2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

American college baseball season

2014 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
College World Series, 0–2
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8T
CBNo. 8
Record45–21 (14–10 Big 12)
Head coach
  • Tim Tadlock (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • J-Bob Thomas (2nd season)
  • Matt Gardner (1st season)
Pitching coachRay Hayward (2nd season)
Home stadiumDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
Seasons
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2014 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
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 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 [1]

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[note 1] 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[2]
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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'——*—*RV23252425242421192323212323*23*8T
Baseball America———————————21——23——*—*9
Collegiate Baseball^—3026—26——————21272727—1078
NCBWA†—2826302529272630252321242322231010*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.

Notes

  1. ^ 3rd season overall coaching with the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

References

  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Photos" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.

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