May 16, 1997

Oklahoma Takes Early Lead, Holds on to Beat Texas Tech

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma took an early 3-0 lead over Texas Tech in the second inning and made it last recording a 5-3 victory over the regular season champion Red Raiders. Jose Montenegro drove in the first two Sooner runs on his second inning two-run home run.

Baseball Coach Larry Hays confers with pitcher Shane Wright and catcher Josh Bard in Friday's game with Oklahoma.

After adding another run in the frame, Texas Tech scored once in the third before the Sooners responded with another run in the bottom of the third. The Red Raiders pull within one scoring twice in the fourth, but Justin Elsey's eighth inning solo home run game the Sooners an insurance run for the final margin of 5-3.

Jeff Andra won his tenth game of the year versus four losses in pitching seven innings allowing just three runs on eight hits and three walks. He recorded six strikeouts. Geoff Geary pitched two innings of one-hit relief for his eighth save.

Shane Wright took the loss for Texas Tech pitching six and a third innings allowing four runs on eight hits. He struckout two and did not issue a walk.

The top hitter for the Red Raiders was right fielder Brandon Toro. Toro went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and a run scored.

Oklahoma advances to play Missouri in the 3 pm semifinal on Saturday. Texas Tech will play the loser of the Texas A&M-Oklahoma State game at 11 am.

Texas Tech 3													Oklahoma 5
Name	AB	R	H	RBI		BB	SO	PO	A				Name	AB	R	H	RBI		BB	SO	PO	A
Ginter 2b	5	0	2	0		0	1	1	3				Hart 2b	5	0	2	1		0	1	2	5
Langen lf	3	0	0	1		0	1	3	0				Wathan ss	4	0	1	0		0	0	2	2
Dillon 1b	4	0	1	0		0	1	12	1				Shackelford rf	4	1	2	0		0	0	2	0
Bard c	3	1	1	0		1	0	7	1				Bookout dh	4	0	0	0		0	2	0	0
Toro rf	4	1	3	0		0	0	0	0				Flores c	2	0	1	1		0	1	9	2
Landreth dh	3	0	1	1		1	2	0	0				Elsey lf	4	1	1	1		0	0	2	0
Buckley 3b	3	0	0	1		0	1	0	2				Park 1b	3	1	1	0		0	2	10	0
Huth ss	4	1	1	0		0	1	1	5				Montenegro 3b	3	1	2	2		0	0	0	2
Price cf	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0				Hill cf	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0
Ayers ph	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0				Andra p	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Wright p	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2				Geary p	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Stewart p	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Frush p	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Peck p	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	32	3	9	3		3	9	24	14				Totals	32	5	10	5		0	6	27	11

Score by innings:					R	H	E
Texas Tech	001	200	000	-	3	9	1
Oklahoma	031	000	01	-	5	10	1

E-Huth, Park.
DP-TTU 1, OU 1.
LOB-TTU 7, OU 8.
2B-Ginter, Toro, Huth, Shackleford, Flores, Park, Montenegro.
HR-Elsey, Montenegro.
SB-Hart, Hill.
CS-Toro 2, Flores.
SH-Langen, Montenegro.
SF-Buckley.

Texas Tech	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO				Oklahoma	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Wright	6.1	8	4	4	0	2				Andra	7.0	8	3	3	3	6
Stewart	0.1	0	0	0	0	1				Geary	2.0	1	0	0	0	3
Frush	0.2	2	1	1	0	2
Peck	0.2	0	0	0	0	1

Winner-Andra, 10-4. Loser-Wright, 10-2. Save-Geary, 8.
WP-Wright.
PB-Bard.
HBP-by Wright 4 (Flores 2, Park, Hill).
Ump-Jenkins, Hall, Mascorro, Eaves.
Start-3:09. Time-2:38. Att-3800 .