OMAHA — Steven Gingery definitely has that Southern California chill.
The freshman southpaw — a native of Huntington Beach, Calif. — is known as “Cali” around Texas Tech. Davis Martin doesn’t think he’s called him “Steven” since the second day they were in Lubbock.
“Cali definitely has that Southern California calmness about him,” Martin said. “I’m from West Texas and Southern California is probably the complete opposite. We all love him to death. He’s funny and really laid-back for sure.”
Gingery, the usual Saturday starter for Texas Tech throughout the season, earned the start on the mound for the Red Raiders in their first game in the College World Series against TCU (Sunday, 2 p.