Friday, April 12
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Tech continues road swing at TCU this weekend
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The Red Raiders seek their first series win in Fort Worth since 2016
FORT WORTH – Fresh off a program-record nine home runs in a 21-3 run-rule win at Abilene Christian, Texas Tech Baseball continues its eastward trek this weekend when they head to Fort Worth for a weekend series at TCU.
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The weekend kicks off a stretch of five key games for the Red Raiders who enter the weekend with the most overall wins (25) and best winning percentage (.735) in the Big 12, who after the weekend series at TCU will head to Fayetteville for a midweek series at No. 1 Arkansas.
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In addition to a pair of top-40 RPI series, the week also features three different nationally-televised games, as the Red Raiders and Horned Frogs will play on ESPNU on Saturday afternoon (3 p.m), before playing on ESPN2 and SEC Network next week in Arkansas.
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INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:
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GAME ONE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (25-9, 8-7 Big 12) at TCU Â (20-11 5-10 Big 12)
DATE: Friday, Apr. 12, 2024
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Lupton Baseball Stadium & Williams-Reilly Field (Fort Worth, Texas) Â Â
PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Ryan Free (3-0, 6.63 ERA) vs. LHP Peyton Tolle (3-2, 3.74 ERA) Â Â
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GAME TWO:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (25-9, 8-7 Big 12) at TCU Â (20-11 5-10 Big 12)
DATE: Saturday, Apr. 13, 2024
TIME: 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Lupton Baseball Stadium & Williams-Reilly Field (Fort Worth, Texas) Â Â
PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Kyle Robinson (3-3, 4.10 ERA) vs. RHP Louis Rodriguez (3-1, 3.14 ERA)Â
GAME THREE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (25-9, 8-7 Big 12) at TCU Â (20-11 5-10 Big 12)
DATE: Sunday, Apr. 12, 2024
TIME: 1 p.m.
LOCATION: Lupton Baseball Stadium & Williams-Reilly Field (Fort Worth, Texas) Â Â
PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Mac Heuer (3-2, 5.03 ERA) vs. TBA
1-2-3 HEADLINES:
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* The Red Raiders continue their crucial three-city six-game road swing this weekend when they head to Fort Worth for a weekend set. The three-game at TCU will be the second, third and fourth games of the trip., as Tech will also head to Fayetteville for a clash with No. 1 Arkansas. The Red Raiders head to Fort Worth riding a seven-game winning streak. The streak tied for the longest winning streak of the season as Tech also won seven-straight from Feb. 23-Mar. 5. The Red Raiders are also coming off an impressive 5-0 week that included a two-game midweek sweep of Stanford and three-game sweep of new Big 12 foe Houston for the first Big 12 Conference series sweep since the 2022 season.
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* In Abilene on Wednesday night, the Red Raiders continued to swing the bats well, as the offense exploded for 21 runs, 17 hits and a school-record 9 home runs in a 21-3 run-rule win over ACU. The Red Raiders had four different players hit multiple home runs on the game. The Red Raiders became the first Big 12 squad since at least 2011 to have four players with two or more home runs in a game, while Tech's nine total home runs are the most by a Big 12 team since OSU had 12 home runs in 2019. The Red Raiders are just the second-team Big 12 team since 2003 to hit nine or more homers in the same game.Â
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* Tech enters the weekend three games clear of TCU in the crowded Big 12 standings and are just 1.5 games behind first place WVU and OU. In total, 10 of the 14 Big 12 teams currently have either seven or eight wins, as half of the league have played four conference weekends and half have played five.
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PAIR OF SOUTHPAWS IN THE OPENER
The opening game of the weekend series will feature a pair of lefties doing battle as Tech lefty Ryan Free will face TCUs Peyton Tolle. It marks the second straight weekend that the Red Raider lefty will face a fellow Southpaw on the weekend. Free faced Houston's Antonie Jean last Friday in the series opener against the Cougars.
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The Red Raiders recorded a series sweep over Houston last weekend, for the program's first Big 12 Conference sweep since the 2022 season when the Red Raiders swept Oklahoma State (May 12-14) in Stillwater. The home sweep of Houston is the first home sweep for the Red Raiders since an Apr. 8-10 series against K-State in 2022.Â
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The Red Raiders slugged a school-record nine home runs in the victory over ACU, as four different Red Raiders hit multiple home runs (Cade McGee, Gavin Kash, TJ Pompey and Drew Woodcox). Tech became the first Big 12 Team since 2019 to sock nine home runs as the four players with multiple home runs are the most by a Big 12 team since at least 2011.  Â
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Damian Bravo has been suburb in his second season in Lubbock, as the Sophomore has hit a team-best .457 over the season's first 34 games. Bravo has also recorded and on-base percentage of .510 and has a team-best 39 RBIs and 19 doubles. Bravo entered the week as the only player in the country with at least 55 hits and 45 runs scored this season. After hitting .565 (13-23) with three doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs, Bravo was tabbed the Big 12s Player of the Week. Bravo slugged nearly 1.000 for the week, and scored 12 runs. Bravo has a team-best 18 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple RBI games. Entering the weekend he has a six-game hitting streak.
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The Red Raiders have clearly been aggressive on the base-paths this season, as the club has now stolen 33 bases in just 34 games played.. The Red Raiders went until Mar. 23 against BYU without a caught stealing as the Red Raiders went 28 consecutive stolen base attempts with out a caught stealing.
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Another pitcher who changed his warmup song in 2024 was senior Josh Sanders, who will now warmup to Adelle's Rolling in the Deep. So far it seems the warmup song is working for Sanders, as the righty has pitched 25.2 innings thus far, allowing just 16 hits and eight runs (six earned). Sanders has now struck out 30 batters in his 25.2 innings of work. Hitters are hitting just .170 against him. Sanders pitched 6.1 scoreless innings last week, earning two wins. The righty retired his last 14 baters in a row including three perfect innings in Friday's win over Houston. Sanders struck out 12 and walked as hitter hit just .095.
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Freshman Parker Hutyra has really emerged in his first collegiate season as the freshman has allowed just one run in 12 appearances and 18.1 innings pitched. Hutyra has struck out 20 batters this season, and has not allowed a run since Feb. 21 vs. Oregon State. That stretches 16.1 innings and includes four straight key outings against BYU, UCF, and Stanford. The righty has struck out 13 batters in his last 9.1 pitched (all Red Raider wins). In fact the Red Raiders have won six straight games he's appeared in and are 9-3 in his 12 appearances. And while Hutyra has continued to perform at a high level, he did maybe his best work of the season this week against Houston as afer throwing 45 pitches in nearly three scoreless innings, Hutyra entered in a four-run game and fired a scoreless ninth to close out a series sweep.
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The Red Raiders have consistently followed losses with wins this season. The Red Raiders have yet to lose more than two games in a row this season and have lost back-to-back games just twice (at Baylor and at UCF). Following a loss this season the Red Raiders are 7-2 this season.
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After missing nine games due to illness, Kevin Bazzell is starting to return to his All-American form. Bazzell started just 3-for-19 in his return to action (three-games at Baylor, ACU, BYU 3/21), but has since gone 19-for-43 (.442) with four home runs and 14 RBIs (11 games played). Bazzell has really turned it on over the Red Raiders six-game winning streak, as the catcher is now 13-for-28 (.464) over the seven games with 10 run scored. Â
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Since Bazzell has returned to form and assumed the three-hole in the Red Raiders lineup, he and Bravo have formed quite a 1-2 punch at the top of the Red Raiders lineup. The duo are a combined 28-for-59 at the plate over the Red Raiders streak and have scored 22 runs.
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Over the Red Raiders last six games (all wins), a pair of relievers have emerged as key pieces, as Josh Sanders and Parker Hutyra have combined to throw 13.2 scoreless innings of relief. That includes four key appearances for Hutyra where he's gone 7.1 scoreless and three appearances for Sanders where he has allowed just two hits in 6.1 innings. The duo have struck out 19 and walked just four batters.
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A PAIR OF FIRSTS INCLUDING FREE BASEBALL Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
In the opening game of the series against Stanford the Red Raiders won a wild 10-9 contest that featured a furious ninth inning comeback before a clutch walk-off single from Austin Green delivered the Red Raiders second walk-off win of the season. The game featured a pair of firsts, as it marked the first time all season that the Red Raiders won when trailing heading to the bottom of the ninth (previously 0-5) and it was also the first extra innings contest of 2024. The game which went exactly four hours on the nose, was the 16th-longest game at Rip Griffin Park in history and was the first extra innings affair since last May. 19 against KU. The 11 innings marked the longest game for Tech since Mar. 5, 2023 when Tech fell to Texas A&M in 16 innings.
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UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders close a six-game, three city roadtrip at No. 1 Arkansas on Tuesday and Wednesday. First Pitch from Baum Walker Stadium is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Tuesday's contest will air live on ESPN2 with the second game on Wednesday set for an SEC Network designation.
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The weekend kicks off a stretch of five key games for the Red Raiders who enter the weekend with the most overall wins (25) and best winning percentage (.735) in the Big 12, who after the weekend series at TCU will head to Fayetteville for a midweek series at No. 1 Arkansas.
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In addition to a pair of top-40 RPI series, the week also features three different nationally-televised games, as the Red Raiders and Horned Frogs will play on ESPNU on Saturday afternoon (3 p.m), before playing on ESPN2 and SEC Network next week in Arkansas.
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INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:
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GAME ONE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (25-9, 8-7 Big 12) at TCU Â (20-11 5-10 Big 12)
DATE: Friday, Apr. 12, 2024
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Lupton Baseball Stadium & Williams-Reilly Field (Fort Worth, Texas) Â Â
PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Ryan Free (3-0, 6.63 ERA) vs. LHP Peyton Tolle (3-2, 3.74 ERA) Â Â
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GAME TWO:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (25-9, 8-7 Big 12) at TCU Â (20-11 5-10 Big 12)
DATE: Saturday, Apr. 13, 2024
TIME: 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Lupton Baseball Stadium & Williams-Reilly Field (Fort Worth, Texas) Â Â
PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Kyle Robinson (3-3, 4.10 ERA) vs. RHP Louis Rodriguez (3-1, 3.14 ERA)Â
GAME THREE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (25-9, 8-7 Big 12) at TCU Â (20-11 5-10 Big 12)
DATE: Sunday, Apr. 12, 2024
TIME: 1 p.m.
LOCATION: Lupton Baseball Stadium & Williams-Reilly Field (Fort Worth, Texas) Â Â
PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Mac Heuer (3-2, 5.03 ERA) vs. TBA
1-2-3 HEADLINES:
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* The Red Raiders continue their crucial three-city six-game road swing this weekend when they head to Fort Worth for a weekend set. The three-game at TCU will be the second, third and fourth games of the trip., as Tech will also head to Fayetteville for a clash with No. 1 Arkansas. The Red Raiders head to Fort Worth riding a seven-game winning streak. The streak tied for the longest winning streak of the season as Tech also won seven-straight from Feb. 23-Mar. 5. The Red Raiders are also coming off an impressive 5-0 week that included a two-game midweek sweep of Stanford and three-game sweep of new Big 12 foe Houston for the first Big 12 Conference series sweep since the 2022 season.
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* In Abilene on Wednesday night, the Red Raiders continued to swing the bats well, as the offense exploded for 21 runs, 17 hits and a school-record 9 home runs in a 21-3 run-rule win over ACU. The Red Raiders had four different players hit multiple home runs on the game. The Red Raiders became the first Big 12 squad since at least 2011 to have four players with two or more home runs in a game, while Tech's nine total home runs are the most by a Big 12 team since OSU had 12 home runs in 2019. The Red Raiders are just the second-team Big 12 team since 2003 to hit nine or more homers in the same game.Â
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* Tech enters the weekend three games clear of TCU in the crowded Big 12 standings and are just 1.5 games behind first place WVU and OU. In total, 10 of the 14 Big 12 teams currently have either seven or eight wins, as half of the league have played four conference weekends and half have played five.
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WEEKENDNOTES:
LOOKING TO AVENGE 2022
The Red Raiders will look to avenge the 2022 series against TCU where the Red Raiders were swept in a three-game series. In that weekend, TCU took the Thursday night opener 7-4, before seeing a late comeback on Friday come up short. In the Saturday finale (the series was Thurs-Sat due to the Easter Holiday), the Red Raiders allowed eight runs in the last three innings to flip a 3-1 game into an 11-3 TCU win.LOOKING TO AVENGE 2022
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TRYING TO WIN A SERIES IN FORT WORTHÂ Â Â
In an interesting schedule "oddity" the Red Raiders have played in Fort Worth just three times since 2016 and just twice since 2018. As such, the Red Raiders will be seeking their first series win in "Cowtown" since 2016 when Tech won a key rubber-match to steal the series from the Horned Frogs. The Red Raiders were scheduled to play in Fort Worth in 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the cancelation of the 2020 season in March.
PAIR OF SOUTHPAWS IN THE OPENER
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ONE RUN SEPARATES US
In the all-time series that includes 184 all-time matchups, the Red Raiders and Horned Frogs have been separated by just a singular run. The Red Raiders have score 1088 all-time runs and TCU has scored 1087 runs.Â
DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
Heading into the weekend, the Red Raiders have played 28 of 34 games in the State of Texas. Including the 21 home games at Rip Griffin Park, the Red Raiders have also plated five games in Arlington, three in Waco and Wednesday's contest at Abilene. Including this weekend, the Red Raiders will play 31 of their first 37 games in-state, and will play 36 of 56 games in Texas this season.Â
DAY LATER MEANS WE'LL STAY ON THE ROAD
Originally scheduled to play ACU on Tuesday night, the Red Raiders contest was moved to Wednesday due to projected weather in the Abilene area. As a result, Tech will now stay on the road following its contest against ACU. The Red Raiders will hit the road on Wednesday morning and head to Abilene. After the game on Wednesday, Tech will spend the night in Abilene, before driving Thursday morning to Fort Worth for the weekend set against the Horned Frogs. Tech will stay in Fort Worth through Monday, where they will next head to Fayetteville, Ark. for a date with No. 1 Arkansas. The Red Raiders will finally return home from the trip one week from Wednesday (Apr. 17).Â
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The Red Raiders recorded a series sweep over Houston last weekend, for the program's first Big 12 Conference sweep since the 2022 season when the Red Raiders swept Oklahoma State (May 12-14) in Stillwater. The home sweep of Houston is the first home sweep for the Red Raiders since an Apr. 8-10 series against K-State in 2022.Â
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The Red Raiders slugged a school-record nine home runs in the victory over ACU, as four different Red Raiders hit multiple home runs (Cade McGee, Gavin Kash, TJ Pompey and Drew Woodcox). Tech became the first Big 12 Team since 2019 to sock nine home runs as the four players with multiple home runs are the most by a Big 12 team since at least 2011.  Â
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Damian Bravo has been suburb in his second season in Lubbock, as the Sophomore has hit a team-best .457 over the season's first 34 games. Bravo has also recorded and on-base percentage of .510 and has a team-best 39 RBIs and 19 doubles. Bravo entered the week as the only player in the country with at least 55 hits and 45 runs scored this season. After hitting .565 (13-23) with three doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs, Bravo was tabbed the Big 12s Player of the Week. Bravo slugged nearly 1.000 for the week, and scored 12 runs. Bravo has a team-best 18 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple RBI games. Entering the weekend he has a six-game hitting streak.
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The Red Raiders have clearly been aggressive on the base-paths this season, as the club has now stolen 33 bases in just 34 games played.. The Red Raiders went until Mar. 23 against BYU without a caught stealing as the Red Raiders went 28 consecutive stolen base attempts with out a caught stealing.
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Another pitcher who changed his warmup song in 2024 was senior Josh Sanders, who will now warmup to Adelle's Rolling in the Deep. So far it seems the warmup song is working for Sanders, as the righty has pitched 25.2 innings thus far, allowing just 16 hits and eight runs (six earned). Sanders has now struck out 30 batters in his 25.2 innings of work. Hitters are hitting just .170 against him. Sanders pitched 6.1 scoreless innings last week, earning two wins. The righty retired his last 14 baters in a row including three perfect innings in Friday's win over Houston. Sanders struck out 12 and walked as hitter hit just .095.
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Freshman Parker Hutyra has really emerged in his first collegiate season as the freshman has allowed just one run in 12 appearances and 18.1 innings pitched. Hutyra has struck out 20 batters this season, and has not allowed a run since Feb. 21 vs. Oregon State. That stretches 16.1 innings and includes four straight key outings against BYU, UCF, and Stanford. The righty has struck out 13 batters in his last 9.1 pitched (all Red Raider wins). In fact the Red Raiders have won six straight games he's appeared in and are 9-3 in his 12 appearances. And while Hutyra has continued to perform at a high level, he did maybe his best work of the season this week against Houston as afer throwing 45 pitches in nearly three scoreless innings, Hutyra entered in a four-run game and fired a scoreless ninth to close out a series sweep.
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The Red Raiders have consistently followed losses with wins this season. The Red Raiders have yet to lose more than two games in a row this season and have lost back-to-back games just twice (at Baylor and at UCF). Following a loss this season the Red Raiders are 7-2 this season.
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After missing nine games due to illness, Kevin Bazzell is starting to return to his All-American form. Bazzell started just 3-for-19 in his return to action (three-games at Baylor, ACU, BYU 3/21), but has since gone 19-for-43 (.442) with four home runs and 14 RBIs (11 games played). Bazzell has really turned it on over the Red Raiders six-game winning streak, as the catcher is now 13-for-28 (.464) over the seven games with 10 run scored. Â
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Since Bazzell has returned to form and assumed the three-hole in the Red Raiders lineup, he and Bravo have formed quite a 1-2 punch at the top of the Red Raiders lineup. The duo are a combined 28-for-59 at the plate over the Red Raiders streak and have scored 22 runs.
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Over the Red Raiders last six games (all wins), a pair of relievers have emerged as key pieces, as Josh Sanders and Parker Hutyra have combined to throw 13.2 scoreless innings of relief. That includes four key appearances for Hutyra where he's gone 7.1 scoreless and three appearances for Sanders where he has allowed just two hits in 6.1 innings. The duo have struck out 19 and walked just four batters.
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A PAIR OF FIRSTS INCLUDING FREE BASEBALL Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
In the opening game of the series against Stanford the Red Raiders won a wild 10-9 contest that featured a furious ninth inning comeback before a clutch walk-off single from Austin Green delivered the Red Raiders second walk-off win of the season. The game featured a pair of firsts, as it marked the first time all season that the Red Raiders won when trailing heading to the bottom of the ninth (previously 0-5) and it was also the first extra innings contest of 2024. The game which went exactly four hours on the nose, was the 16th-longest game at Rip Griffin Park in history and was the first extra innings affair since last May. 19 against KU. The 11 innings marked the longest game for Tech since Mar. 5, 2023 when Tech fell to Texas A&M in 16 innings.
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The Red Raiders close a six-game, three city roadtrip at No. 1 Arkansas on Tuesday and Wednesday. First Pitch from Baum Walker Stadium is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Tuesday's contest will air live on ESPN2 with the second game on Wednesday set for an SEC Network designation.
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