Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: New approach: Red Raiders take new mentality, confidence into CWS

By KRISTA PIRTLE A-J MEDIA

Cory Raley had his sights set on Michael Davis.

As soon as Davis fielded a grounder and threw the ball to first for the final out of the super regional to punch Texas Tech’s ticket to Omaha, Raley — the former starting quarterback for Uvalde High School — was gunning for the sophomore.

“I was head hunting,” Raley said with a smile. “He never played football before. I wanted him to know what that was like. I got him. I got him good.”

It was the first Omaha dog pile for those two Red Raiders.

For Raley — whose father and two older brothers played collegiate baseball — he’s the first member of his family to advance to the College World Series.

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