Justin Fletcher, a second baseman for Northern Illinois in 2015, remembers a few things from playing Texas Tech in baseball that year.
First, he remembers NIU getting trounced in a series. He also recalled a random at-bat in the ninth inning of one game because of a weird reaction afterward.
A young pitcher came in, threw 15 pitches and couldn’t find the plate. He threw just four strikes. Fletcher was the third hitter to face the freshman pitcher, and he walked and took his base. He took off his elbow guard, looked over for the sign from the third-base coach and saw the Red Raiders’ pitcher was being taken out.