2018 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

The 2018 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders played their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team was led by 6th year head coach Tim Tadlock.

2018 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
CBNo. 6
2018 record45–20 (15–9 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ray Hayward (6th season)
  • J-Bob Thomas (6th season)
  • Matt Gardner (6th season)
Home stadiumDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
(Capacity: 4,432)
2018 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 7 Texas ‍†‍‍y 17–7–0 .708  42–23–0 .646
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .667  31–26–1 .543
No. 6 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .625  45–20–0 .692
No. 24 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .583  38–25–0 .603
Baylor ‍‍‡‍y 13–11–0 .542  37–21–0 .638
TCU ‍‍‍ 10–13–0 .435  33–23–0 .589
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .375  29–27–0 .518
Kansas ‍‍‍ 8–15–0 .348  27–30–0 .474
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .208  23–31–0 .426
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Previous season

The 2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team finished the regular season with a 42–13 (16–8) record and tied with TCU for first place in the Big 12 Conference standings. The Red Raiders were eliminated from the 2017 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament in game 3 after a 7–12 loss to West Virginia.[2] Tech received a bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, losing to Sam Houston State in games 3 and 4 of the regionals.

Personnel

Roster
2018 Texas Tech Red Raiders roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 12 – John Henry Gonzalez (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 14 – Jake McDonald (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 16 – Josh Jung (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 17 – John McMillon (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 21 – Erikson Lanning (LHP) – Junior
  • 23 – Connor Queen (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 28 – Ty Harpenau (RHP) – Junior
  • 29 – Clayton Beeter (RHP) – Freshman
  • 30 – Davis Martin (RHP) – Junior
  • 31 – Caleb Freeman (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 32 – Caleb Kilian (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 33 – Dane Haveman (LHP) – Sophomore
  • 34 – Ryan Shetter (RHP) – Junior
  • 37 – Andrew Davis (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 38 – Nick Candelari (RHP) – Freshman
  • 41 – Dylan Dusek (LHP) – Senior
  • 42 – Richard Gilbert (LHP) – Freshman
  • 45 – Jose Quezada (RHP) – Senior
  • 47 – Steven Gingery (LHP) – Junior
  • 49 – Ryan Sublette (RHP) – Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 19 – Clay Koezler – Sophomore
  • 26 – Braxton Fulord – Freshman
  • 35 - Zayne Willems – Junior

Infielders

  • 2 – Gabe Holt – Freshman
  • 3 – Micheal Davis – Senior
  • 4 – Grant Little – Sophomore
  • 5 – Brian Klein – Sophomore
  • 8 – Kurt Wilson – Freshman
  • 11 – Cameron Warren – Junior
  • 15 – Parker Kelley – Freshman
  • 16 – Josh Jung – Sophomore
  • 18 – Zach Rheams – Senior
  • 20 – KC Simonich – Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 1 – Cody Farhat – Junior
  • 7 – Cody Masters – Freshman
  • 9 – Connor Beck – Senior
  • 11 – Cameron Warren – Junior
  • 17 – John McMillon – Sophomore
  • 20 – KC Simonich – Freshman
  

Schedule and results
2018 Texas Tech Red Raiders Baseball Game Log:[4] 45–20 (Home 27–6; Away 15–10; Neutral 4–4)
Regular Season: 38–15 (Home 22–5; Away 15–10; Neutral 1–0)
Post–season: 7–5
College World Series: 1–2
Date Time Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Ref
June 176:00 PMvs. #2 (1) Florida#6 (9)TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE6–3Shetter (6–0)Singer (12–2)—19,10045–181–0
June 202:30 PMvs. #4 (5) Arkansas#6 (9)TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE4–7Loseke (4–2)Martin (7–6)—13,63745–191–1
June 217:00 PMvs. #2 (1) Florida#6 (9)TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE6–9Leftwich (5–5)Killian (9–3)Byrne (16)24,80645–201–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Texas Tech team member

"#" 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.

NCAA Tournament

Lubbock Regional
June 1, 2018 1:04 pm (CDT) at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas, 101 °F (38 °C), sunny
Team123456789RHE
(4) New Mexico State001000010280
(1) Texas Tech30200040X9110
WP: Ryan Shetter (5–0)   LP: Jonathan Groff (11–3)
Attendance: 4,341
June 2, 2018 7:04 pm (CDT) at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas, 89 °F (32 °C), mostly sunny
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(2) Louisville001100002481
(1) Texas Tech00330220X10102
WP: Caleb Kilian (9–1)   LP: Nick Bennett (8–2)   Sv: Ty Harpenau (3)
Attendance: 4,563
June 3, 2018 6:24 pm (CDT) at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas, 86 °F (30 °C), partly cloudy
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(1) Texas Tech41000001011141
(2) Louisville0000111306133
WP: Davis Martin (7–5)   LP: Reid Detmers (4–2)
Attendance: 4,628

Lubbock Super Regional
June 9, 2018 2:05 pm (CDT) at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas, 91 °F (33 °C), mostly cloudy
Team123456789RHE
Duke010020100481
#6 Texas Tech00002112X6110
WP: Jose Quezada (5–2)   LP: Jack Labosky (3–1)   Sv: Ty Harpenau (4)
Attendance: 4,818
June 10, 2018 6:16 pm (CDT) at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas, 86 °F (30 °C), mostly cloudy
Team123456789RHE
#6 Texas Tech000000110290
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WP: Graeme Stinson (5–1)   LP: Caleb Kilian (9–2)
Attendance: 4,818
June 11, 2018 3:04 pm (CDT) at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas, 96 °F (36 °C), sunny
Team123456789RHE
Duke0001010002100
#6 Texas Tech00120012X6132
WP: Ty Harpenau (7–2)   LP: Matt Dockman (0–1)
Attendance: 4,474

College World Series

First Round
June 17, 2018 8:56 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, 86 °F (30 °C), clear
Team123456789RHE
(9) Texas Tech0001220016121
(1) Florida001000200351
WP: Ryan Shetter (6–0)   LP: Brady Singer (12–2)
Attendance: 19,100

Second Round
June 20, 2018 2:30 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, 71 °F (22 °C), cloudy
Team123456789RHE
(5) Arkansas2102000207121
(9) Texas Tech000020002460
WP: Barrett Loseke (4–2)   LP: Davis Martin (7–6)
Attendance: 13,637
June 21, 2018 7:05 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, 74 °F (23 °C), partly cloudy
Team123456789RHE
(1) Florida0001220319122
(9) Texas Tech0000003306121
WP: Jack Leftwich (5–5)   LP: Caleb Killian (9–3)   Sv: Michael Byrne (16)
Attendance: 24,806

Rankings
See also: 2018 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] 3 (1) 3 (1)* 3 (1)* 3 5 9 7 5 4 5 4 8 10 11 11 11 11 11 5 
Baseball America[6] 5 5 5 5 8 11 11 7 6 5 4 9 10 10 7 10 10 10 5 
Collegiate Baseball^[7] 5 5 4 4 9 17 11 12 14 15 11 16 19 19 13 13 6 6 6 
NCBWA†[8] 3 3 3 3 5 10 8 5 4 4 3 9 10 14 11 13 5 5 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. "No. 3 Tech Drops Heartbreaker In Extras To WVU". Texas Tech Athletics. May 26, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  3. "2018 Baseball Roster". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  4. "2018 Baseball Schedule". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  5. Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. NCBWA Division I poll
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