Tech kicks off five game week vs UCSD

LUBBOCK, Texas – Fresh off competing last weekend at the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic and ahead of the final non-conference weekend of the season at GCU, Texas Tech Baseball returns home this Tuesday and Wednesday for a midweek series against UC San Diego.

Originally scheduled to play a pair of night games, Tech and UCSD will instead play a night game on Tuesday (6:30) before a 2 p.m. first pitch beckons on Wednesday afternoon.

Tuesday's contest against UCSD will be Mardi Gras Night, while Wednesday's afternoon finale will be 80's Day.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
GAME ONE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (2-7) vs. UC San Diego (7-4)
DATE: Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2025
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Lubbock, Texas (Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park)
PITCHING: RHP Jonny Lowe (0-0, 9.00 ERA) vs. LHP Jack Villar (0-1, 6.43 ERA)

GAME TWO:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (2-7) vs. UC San Diego (7-4)
DATE: Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2025
TIME: 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Lubbock, Texas (Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park)
PITCHING: RHP Tyler Boudreau (0-0, 4.91 ERA) vs. RHP Nic Gregson (0-0, 9.00 ERA)

HEADLINES IN 1-2-3:
* Texas Tech returns home for its first two midweek contests of the season on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon against a game UC San Diego squad that is coming off a 4-1 week a pair of Big 12 teams in Utah and Cincinnati. The midweek series against the Tritons will mark not only the first two midweek contests but the first night game of the season for the Red Raiders. Tuesday's first game is set for 6:30 p.m.

* Following the midweek series with UCSD, the Red Raiders hit the road once again for a weekend set at preseason WAC favorite, GCU. Once Tech plays at GCU on Friday night, the Red Raiders will have officially played in all four time zones in the United States this season. The Red Raiders opened the season on the east coast at UNC before returning home to the central time zone. After the weekend at home, Tech played in the Pacific Time Zone this past weekend in the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic. The State of Arizona will be on Mountain time this weekend until Sunday when the clocks fall back.

* Damian Bravo (above) and first baseman Robin Villeneuve led the Red Raiders this weekend at the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic as the duo went a combined 14-for27 with four doubles, a pair of homers and eight RBI. Bravo accounted for eight of the 15 hits and both homers, while Villeneuve accounted for three of the four two-baggers. The duo were named to the events All-Tournament Team.

MATCHUP NOTES:

A NEWBIE

The Red Raiders will face a new foe this week, in Big West foe UC San Diego. The Red Raiders and Tritons have never met before in program history. The matchup with UCSD will be the second between a foe from the Big West Conference as the Red Raiders also faced UCI. |

A RED RAIDER IN BOTH DUGOUTS

This weeks series with UCSD will feature a pair of Red Raiders doing battle in the two dugouts as both Tim Tadlock and UCSD HC Eric Newman played at Texas Tech. A native of Fremont, Calif. Newman pitched for the Red Raiders in 1994 after transferring in from Fresno State. A fifth round pick of the San diego Padres, Newman pitched professionally for eight season with four different organizations advancing as high as AAA Of course the Red Raiders are led by former infielder Tim Tadlock. .

ALL FOUR TIME ZONES IN THE FIRST MONTH

In the first four weeks of the season the Red Raiders have been busy, as Tech will play in four different states and four different time zones in the seasons first 14 games. The Red Raiders opened the season in North Carolina and the eastern time zone before coming home to Lubbock for a weekend set with UCI. The Red Raiders after spending last weekend in Las Vegas (PT) will head to Arizona to face GCU. On Friday and Saturday, Arizona will be on Mountain Time before the spring ahead on Sunday morning switches Arizona to Pacific Time.

UNDER THE LIGHTS

This weeks mid week series against UCSD will mark the first time that the Red Raiders will play a true nightgame this season (first pitch after 5 p.m.) as the first nine games of the season were all day games. The Red Raiders and UCSD are set for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch on Tuesday night. Originally scheduled to play a night game on Wednesday night as well, Tech and UCSD will instead play at 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.

ANOTHER STOUT FOE

Minus the nine games that they have played against Texas Tech, the Red Raider foes have had a strong start to 2025 as Tech boasts the No. 6 SOS in the country currently. The Red Raiders five opponents thus far are 33-13 (.717) in games in which they did not play the Red Raiders. North Carolina leads the way amongst that group as the Heels are 9-0 this season against non-Texas Tech opponents. The list also includes UC Irvine who is 7-1 against non-Tech opponents and Illinois who is 6-3 against those same foes. The list also includes 8-1 Texas and 3-8 Washington. The average RPI of Tech's opponents is 72. This weeks two foes in UCSD and GCU are no different as both the Tritons and Lopes enter the weekend at 7-4 overall.

ROAD RED RAIDERS

The Red Raiders will become accustom to the road in 2025 as Tech will play just 26 of 53 games at home this season. Starting with the weekend set at No. 6 UNC, the Red Raiders will play 12 of their first 17 games away from the friendly confines of Rip Griffin Park at Dan Law Field and will play just 10 of their first 26 games at home. In the end, Texas Tech's 27 road games will bring the squad to seven different states: (Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and West Virginia). The Red Raiders in 2025 will play just 31 of 53 games inside the State of Texas. The Red Raiders 26 home games are the fewest in a season since 2022 when Tech also played just 26 games at Rip Griffin Park. The fewest home games the Red Raiders have played in a season was 2009 when Tech played just 22 total home games.

UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders close non-conference play this weekend with a three-game set at GCU. First pitch from Phoenix is set for 7 p.m. (CT)/6 p.m. (MT). The series will continue on Saturday night with another 7 p.m. (CT)/6 p.m. (MT) game

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Players Mentioned

Tyler Boudreau

Damian Bravo

Jonny Lowe

Robin Villeneuve

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