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It took three games, but the veteran laden Red team finally scored their first victory of Texas Tech’s annual Red vs. Black series on Wednesday at Dan Law Field in Lubbock, Texas. Thanks to an offensive outburst in the fifth and sixth innings, the 9-8 victory moved the series record to 2-1 in favor of the  Black Squad.

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech will begin its annual Red & Black baseball series on Friday, Oct. 24 just hours before the No. 21 Red Raiders battle the Texas A&M Aggies on the gridiron inside Jones AT&T Stadium.

The start of the annual Red & Black series was pushed up from Sunday to Friday in order to allow fans from out of town the chance to get a glimpse of this year’s team as part of the Texas Tech-Texas A&M football weekend.

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Tags: Big 12, Fall Ball, Texas Tech

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DAN SPENCER COMMENTS (VIDEO)

LUBBOCK, Texas – A total of 14 NCAA Regional teams from 2009 highlight Texas Tech’s 2010 baseball schedule that was announced today by second year head coach Dan Spencer.

A total of 54 games (maximum amount of 56 is allowed) are on the current schedule and Texas Tech will announce the addition of two more games once those details have been finalized.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Big 12, Texas Tech

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LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Department of Athletics along with head baseball coach Dan Spencer announced the creation of the Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic, an annual college baseball tournament that will be held at Dan Law Field beginning in 2010.

"This is an exciting opportunity for our program as we get to honor the memory of a really great person and baseball player in Brooks Wallace," said Spencer. "The College Baseball Foundation has made him a national figure in our sport in terms of the Wallace Award and we felt that it was time for our program to do something to honor his memory. Brooks was a Red Raider and we are very proud of that."

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Bethune Cookman, Big 12, MEAC, Pac 10, Texas Tech, Washington State

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Kendall Rogers continues his series of conference reports heading into Fall Practice with the Big 12. He states that the Big 12 on paper is slightly down from where they have been in the past couple of years but as I always say when the pedal gets to the metal in February we will see how strong the Big 12 actually is.

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Fall Ball, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rivals, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

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Baseball America recently put out their Top 25 College Baseball and High School Prospects for the 2010 MLB Draft. The college rankings are led by Bryce Harper who has received national attention for skipping his final two years of high school to play college baseball with Community College of Southern Nevada. The rest of the top five is Anthony Ranaudo from LSU, Deck McGuire from Ga Tech, Levon Washington from Chipola JC, and Chris Sale from Florida Gulf Coast. The rest of the top 25 is available below.

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Arkansas, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CC of Southern Nevada, Chipola (Fla), Conference USA, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Kentucky, LSU, Middle Tennessee, MLB Draft, NJCAA, Ohio State, Ohio Valley Conference, Ole Miss, Rice, SEC, South Carolina, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, UC-Riverside, University of San Diego, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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LUBBOCK, Texas – Armed with a talented group of returning veterans and the program’s first ranked recruiting class in eight years, Dan Spencer and company hit the diamond on Monday for the first day of fall practice at Dan Law Field.

"We are just really excited to finally be back out here and to get the whole team together," said Texas Tech head coach Dan Spencer. "Last year we tried to position ourselves to be more competitive in games and to get back to the Big 12 Tournament. This year, we have much bigger goals and for us to be successful in May and June we have to put in the work in September and October."

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LUBBOCK, Texas – The most anticipated baseball recruiting class in recent years arrived on campus today as classes began at Texas Tech for the fall semester.

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Player of the Week
Jake Luce, McKinney Marshals

Luce led all hitters for the week with a .500 average (8-for-16), adding two doubles and a triple for a .750 slugging percentage. He scored five runs and drove in seven more, accounting for 44% of the Marshals’ runs in the five games he played this week. The Jefferson College outfielder will be returning to the Vikings for his sophomore year in the fall.

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Tags: Big 12, Coppell Copperheads, Mckinney Marshals, Texas Collegiate League, Texas Collegiate League Players of the Week, Texas Tech

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Western Illinois signs 11 for 2010

MACOMB, Ill. – Righthanded pitcher Jason Smith of Morrison, Ill. has signed his National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Western Illinois for the 2010 season.

The signing of Smith gives head coach Stan Hyman a total of 11 new players for his 2010 team. The 2010 recruiting class includes players from California, Washington, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio.

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Tags: ACC, Big 12, Kansas State, NC State, Summit League, Texas Tech, Western Illinois

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia — USA starter Drew Pomeranz (Ole Miss) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Team USA beat Germany, 8-1, in the championship game at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Germany got on the board in the first inning on no hits. Pomeranz (Ole Miss) put two runners on board with a hit batsman and a walk before a sacrifice bunt moved them to second and third. Ludwig Glaser followed with an RBI groundout to second base for the 1-0 lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCLA, WAC

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE

(PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia) – Asher Wojciechowski (The Citadel) struck out nine batters in seven innings and Team USA beat Bahamas, 8-1, at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.

Kolten Wong (Hawaii) hit a double down the right field line to score Tyler Holt (Florida State) in the first inning and Matt Newman (Arizona State) stole home in the second for a 2-0, Team USA lead.

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Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Arizona State, Big 12, Conference USA, Florida State, Hawaii, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Southern Conference, Tennessee, Texas Tech, The Citadel, UCLA, WAC