LUBBOCK, Texas -- Tanner Gardner homered twice to back a strong outing from ace Steven Gingery, and Texas Tech advanced to the final round of the Lubbock Regional with a 6-0 victory against Sam Houston State on Saturday night.
Gardner followed his two-run homer in the first with another two-run shot for a 5-0 lead in the fifth. In between, Ryan Long had a solo homer in the fourth in a game that ended early Sunday morning after a weather delay during Arizona's 6-5 elimination win in 12 innings against Delaware.
The Red Raiders (45-15) will play the winner of an elimination game between the Bearkats (41-21) and Arizona on Sunday night.