP	R	R	Fr.	Lubbock, Texas	Lubbock-Cooper High School
45	Heath Herrington	RHP	R	R	RS Jr.	Amarillo, Texas	Cisco College
46	Matt Riney	RHP	R	R	Fr.	Weatherford, Texas	Weatherford High School
48	Sean Thompson	RHP	R	R	Fr.	Southlake, Texas	Carroll Senior High School
49	Blake Douglas	RHP	R	R	RS So.	McKinney, Texas	Weatherford College

Schedule

2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball game log: 45–21
Regular season: 40–16
February: 8–2 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref February 14 2:00 p.m. No. 7 Indiana* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 0–1 DeNato (1–0) Moreno (0–1) Halstead (1) 2,751 0–1 — [1] February 15 12:00 p.m. No. 7 Indiana* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 10–5 Withrow (1–0) Hart (0–1) — 1–1 — [2] February 15 3:15 p.m. No. 7 Indiana* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 6–2 Sadberry (1–0) Morris (0–1) — 3,387 2–1 — [3] February 16 12:00 p.m. No. 7 Indiana* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 7–0 Smith (1–0) Coursen-Carr (0–1) — 2,633 3–1 — [4] February 21 2:00 p.m. Oral Roberts* Brooks Wallace Memorial Series No. 30 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 3–2 Smith (2–0) Giller (0–2) Drozd (1) 2,011 4–1 — [5] February 22 2:00 p.m. Oral Roberts* Brooks Wallace Memorial Series No. 30 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 7–2 Taylor (1–0) Trujillo (0–1) — 3,347 5–1 — [6] February 23 1:00 p.m. Oral Roberts* Brooks Wallace Memorial Series No. 30 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 4–1 Smith (3–0) Glanz (1–1) Tripp (1) 2,225 6–1 — [7] February 24 1:00 p.m. BYU* No. 26 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 4–2 Dusek (1–0) Springer (0–1) Moseley (1) 1,863 7–1 — [8] February 27 12:30 p.m. at Stephen F. Austin* No. 26 Jaycees Field Nacogdoches, TX W 5–4 Damron (1–0) Wiedenfield (1–1) Drozd (2) 162 8–1 — [9] February 28 12:05 p.m. vs. Houston* Houston College Classic No. 26 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX L 0–9 Garza (3–0) Moreno (0–2) — 8–2 — [10]
March: 14–7 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref March 1 12:05 p.m. vs. Sam Houston State* Houston College Classic No. 26 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX L 6–10 Odom (2–0) Withrow (1–1) — 7,839 8–3 — [11] March 2 2:05 p.m. vs. No. 15 Rice* Houston College Classic No. 26 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX W 2–1 Sadberry (2–0) Duplantier (0–1) Moseley (2) 9–3 — [12] March 4 2:00 p.m. New Mexico* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 9–3 Smith (4–0) Cole (0–1) — 1,521 10–3 — [13] March 6 6:30 p.m. New Mexico State* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 5–3 Taylor (2–0) Bradley (0–2) Smith (1) 1,896 11–3 — [14] March 7 6:37 p.m. New Mexico State* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 15–2 Moreno (1–2) Conrad (1–1) — 2,508 12–3 — [15] March 8 2:00 p.m. New Mexico State* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–7 (12) Brown (1–0) Freeman (1–2) — 1,336 13–3 — [16] March 9 12:00 p.m. New Mexico State* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 14–4 Drozd (1–0) Kilgore (2–1) Damron (1) 2,453 14–3 — [17] March 11 6:30 p.m. Abilene Christian* No. 26 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 6–2 (7) Dusek (2–0) Taylor (1–3) — 2,362 15–3 — [18] March 14 6:35 p.m. at Baylor No. 26 Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX L 0–1 Newman (2–1) Moreno (1–3) Michalec (7) 2,810 15–4 0–1 [19] March 15 12:02 p.m. at Baylor No. 26 Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX L 1–2 Kuntz (3–0) Sadberry (2–1) Michalec (8) 2,571 15–5 0–2 [20] March 16 1:05 p.m. at Baylor No. 26 Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX W 7–1 Taylor (3–0) Tolson (0–4) — 2,424 16–5 1–2 [21] March 18 9:05 p.m. Stephen F. Austin* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 20–4 Withrow (2–1) Ledet (0–1) — 1,704 17–5 — [22] March 19 2:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 3–6 Mangham (3–2) Tripp (0–1) Wiedenfield (2) 1,819 17–6 — [23] March 21 6:30 p.m. at No. 27 TCU Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 0–9 Finnegan (4–2) Moreno (1–4) — 4,242 17–7 1–3 [24] March 22 4:00 p.m. at No. 27 TCU Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 10–2 Drozd (2–0) Morrison (2–3) — 4,028 18–7 2–3 [25] March 23 1:00 p.m. at No. 27 TCU Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 12–2 Sadberry (3–1) Alexander (3–2) — 3,548 19–7 3–3 [26] March 25 4:00 p.m. Arkansas–Pine Bluff* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 2–0 Withrow (3–1) Ploeger (1–2) Brown (1) 20–7 — [27] March 25 6:30 p.m. Arkansas–Pine Bluff* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 5–1 Dusek (3–0) Olson (1–2) — 1,643 21–7 — [28] March 28 6:37 p.m. No. 15 Texas Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 1–11 French (4–2) Moreno (1–5) — 4,206 21–8 3–4 [29] March 29 2:00 p.m. No. 15 Texas Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–4 Drozd (3–0) Peters (3–2) — 4,353 22–8 4–4 [30] March 30 2:07 p.m. No. 15 Texas Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 2–5 (12) Curtiss (1–0) Withrow (3–2) — 3,992 22–9 4–5 [31]
April: 14–4 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref April 1 6:00 p.m. vs. New Mexico* Security Bank Ballpark Midland, TX W 6–3 Dusek (4–0) Gibson (0–1) Moseley (3) 5,169 23–9 — [32] April 4 7:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium Stillwater, OK L 1–3 Perrin (3–2) Withrow (3–3) McCurry (6) 508 23–10 4–6 [33] April 5 3:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium Stillwater, OK W 16–6 Taylor (4–0) Buffett (2–1) — 3,956 24–10 5–6 [34] April 6 1:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium Stillwater, OK L 3–8 Wheeland (2–0) Moseley (0–1) McCurry (7) 412 24–11 5–7 [35] April 8 6:30 p.m. Abilene Christian* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 19–2 Brown (2–0) Gawrieh (0–1) — 1,853 25–11 — [36] April 11 6:30 p.m. Kansas State Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 4–3 Smith (5–0) MaVorhis (4–4) Drozd (3) 2,709 26–11 6–7 [37] April 12 3:00 p.m. Kansas State Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 7–4 Taylor (5–0) Whaley (1–2) — 2,768 27–11 7–7 [38] April 13 1:07 p.m. Kansas State Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 11–7 Drozd (4–0) Griep (3–2) — 2,145 28–11 8–7 [39] April 15 2:00 p.m. Dallas Baptist* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 5–4 Moreno (2–5) Shaw (2–2) — 1,605 29–11 — [40] April 17 6:30 p.m. Prairie View A&M* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 4–3 Moseley (1–1) Mata (3–6) Moreno (1) 1,732 30–11 — [41] April 18 6:37 p.m. Prairie View A&M* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–0 Dusek (5–0) Helms (2–5) — 2,036 31–11 — [42] April 19 1:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 13–0 (7) Damron (2–0) Flick (1–4) — 1,916 32–11 — [43] April 21 3:00 p.m. at No. 24 New Mexico* Lobo Field Albuquerque, NM L 3–4 Sanchez (3–0) Smith (5–1) — 722 32–12 — [44] April 22 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 15 TCU* Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX L 0–4 Kipper (6–2) Taylor (5–1) — 1,437 32–13 — [45] April 25 6:37 p.m. Oklahoma Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W9–5 Drozd (5–0) Choplick (3–3) Taylor (1) 3,216 33–13 9–7 [46] April 26 12:00 p.m. Oklahoma Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 14–4 Sadberry (4–1) Evans (3–3) — 2,582 34–13 10–7 [47] April 27 2:07 p.m. Oklahoma Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 14–4 (7) Moreno (3–5) Garza (5–2) — 2,106 35–13 11–7 [48] April 29 6:00 p.m. at Oral Roberts* No. 21 J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK W 4–1 (12) Moreno (4–5) McDavid (1–1) — 598 36–13 — [49]
May: 4–3 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref May 2 6:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 21 Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS L 3–11 Piche' (6–5) Moseley (1–2) — 1,100 36–14 11–8 [50] May 3 2:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 21 Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS L 4–6 Morovick (7–2) Sadberry (4–2) Villines (6) 1,277 36–15 11–9 [51] May 4 1:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 21 Hoglund Ballpark Lawremce, KS L 1–4 Duncan (6–2) Taylor (5–2) — 1,167 36–16 11–10 [52] May 6 2:00 p.m. at Dallas Baptist* No. 27 Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX W 18–3 Drozd (6–0) Shaw (3–3) — 753 37–16 — [53] May 15 6:37 p.m. West Virginia No. 27 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 4–3 (11) Smith (6–1) Carley (5–3) — 2,147 38–16 12–10 [54] May 16 6:30 p.m. West Virginia No. 27 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 3–2 Smith (7–1) Vance (3–3) — 2,399 39–16 13–10 [55] May 17 2:05 p.m. West Virginia No. 27 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 4–0 Dusek (6–0) Means (6–2) Moreno (2) 2,509 40–16 14–10 [56]
Post–season: 5–5
Big 12 Tournament: 0–2 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall B12T Ref May 21 7:30 p.m. vs. (5) No. 28 Texas (4) No. 27 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, OK L 3–8 Schiraldi (7–3) Taylor (5–3) Hollingsworth (2) 5,947 40–17 0–1 [57] May 22 12:30 p.m. vs. (8) Oklahoma (4) No. 27 Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City, OK L 8–9 Ladd (5–3) Smith (7–2) — 3,825 40–18 0–2 [58]
Coral Gables Regional: 3–1 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT Ref May 30 1:00 p.m. vs. (3) Columbia (2) Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL W 3–2 Drozd (7–0) Crispi (3–2) — 1,843 41–18 1–0 [59] May 31 6:00 p.m. vs. (1) No. 3 Miami (FL) (2) Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL W 3–0 Dusek (7–0) Diaz (9–1) Taylor (2) 2,350 42–18 2–0 [60] June 1 6:00 p.m. vs. (1) No. 3 Miami (FL) (2) Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL Suspended due to weather; resume June 2 June 2 1:00 p.m. vs. (1) No. 3 Miami (FL) (2) Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL L 1–2 (10) Garcia (7–4) Sadberry (4–3) — 2,050 42–19 2–1 [61] June 2 3:10 p.m. vs. (1) No. 3 Miami (FL) (2) Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL W 4–0 Smith (5–2) Hammond (5–2) — 2,050 43–19 3–1 [62]
Lubbock Super Regional: 2–0 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT Ref June 7 12:00 p.m. vs. No. 16 Charleston No. 10 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 1–0 Sadberry (5–3) Clarke (10–4) Drozd (4) 4,811 44–19 4–1 [63] June 8 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 16 Charleston No. 10 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 1–0 Dusek (8–0) Ober (10–3) Drozd (5) 4,811 45–19 5–1 [64]
College World Series: 0–2 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall CWS Ref June 15 2:00 p.m. vs. (7) No. 2 TCU No. 7 TD Ameritrade Park Omaham, NE L 2–3 Ferrell (3–2) Drozd (7–1) — 24,587 45–20 0–1 World Series_Opener.aspx June 17 2:00 p.m. vs. No. 4 Ole Miss No. 7 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, NE L 1–2 Weathersby (4–1) Smith (8–3) — 18,828 45–21 0–2 [65]
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Texas Tech team member

"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

Ranking movements

Main article: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	—	—*	—*	RV	23	25	24	25	24	24	21	19	23	23	21	23	23*	23*	8T
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	—	—	23	—	—*	—*	9
Collegiate Baseball^	—	30	26	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	27	27	27	—	10	7	8
NCBWA†	—	28	26	30	25	29	27	26	30	25	23	21	24	23	22	23	10	10*	8

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

External links

• Official website
• 2014 Baseball schedule