2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

American college baseball season

2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record29–26 (7–17 Big 12)
Head coach
  • Dan Spencer (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tim Tadlock (1st season)
  • Andy Jarvis (5th season)
Hitting coachJim Horner (2nd season)
Home stadiumDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Baylor ‍†‍‍y 20 – 4   .833 49 – 17   .742
No. 19 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 43 – 18   .705
Texas ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 30 – 22   .577
No. 13 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 13 – 10   .565 42 – 25   .627
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 32 – 25   .561
Missouri ‍‍‡‍y 10 – 14   .417 33 – 28   .541
Kansas ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 24 – 34   .414
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 27 – 31   .466
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 29 – 26   .527
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The 2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2012 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 Dan Spencer in his fourth and final season as the team's head coach.

The team finished with an overall record of 29–26, but went 7–17 in conference play, winning only one series in Big 12 play.[2] Spencer was fired following the season, finishing his tenure at Texas Tech with an overall record of 115–112 and a Big 12 record of 44–61.[3] Associate head coach Tim Tadlock would be promoted to head coach.

Previous season

The 2011 team finished with an overall record of 33–25. The team went 12–15 in Big 12 play, finishing in 7th place. The Red Raiders were invited to the Big 12 Tournament. Texas Tech lost game one 5–10 to Texas A&M and were eliminated by Oklahoma, 1–3, in game two.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Texas Tech		 Alma Mater
Dan Spencer Head coach 4 Portland State University (1990)
Tim Tadlock Associate head coach / Recruiting coordinator 1 Texas Tech University (1992)
Jim Horner Assistant coach / Hitting coach 2 Washington State University (1996)
Andy Jarvis Volunteer assistant coach 5 Oregon State University (2003)

Roster

2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders Baseball Roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 David Paiz (RHP) – sophomore (6'3)
  • 15 Duke Schamann (RHP) – Redshirt sophomore (6'4)
  • 16 Trey Masek (RHP) – sophomore (6'0)
  • 20 Jamen Parten (RHP) – junior (6'2)
  • 25 Andre Wheeler (LHP) – sophomore (6'1)
  • 26 Jerad McCrummen (RHP) – junior (6'1)
  • 28 Ben Flora (LHP) – senior (5'11)
  • 29 Scott Erzinger (LHP) – Redshirt junior (6'3)
  • 30 Aaron Corwin (RHP) – junior (5'11)
  • 31 Ryan Bielitz (LHP) – freshman (6'2)
  • 32 Shane Broyles (RHP) – junior (6'1)
  • 35 Daniel Coulombe (LHP) – Redshirt junior (5'11)
  • 40 Blake Stewart (RHP) – junior (6'4)
  • 42 John Neely (RHP) – senior (6'2)
  • 44 Rusty Shellhorn (LHP) – Redshirt junior (5'10)
  • 49 Brannon Easterling (RHP) – Redshirt sophomore (6'5)
  • 50 Brennan Stewart (RHP) – Redshirt senior (6'1)
  

Catchers

  •  5 Bo Altobelli – junior (6'1)
  •  7 Kevin Whitehead – senior (6'2)
  • 18 Mason Randolph – sophomore (6'1)

Infielders

  •  1 Tim Proudfoot – freshman (5'10)
  •  2 Jamodrick McGruder – junior (5'7)
  •  3 Scott Lejeune – Redshirt junior (6'0)
  •  4 Matt Eureste – freshman (6'0)
  •  5 Bo Altobelli – junior (6'1)
  •  6 Reid Redman – senior (6'1)
  •  9 Bryant Burleson – freshman (5'8)
  • 12 Stephen Hagen – Redshirt senior (6'2)
  • 36 Blake Bass – freshman (6'6)

Outfielders

  •  2 Jamodrick McGruder – junior (5'7)
  •  8 Barrett Barnes – junior (6'1)
  • 11 Nick Hanslik – Redshirt junior (6'2)
  • 14 Zach Reding – freshman (6'1)
  • 17 Jordan Lopez – Redshirt freshman (6'0)
  • 21 Brennan Moore – junior (5'11)
  • 25 Andre Wheeler – sophomore (6'1)
  

Schedule and results

2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders Baseball Game Log: 29–26
February: 8–1
Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium/Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref
February 17 4:00 p.m. No. 31 Missouri State*
Red Raider Classic		 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
4–1		 Schamann
(1–0)		 Johnson
(0–1)		 Masek
(1)		 2,605 1–0 — [1]
February 18 4:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech*
Red Raider Classic		 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
9–5		 Broyles
(1–0)		 Shepherd
(0–1)		 — 2,461 2–0 — [2]
February 19 10:00 a.m. Tennessee Tech*
Red Raider Classic		 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
8–0		 Shellhorn
(1–0)		 McWhirter
(0–1)		 — 2,221 3–0 — [3]
February 19 2:00 p.m. No. 31 Missouri State*
Red Raider Classic		 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
2–4		 Burgess
(2–0)		 Neely
(0–1)		 — 2,419 3–1 — [4]
February 24 5:00 p.m. No. 18 St. John's*
Brooks Wallace
Memorial Baseball Classic		 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
4–1		 Schamann
(2–0)		 Hansen
(0–2)		 — 2,625 4–1 — [5]
February 25 5:00 p.m. Northern Illinois*
Brooks Wallace
Memorial Baseball Classic		 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
8–5		 Coulombe
(1–0)		 Hermsen
(0–2)		 Neely
(1)		 2,685 5–1 — [6]
February 26 1:00 p.m. No. 18 St. John's*
Brooks Wallace
Memorial Baseball Classic		 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
5–2		 Broyles
(2–0)		 Carasiti
(0–1)		 — 2,779 6–1 — [7]
February 26 5:00 p.m. Northern Illinois*
Brooks Wallace
Memorial Baseball Classic		 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
10–4		 Shellhorn
(2–0)		 Barry
(0–2)		 Parten
(1)		 2,795 7–1 — [8]
February 27 5:00 p.m. Northern Illinois*
Brooks Wallace
Memorial Baseball Classic		 No. 24 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
3–2		 Neely
(1–1)		 Glancy
(0–2)		 — 2,311 8–1 — [9]
March: 8–11
Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium/Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref
March 2 12:00 p.m. vs. No. 7 Arkansas*
Houston College Classic		 No. 24 Minute Maid Park
Houston, TX		 L
1–3		 Stanek
(3–0)		 Schamann
(2–1)		 Astin
(2)		 8,540 8–2 — [10]
March 3 7:30 p.m. vs. No. 4 Rice*
Houston College Classic		 No. 24 Minute Maid Park
Houston, TX		 L
2–6		 Reckling
(2–0)		 Shellhorn
(2–1)		 Duffey
(2)		 8,589 8–3 — [11]
March 4 3:00 p.m. vs. Houston*
Houston College Classic		 No. 24 Minute Maid Park
Houston, TX		 W
10–4		 Masek
(1–0)		 Mannisto
(1–1)		 — 7,788 9–3 — [12]
March 6 7:30 p.m. at No. 13 Arizona State* No. 26 Packard Stadium
Tempe, AZ		 W
8–4		 Neely
(2–1)		 Miller
(0–1)		 — 1,546 10–3 — [13]
March 11 1:00 p.m. at TCU* No. 26 Lupton Stadium
Fort Worth, TX		 L
1–2		 Crichton
(2–0)		 Schamann
(2–2)		 Merck
(3)		 4,098 10–4 — [14]
March 12 2:00 p.m. at TCU* No. 27 Lupton Stadium
Fort Worth, TX		 L
4–7		 Morrison
(3–0)		 Masek
(1–1)		 Merck
(4)		 4,527 10–5 — [15]
March 13 6:00 p.m. Alabama A&M* No. 27 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
21–1		 Shellhorn
(3–1)		 Adams
(1–2)		 — 3,309 11–5 — [16]
March 14 1:00 p.m. Alabama A&M* No. 27 Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
25–5		 Paiz
(1–0)		 Tucker
(0–1)		 — 2,615 12–5 — [17]
March 16 6:30 p.m. at Baylor No. 27 Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX		 L
4–9		 Turley
(2–0)		 Schamann
(2–3)		 Browder
(1)		 2,790 12–6 0–1 [18]
March 17 3:00 p.m. at Baylor No. 27 Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX		 L
3–4		 Kuntz
(2–2)		 McCrummen
(0–1)		 — 2,856 12–7 0–2 [19]
March 18 1:00 p.m. at Baylor No. 27 Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX		 L
1–8		 Garner
(2–2)		 Broyles
(2–1)		 — 2,496 12–8 0–3 [20]
March 20 6:00 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
11–4		 Paiz
(2–0)		 Patrick
(0–1)		 — 2,368 13–8 — [21]
March 21 6:00 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
14–8		 Shellhorn
(4–1)		 Bixler
(2–3)		 — 2,591 14–8 — [22]
March 23 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
6–1		 Schamann
(3–3)		 John
(3–4)		 — 3,277 15–8 1–3 [23]
March 24 5:00 p.m. Oklahoma Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
3–5		 Overton
(4–0)		 Neely
(2–2)		 — 4,187 15–9 1–4 [24]
March 25 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
2–8		 Okert
(3–2)		 Masek
(1–2)		 — 3,472 15–10 1–5 [25]
March 27 4:00 p.m. New Mexico State* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
6–7		 Mack
(2–1)		 Masek
(1–3)		 Coffman
(5)		 2,348 15–11 — [26]
March 30 6:00 p.m. at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS		 W
3–1		 Schamann
(4–3)		 Duncan
(3–4)		 — 1,193 16–11 2–5 [27]
March 31 2:00 p.m. at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS		 L
2–5		 Benjamin
(2–2)		 Neely
(2–3)		 Poppe
(4)		 999 16–12 2–6 [28]
April: 9–10
Date Time Opponent Stadium/Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref
April 1 1:00 p.m. at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS		 L
2–5		 Taylor
(3–3)		 Paiz
(2–1)		 — 1,039 16–13 2–7 [29]
April 3 5:00 p.m. Angelo State* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
13–8		 McCrummen
(1–1)		 Albert
(0–2)		 — 2,382 17–13 — [30]
April 5 6:30 p.m. No. 25 Texas Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
4–7		 Thornhill
(4–2)		 Stewart
(0–1)		 Knebel
(6)		 3,216 17–14 2–8 [31]
April 6 6:30 p.m. No. 25 Texas Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
7–6 (14)		 Parten
(1–0)		 Knebel
(2–1)		 — 4,281 18–14 3–8 [32]
April 7 2:00 p.m. No. 25 Texas Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
3–14		 Jacquez
(2–1)		 Neely
(2–4)		 Curtiss
(2)		 4,212 18–15 3–9 [33]
April 11 3:00 p.m. Dallas Baptist* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
7–1		 Corwin
(1–0)		 Gilbreath
(1–3)		 — 2,335 19–15 — [34]
April 13 6:30 p.m. Houston* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
15–4		 Neely
(3–4)		 Hernandez
(0–2)		 — 2,929 20–15 — [35]
April 14 5:00 p.m. Houston* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
7–1		 Schamann
(5–3)		 Mannisto
(1–2)		 — 2,762 21–15 — [36]
April 15 1:00 p.m. Houston* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
10–9 (12)		 McCrummen
(2–1)		 Morehouse
(1–2)		 — 2,619 22–15 — [37]
April 17 6:00 p.m. New Mexico* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
3–10		 Jaramillo
(3–3)		 Shellhorn
(4–2)		 — 2,638 22–16 — [38]
April 18 1:00 p.m. New Mexico* Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
4–6		 Wolff
(1–2)		 Easterling
(0–1)		 McClain
(1)		 2,392 22–17 — [39]
April 20 6:30 p.m. at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
Stillwater, OK		 L
1–2		 Barnes
(4–3)		 McCrummen
(2–2)		 — 485 22–18 3–10 [40]
April 21 2:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
Stillwater, OK		 L
2–5		 Stevens
(4–4)		 Broyles
(2–2)		 — 3,758 22–19 3–11 [41]
April 22 1:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
Stillwater, OK		 L
1–7		 McCurry
(3–2)		 Masek
(1–4)		 — 512 22–20 3–12 [42]
April 24 7:00 p.m. at New Mexico* Isotopes Park
Albuquerque, NM		 W
9–5		 McCrummen
(3–2)		 Jaramillo
(4–3)		 — 218 23–20 — [43]
April 25 2:00 p.m. at New Mexico* Isotopes Park
Albuquerque, NM		 L
13–14		 McClain
(1–1)		 Stewart
(0–2)		 — 1,361 23–21 — [44]
April 27 6:30 p.m. Missouri Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
0–9		 Zastryzny
(4–2)		 Neely
(3–5)		 — 2,856 23–22 3–13 [45]
April 28 5:00 p.m. Missouri Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
4–3		 Schamann
(6–3)		 Holovach
(5–3)		 Masek
(2)		 3,224 24–22 4–13 [46]
April 29 1:00 p.m. Missouri Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
7–0		 Shellhorn
(5–2)		 Graves
(3–5)		 — 3,018 25–22 5–13 [47]
May: 4–4
Date Time Opponent Stadium/Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref
May 1 5:00 p.m. at New Mexico State* Presley Askew Field
Las Cruces, NM		 W
12–7		 Stewart
(1–2)		 Collins
(3–4)		 — 501 26–22 — [48]
May 4 6:30 p.m. at No. 12 Texas A&M Blue Bell Park
College Station, TX		 L
2–4		 Wacha
(7–0)		 Neely
(3–6)		 Martin
(3)		 5,178 26–23 5–14 [49]
May 5 2:00 p.m. at No. 12 Texas A&M Blue Bell Park
College Station, TX		 L
2–7		 Stripling
(8–2)		 Shellhorn
(5–3)		 — 4,775 26–24 5–15 [50]
May 6 1:00 p.m. at No. 12 Texas A&M Blue Bell Park
College Station, TX		 W
8–4 (12)		 Wheeler
(1–0)		 Martin
(5–5)		 — 4,389 27–24 6–15 [51]
May 8 3:00 p.m. at Dallas Baptist* Patriot Field
Dallas, TX		 W
5–0		 Flora
(1–0)		 Calhoun
(3–2)		 — 364 28–24 — [52]
May 17 6:30 p.m. Kansas State Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
5–7		 Bahramzadeh
(7–3)		 Schamann
(6–4)		 Williams
(6)		 2,558 28–25 6–16 [53]
May 18 6:30 p.m. Kansas State Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 L
1–5		 Flattery
(6–4)		 Neely
(3–7)		 — 2,876 28–26 6–17 [54]
May 19 1:00 p.m. Kansas State Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX		 W
8–2		 Masek
(2–4)		 Wivinis
(1–3)		 — 2,807 29–26 7–17 [55]
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Texas Tech team member

"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"No." represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'——*—————————————————
Baseball America———————————————————
Collegiate Baseball^RV—242627——————————————
NCBWA†RV—RVRVRV——————————————

^ 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.

References

  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Watson, George (May 20, 2012). "Source: Spencer fired as head baseball coach at Texas Tech". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  3. ^ Christy, Pete (May 21, 2012). "Texas Tech fires baseball coach Dan Spencer". KCBD. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

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