Randy Mazey suffers no fools. No. 2 starter Ross Vance in relief, closer Blake Smith in six-run game. Next trick? Rotation for three at TTU.

— Mike Casazza (@mikecasazza) May 18, 2016

Answer: Michael Grove tomorrow, Chad Donato in his customary Friday spot and then a fella named TBA. https://t.co/ooEtCadfXR

— Mike Casazza (@mikecasazza) May 18, 2016

Don’t question Randy Mazey, who rolls into Lubbock, Texas, with the hottest team in the country with a NCAA-high 10-game winning streak and 13 victories in the last 14 games.

He’ll go with freshman strikeout savant Michael Grove today on eight days rest and follow with No. 1 starter Chad Donato, who will have maintained his ordinary routine. The results of the first two games will likely impact the decision on the third starter, but you figure everyone but Grove and Donato will be available.

Grove, of course, is an interesting choice. He’s a freshman. This will be his fifth start. He’s 2-3, but he owns a 2.39 ERA, and he’s got stuff, averaging 12.42 strikeouts per nine innings and 15 per nine in his past three appearances and 21 innings pitched.

“He’s a power guy who has pretty good command,” Mazey said. “If you ever get a guy like that, you’ve got a special guy on your hands. A lot of times power guys aren’t command guys and command guys aren’t power guys, but he’s a guy who can do both.”

Grove’s season is more about how he started than how he’s finished. He was a reliever when then-No. 7 TCU welcomed him to the Big 12. He allowed five runs in the eighth inning of a 10-6 loss, walking three batters and giving up a home run. He was suddenly 0-2 and his ERA was 10.50.

“It was not fun to just get blasted by TCU, but that was my first Big 12 appearance, and I’m glad it happened,” he said. “It’s an experience you have to fight through, and hopefully it never happens again. I used it as a learning experience, like no matter what happens, it can always be worse.”