ACU heads to #9 Texas Tech on Tuesday

LUBBOCK, Texas – The ACU baseball team will have its toughest test of the 2022 season on Tuesday night when it takes on No. 9 Texas Tech of the Big 12 on the road. The Wildcats (19-20, 8-10 WAC) will play the Red Raiders (29-14, 9-6 Big 12) twice in the next two Tuesday's, with the first being played in Lubbock before the teams come to Abilene on May 3. The first meeting between the schools since 2016 gets underway at 6:30 p.m., and airs on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ as well as 102.7 The Bear.

SERIES HISTORY VS. TEXAS TECH

• ALL-TIME | 8th meeting (TTU leads, 7-0)
• LAST MEETING | TTU 7, ACU 2 (May 10, 2016 - Abilene)
• STREAK | TTU, w7
• IN ABILENE | TTU leads, 2-0
• IN LUBBOCK | TTU leads, 3-0
• NEUTRAL | TTU leads, 2-0
• POSTSEASON | n/a

THE PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUP

ACU RHP Austin Glaze (0-0, 8.31 ERA) vs. Texas Tech LHP Jamie Hitt (1-0, 7.79 ERA)

ACU STORYLINES

• WHERE THE WILDCATS STAND – ACU currently sits in fourth place in the WAC Southwest Division at 8-10. The Wildcats have 12 games left in conference play, including three games with first-place Sam Houston (13-5), second-place Lamar (11-7), fifth-place SFA (7-11), and sixth-place Tarleton (6-12). ACU and Tarleton meet for three games this weekend.
• AN EYE ON THE STREAKS – Grayson Tatrow leads the way with a six-game hitting streak and a 31-game on-base streak. Colton Eager has reached safely in 25 consecutive games, while Hunter Gieser has a 14-game on-base streak, and Miller Ladusau has an 11-game streak.
• MULTI-HIT GAMES – Eager leads the way with 15 mult-hit games, while Tatrow and Bash Randle have 12 each and Mitchell Dickson has 11.
• MULTI-RBI GAMES – Tatrow has 13 multi-RBI games, while Eager has 12 games with more than one run driven in.
• HUNTING DOWN PITCHING – Grad student Hunter Gieser went off in Friday's game at Fresno State. The first baseman tallied two hits, both long balls, his sixth and seventh of the year, and matched a career-high with five RBI.
• TATROW'S WEEKEND – Tatrow hit .583 for the weekend against UTRGV, and slugged a ridiculous 1.167 in three games. Of his seven hits, four were doubles and one left the park. The center fielder drove in five for the weekend to lead the 'Cats.
• CERVANTES' WINNING OUTING – Senior pitcher Genner Cervantes got the win in game one of the doubleheader against UTRGV on Saturday. Cervantes pitched 6.0 great innings, allowing two earned on five hits with seven strikeouts. He now has 30 punchouts in the last five games.
• TEAM RANKINGS THIS SEASON
  • Strikeouts Per Nine Innings - 10.4 (1st WAC, 23rd NCAA)
  • Fielding Percentage - .978 (1st WAC, 27th NCAA)
  • Home Runs - 55 (1st WAC, 38th NCAA)
  • Slugging Percentage - .490 (1st WAC, 40th NCAA)
  • Base on Balls - 180 (1st WAC, 88th NCAA)
  • Stolen Bases - 46 (1st WAC, 90th NCAA)
  • On Base Percentage - .398 (2nd WAC, 45th NCAA)
  • Runs - 284 (2nd WAC, 52nd NCAA)
  • Hit by Pitch - 59 (2nd WAC, 56th NCAA)
  • Doubles - 80 (2nd WAC, 57th NCAA)
  • Scoring - 7.3 (2nd WAC, 64th NCAA)
  • Batting Average - .293 (4th WAC, 54th NCAA)
• INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
  • Colton Eager - 15 Doubles (1st WAC, 28th NCAA)
  • Grayson Tatrow - 34 Base on Balls (1st WAC)
  • Bryson Hill - .450 On Base Percentage (2nd WAC)
  • Grayson Tatrow - 48 Runs (1st WAC)
  • Colton Eager - 38 Runs Batted In (3rd WAC)

SCOUTING #9 TEXAS TECH (26-14, 9-6 BIG 12)

• The Red Raiders took two-out-of-three from West Virginia over the weekend, winning the first two games in the Saturday doubleheader, 7-5 and 12-2, before dropping the finale on Sunday, 15-4.
• Texas Tech has an incredibly dynamic offense, slugging .512 with 108 doubles, 11 triples, and 63 home runs.
• Kurt Wilson leads the way with 53 RBI, while Jace Jung leads TTU with 11 home runs.

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