Texas Tech University Athletics
Tech Slotted at No. 8 by Baseball America
January 21, 2019 | Baseball
The Red Raiders have been ranked in the top 10 of all four preseason polls.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech baseball received their fourth preseason ranking of the year on Monday, checking in at No. 8 in Baseball America's Preseason College Top 25, the publication announced today.
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This is the fourth preseason top-10 ranking for the Red Raiders as D1 Baseball had Tech at No. 3, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper tabbed Tech at No. 4 and Perfect Game ranked the Red Raiders at No. 5.
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It marks the second-straight year Texas Tech has started in Baseball America's top 10, as the Red Raiders posted a No. 5 ranking last preseason.
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A unanimous top-five team entering 2018, Tech navigated through its slate to a fourth-straight 45-plus win season behind a 45-20 record, including a 15-9 conference mark en route to a No. 9 national seed. The Red Raiders returned to the College World Series for the third time in five years last season.
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Now in his seventh year as head coach, head coach Tim Tadlock returns 16 letterwinners from last year's squad, including All-American third baseman Josh Jung and Freshman All-American Gabe Holt.
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Jung and Holt, along with junior pitcher Caleb Kilian, have combined for six preseason All-American honors for the Red Raiders ahead of the 2019 season. Jung was tabbed a Preseason First Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Perfect Game/Rawlings and D1 Baseball, while Holt and Kilian received second team accolades by Perfect Game/Rawlings and Holt was also a third team selection by D1 Baseball.
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The Red Raiders open the season with an eight-game home stand, featuring a four-game series against Oregon starting Friday, Feb. 15, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The home stand continues against Kentucky Feb. 22-24 followed by a Feb. 26 tilt against New Mexico State.
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This is the fourth preseason top-10 ranking for the Red Raiders as D1 Baseball had Tech at No. 3, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper tabbed Tech at No. 4 and Perfect Game ranked the Red Raiders at No. 5.
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It marks the second-straight year Texas Tech has started in Baseball America's top 10, as the Red Raiders posted a No. 5 ranking last preseason.
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A unanimous top-five team entering 2018, Tech navigated through its slate to a fourth-straight 45-plus win season behind a 45-20 record, including a 15-9 conference mark en route to a No. 9 national seed. The Red Raiders returned to the College World Series for the third time in five years last season.
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Now in his seventh year as head coach, head coach Tim Tadlock returns 16 letterwinners from last year's squad, including All-American third baseman Josh Jung and Freshman All-American Gabe Holt.
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Jung and Holt, along with junior pitcher Caleb Kilian, have combined for six preseason All-American honors for the Red Raiders ahead of the 2019 season. Jung was tabbed a Preseason First Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Perfect Game/Rawlings and D1 Baseball, while Holt and Kilian received second team accolades by Perfect Game/Rawlings and Holt was also a third team selection by D1 Baseball.
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The Red Raiders open the season with an eight-game home stand, featuring a four-game series against Oregon starting Friday, Feb. 15, at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The home stand continues against Kentucky Feb. 22-24 followed by a Feb. 26 tilt against New Mexico State.
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