Red Raiders Sweep Series

LUBBOCK -- A grand slam by All-American Nick Blankenship Saturday afternoon lifted Texas Tech to a 10-2 victory and led to a three-game sweep over BYU.

The Cougars jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning when David Jensen's double drove in Doug Jackson and Matt Carson. Jensen hit another double in the sixth inning as BYU stranded seven runners on base for the game.

Jensen extended his hitting streak to 10 consecutive games, while Kainoa's 13-game hitting streak came to an end. Obrey, who left yesterday's opener with a back injury, was in the lineup as a designated hitter instead of playing third base on Saturday.

Blankenship, who hit a solo homer off the Cougars on Friday, belted his second dinger of the season in the third inning to give Tech a 5-2 lead. The 26th-ranked Red Raiders turned three double plays and had success against three of BYU's four pitchers used in the game witnessed by 2,353 fans.

BYU and TTU were the first collegiate teams to play in the continental United States. Tech catcher Willie Durazo, who went two of three Saturday, played against BYU last season in the NCAA tournament when he played for Northern Iowa.

The Cougars, 0-3, next play on Thursday evening to start a three-game series at Cal-Irvine. TTU, 3-0, travels to start a three-game series at New Mexico on Friday.

The Automated ScoreBook
                       Brigham Young Univ. at Texas Tech
                 Jan 26, 2002 at Lubbock, Texas (Dan Law Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 2 (0-3)
Player                   AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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JACKSON, Doug cf........  2  1  1  0   0  0  3  0   0
CHAMBERS, Ryan ph/cf....  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
COUGHLAN, Cameron lf....  4  0  0  0   0  2  1  1   1
CARSON, Matt rf.........  3  1  1  1   0  0  2  1   0
JENSEN, Dave 1b.........  4  0  2  1   0  0  8  0   1
OBREY, Kainoa dh........  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WILKES, Adam ph/dh......  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
STUBBLEFIELD, Jake 3b...  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  2   1
BILLS, Kevin ph/3b......  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   3
BIRKELAND, Lars c.......  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   0
WEINGARTEN, Mike c......  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
WIENS, Ranger ss........  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  3   0
THURGOOD, Ryan ss.......  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
YI, Han 2b..............  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   1
CARSON C. 2b............  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
KOFFMAN, Scott p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
CHRISMAN, Jacob p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
FERNLEY, Sam p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
GARCIA, Jason p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals.................. 33  2  6  2   1  5 24 11   7
Texas Tech 10 (3-0)
Player                   AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Jordan rf...............  3  1  2  2   1  1  0  0   0
Edwards rf..............  0  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Slack cf/lf.............  3  2  2  1   2  0  2  0   0
Cranford lf.............  3  1  0  0   1  0  3  1   1
Carson cf...............  1  0  1  1   0  0  1  0   0
Blankenship dh..........  3  2  1  4   0  0  0  0   0
McElroy ph..............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
Smith 1b................  4  0  2  2   0  0 13  0   0
Alvarez ss..............  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  5   0
Durazo c................  3  1  2  0   1  0  5  0   0
Brown 3b................  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   2
Fuller ph...............  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Kitchen 3b..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Buchenauer 2b...........  3  1  0  0   0  0  3  5   0
Fouts p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Buck p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Leist p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals.................. 32 10 12 10   6  2 27 15   6
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 200 000 000 -  2  6  0
Texas Tech.......... 005 120 02X - 10 12  3
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E - Alvarez; Buchenauer; Buck. DP - BYU Cougars 1; Texas Tech 2. LOB - BYU
Cougars 7; Texas Tech 6. 2B - JENSEN 2; Jordan; Slack; Smith; Alvarez. HR -
Blankenship(2). HBP - JACKSON; CARSON M.; Blankenship; Buchenauer. SB -
JACKSON. CS - Jordan.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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KOFFMAN, Scott......  4.0  4  6  6  3  2 15 19
CHRISMAN, Jacob.....  2.0  4  2  2  2  0  8 11
FERNLEY, Sam........  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  3  3
GARCIA, Jason.......  1.0  3  2  2  1  0  6  7
Texas Tech             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Fouts...............  6.0  4  2  1  1  4 21 24
Buck................  2.0  2  0  0  0  1  9  9
Leist...............  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  3  3
Win - Fouts (1-0).  Loss - KOFFMAN (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - Fouts. HBP - by Fouts (CARSON M.); by KOFFMAN (Buchenauer); by Fouts
(JACKSON); by CHRISMAN (Blankenship).
Umpires - HP: Mike Morris  1B: Reagan Stewart  3B: Doyle Sooter
Start: Noon   Time: 2:28   Attendance: 2353