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College  | Story  | 2/28/2016

Frogs, Hogs go 3-0 in Houston

Andrew Krause     
Photo: TCU Athletics




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No. 25 Arkansas 10, No. 23 Texas Tech 6

It was a battle of bats and bullpens in the first game of the final day of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Houston College Classic in Minute Maid Park.

Both Arkansas and Texas Tech entered the day with 2-0 records in the tournament, and it was the Red Raiders that jumped out to an early lead.

Facing off against former Perfect Game All-American Keaton McKinney, the majority of the Red Raider lineup did what they had done all weekend, working counts and forcing opposing pitchers to work hard. McKinney, a physical 6-foot-4, 220 pound sophomore righthander had trouble from the get go in locating his 87-91 mph fastball. He wasn’t able to consistently get on top of the ball and drive the ball downhill, as he has in the past. Although he did flash a few solid changeups in the upper-70s, it was clear from the get go that it wasn’t McKinney’s day.

The Red Raiders’ Tyler Neslony drove in the first run of the game with a well-struck double on an elevated fastball that he turned on and ripped into right field. Neslony, a senior outfielder, has been solid all weekend and a mainstay for the Texas Tech roster the last couple of seasons. He’s shown solid bat speed from the left side and an ability to keep his hands back and repeat his swing mechanics and navigate his large leg lift trigger well.



Texas Tech’s starting pitcher, Ty Damron started off the game well, locating his 88-91 mph fastball to both sides of the plate and keeping it down in the strike zone in the early innings. Damron also flashed a decent slider in the 78-81 mph range that he was able to use effectively to backfoot righthanded hitters. However, the Razorbacks were able to get to the junior lefty in the third inning—aided in part by an error—and Damron was a bit looser in the zone. The second time through the order proved to be more of a challenge and Damron was lifted in the five-run third inning, but he could profile in the bullpen at the next level.


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