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Tech closes four game trip at UTRGV Tuesday
February 16, 2026 | Baseball
The Red Raiders will seek their first win of 2026 in Edinburg
EDINBURG, Texas – Texas Tech Baseball continues its season-opening 1700-mile road trip on Tuesday night at UTRGV.
First pitch from the UTRGV Baseball Stadium is set for 6:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, the Red Raiders will look to rebound from a tough weekend at the Shriners Children's College Showdown where the Red Raiders fell to then-unranked Oklahoma (10-3) on Friday, No. 23 Vanderbilt (13-3) on Saturday and in 11 innings to No. 7 Arkansas (6-5).
Oklahoma, the only unranked team Tech faced in Arlington, went a perfect 3-0 at the Shriners outscoring opponents 31-6 to win the team title.
The Red Raiders enter the midweek contest with UTRGV with just 17 total hits over the first three games and just one extra-base hit, a Kyeler Thompson triple on Saturday afternoon.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (0-3) at UTRGV (1-2)
DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Edinburg, Texas (UTRGV Baseball Stadium)
PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Jorden Espizona (0-0, 6.75 ERA) vs. Kike Cienfuegos (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
HEADLINES IN 1-2-3:
* Texas Tech closes a four-game three city road trip on Tuesday night when they play the first road game in Edinburg against UTRGV. The Red Raiders started the nearly 1500 mile road trip last Wednesday afternoon traveling to Arlington from Lubbock (331 miles). After practicing Thursday and playing Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Red Raiders traveled from Arlington to San Marcos on Sunday night (238) before continuing on Monday morning into afternoon to Edinburg (281). The Red Raiders will bus home from McAllen on Wednesday morning back to Lubbock (626 miles). Â
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* After a frustrating weekend against three nationally-ranked foes (as of Monday) in Arkansas, Vandy and Oklahoma, the Red Raiders will look to break out at the dish Tuesday night, as Tech enters the contest with UTRGV with just one extra-base hit (a Kyeler Thompson triple) and just 17 total hits. The Red Raiders have however walked 17 times. Tech enters the midweek hitting just .183 as a team.
* Despite suffering a heartbreaking result in Sunday's contest against No. 7 Arkansas, the Red Raiders did have a few positives on the mound and at plate. After not recording a hit in his first eight at-bats senior Tracer Lopez delivered a key (at the time) go-ahead two RBI single for his second and third RBIs of the game and first hit of the year. On the mound, seven Red Raider arms combined to whiff 14 Razorback batters.
UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders return home to begin a 15-game homestand on Friday afternoon for the home opener against Albany. First pitch from Rip Griffin Park is set for 2 p.m.
