March 23, 2002

Box Score

LINCOLN, Neb. - Senior third baseman Jake Brown got an RBI single in the top of the ninth to give No. 23 Texas Tech a 4-3 win over No. 13 Nebraska in the final game of the series on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, Texas Tech improves to 21-12 and 5-7 in the Big 12 while Nebraska falls to 14-7 and 6-3 in the league.

Nebraska took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth thanks to two solo home runs by Jeff Leise and Matt Hopper. Leise and Hopper earned their fifth and third home runs of the year respectively.

Texas Tech got is top three hitters in the order on base in the top of the fifth inning and sophomore Brent Fossum plated the first run of the game for the Red Raiders with a sacrifice fly to center field.

Tech tied the game in the top of the sixth when Scooter Jordan singled down the third base line moving Jon Slack from first to third. Slack scored on the play after Nebraska second baseman Jeff Blevins misplayed the throw trying to tag Jordan going to second.

Justin Seely put Nebraska back in the lead with an RBI double down the right field line plating Jeff Blevins from second. Blevins led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a balk by Tech starter Steve Gooch.

Senior third baseman Jake Brown tied the score at 3-3 in the top of the seventh with an RBI single up the middle that plated Bryon Smith who got a one-out single earlier in the inning.

Brown picked up his second RBI of the game in the top of the ninth when he laced a line drive over the Nebraska shortstop plating Bryon Smith from third base and putting Tech ahead 4-3.

Steve Rowe (4-1) picked up the win for Texas Tech while Waylon Byers (1-1) suffered the loss for Nebraska.

NOTE: This was the 2,000th game of Texas Tech Head Coach Larry Hays' 32-year coaching career. He needs just one more win to pick up the 1,300th win of his career.