2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	29–26 (7–17 Big 12)
Head coach	Dan Spencer (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Tim Tadlock (1st season) Andy Jarvis (5th season)
Hitting coach	Jim Horner (2nd season)
Home stadium	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park

2012 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	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

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. 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. 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) – 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) – 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) – junior (5'11) 40 Blake Stewart (RHP) – junior (6'4) 42 John Neely (RHP) – senior (6'2) 44 Rusty Shellhorn (LHP) – junior (5'10) 49 Brannon Easterling (RHP) – sophomore (6'5) 50 Brennan Stewart (RHP) – 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 – 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 – 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 – junior (6'2) 14 Zach Reding – freshman (6'1) 17 Jordan Lopez – 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

Main article: 2012 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^	RV	—	24	26	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ 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.

External links

• 2012 Baseball Schedule
• 2012 Baseball Roster