Tech, TCU set for weekend series in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH – Fresh off a crisp 12-2 (8 inn.) run-rule win over New Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, Texas Tech Baseball returns to DFW for the third time in seven weeks when they face TCU in Fort Worth for the third Big 12 Conference Week.

In the win over New Mexico, freshman Adam Hayes retired the first eight batters he faced before tossing five shutout innings of four hit ball. Hayes did not walk a batter and struck out four to earn his first career win.

Sitting at 4-2 after series wins at Arizona (Mar. 20-22) and vs. Kansas (Mar. 13-15), the Red Raiders will seek their sixth-straight series win and third-straight Big 12 series win this weekend in Fort Worth.

If the Red Raiders are successful in accomplishing that feat, it will mark the first time since 2018 that Tech has opened Big 12 play with three-straight series wins.

The Red Raiders could also win back-to-back road Big 12 series for the first time since 2022 when the Red Raiders won two-of-three at Baylor (Apr. 29-May 1) and swept No. 3 Oklahoma State (May 13-15) the following week.

INSIDE THE SERIES:
GAME ONE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (15-8, 4-2 Big 12) vs. TCU (14-10, 2-4 Big 12)
DATE: Friday, Mar. 27, 2026
TIME: 6 p.m.
PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Lukas Pikro (3-1, 5.46 ERA) vs. LHP Mason Brassfield (2-1, 5.23 ERA)

GAME TWO:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (15-8, 4-2 Big 12) vs. TCU (14-10, 2-4 Big 12)
DATE: Saturday, Mar. 28, 2026
TIME: 2 p.m.
PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Connor Mohan (0-2, 7.23 ERA) vs. RHP Lance Davis (1-3, 6.31 ERA)

GAME THREE:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (15-8, 4-2 Big 12) vs. TCU (14-10, 2-4 Big 12)
DATE: Sunday, Mar. 29, 2026
TIME: 1 p.m.
PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Jackson Burns (1-2, 9.00 ERA) vs. TBA

HEADLINES IN 1-2-3:
* After a successful Tuesday afternoon win over UNM (12-2), In the game, the Red Raiders got five shutout innings from Adam Hayes and six first inning tuns. The Red Raiders hits the road once again this weekend when they head back to DFW for a weekend series at TCU. Sitting at 4-2 after series wins over Kansas and at Arizona, the Red Raiders will seek three-straight Big 12 series wins and six-straight overall series wins this weekend in Fort Worth. The Red Raiders enter the weekend at 4-2 overall in Big 12 play, just one full game behind UCF and West Virginia who co-lead the league at 5-1 overall.

* Boasting one of the nation's top offenses, the Red Raiders put up 12 runs in both the Sunday and Tuesday wins over UofA and UNM. The double-figure scoring games were the 14th and 15th 10+ run games of the season. For comparison purposes, the Red Raiders in 53 games last season recorded 10+ runs just 13 times a season ago. Texas Tech has scored 265 total runs this season, just 77 runs shy of their 2025 total of 342 runs. Overall this season, the Red Raiders have scored at least three runs in every game and have scored at least six runs in 21-straight games (program record)

*And while the Tech offense certainly boasts some fire power (all nine starters are hitting over .335), the story of the season thus far for the Red Raiders is the lack of reliance on the home run ball to score runs. In 2025, the Red Raiders scored 120 of their 344 runs on the long ball or 34.9 percent of all runs. In 2026, the home run has accounted for just 24.5 percent of all runs (65-of-265) Tech has scored. Since going homer-less and winless in all three games in Arlington, the Red Raiders are now 4-1 when they don't hit a home run since (including Tues vs. UNM and last Friday vs. UofA) the opening weekend.

WEEKEND NOTES (TCU):

STAND UP AND SHOUSE

After helping the Red Raiders to a series win at Arizona and hitting 10-for-21 with three home runs and nine RBIs, Texas Tech infielder Connor Shouse was named the Big 12s Newcomer of the Week on Monday afternoon. Shouse became the third different Red Raider this season to win the league's newcomer weekly honor joining fellow infielder Linkin Garcia and outfielder Caden Ferraro. A native of Jasper, Ga., Shouse went 10-for-21 in the Red Raiders four contests last week and hit three home runs and drove in nine. Four of Shouse's 10 hits were for extra bases including three home runs. He also threw a scoreless inning on the mound and struck out two. Shouse recorded at least two hits in all four contests and scored a run in all four games as well. After going 3-for-6 with two home runs and three RBIs on Tuesday against DBU, Shouse combined to go 7-for-15 in the three-game weekend series against the Wildcats helping the Red Raiders to back-to-back Big 12 series wins to open conference play and to five-straight series wins overall. On Friday night, Shouse tied the game on his first triple as a Red Raider and ultimately scored the winning run. On Saturday night, the two-way player went 2-for-5 at the plate and tossed a scoreless eighth inning with two strikeouts. And while the game-tying triple was a big swing, Shouse saved his biggest and most important swing for the series finale at UofA when he lifted a 432-foot three-run home run that gave Tech a 10-7 lead. Shouse also drove in a run in the second inning on a bases loaded free pass. Shouse saw a 20-game hitting streak snapped on Tuesday afternoon but did walk to extend his on-base streak to 21 straight-games. Shouse is hitting .375 with seven home runs a pair of triples and a team-best 40 RBIs. In addition to leading the team in RBIs, Shouse also has a team-best 39 hits.

LUCKY NUMBER 13

Off to a dynamic 13-3 start at "The Rip" this season, Texas Tech Baseball will earned home win No. 13 on Tuesday afternoon against the Lobos. With the win, their 13th in just 16 home games, Tech has now eclipsed their 2025 win total at home, as the Red Raiders went a disappointing 12-13 at home a season ago. After scoring just 189 total runs at home in 2025 (7.6 per game), the Red Raider offense through the seasons first 16 games has already scored 196 times this season, meaning the Red Raiders have already eclipsed their entire 25-game 2025 home output.

RACKING UP THE SERIES WINS

After winning 2-of-3 on the weekend in Arizona, the Red Raiders have now won all five weekend series in 2026. The streak started with a four-game weekend sweep of UAlbany (Feb. 20-22), the first four-game sweep for a Red Raider team since the 2023 season. After taking 2-of-3 from CSU Bakersfield, Tech swept Penn State the following weekend in three-game series before taking 2-of-3 from KU to open Big 12 play. The Red Raiders have won five straight series for the first time since 2022 when Tech won series against Kent State, Merrimack, at Rice, vs. No. 2 Texas and at Kansas. The Red Raiders have also won back-to-back series in Big 12 play for the first time since the 2023 season when Tech took 2-of-3 in Norman against Oklahoma (Apr. 21-23) and at home against Baylor (Apr. 21-23). The Red Raiders last won the first two series of Big 12 play during that 2022 stretch when they defeated the second-ranked Longhorns and KU to open Big 12 play. If Tech is able to win the series this weekend at TCU, they will start the year with three-straight Big 12 series victories for the first time since the 2018 season when the Red Raiders went 15-9 in league play and advanced to Omaha for the second time in program history. Tech enters the weekend tied for third in the Big 12 standings, just one game behind UCF (5-1) and West Virginia (5-1). Tech is tied with both Arizona State and KU at 4-2, but the Red Raiders have the tiebreaker over the Jayhawks by virtue of the series win two weekends ago.

JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED

Texas Tech Freshman Adam Hays delivered the best performance of the season by a Red Raider on Tuesday afternoon as the Freshman tossed five shutout innings to earn his first career victory of the season. Hayes who needed just 73 pitches to toss the first shutout five-inning start of the season for the Red Raiders, reached just one three-ball count the entire outing and retired the first eight batters he faced. Hayes allowed just four hits and did not walk a batter in the gem.

BACK END OF THE BULLPEN TAKING FORM
As the Red Raiders inch toward the halfway point of the season, the backend of the Texas Tech bullpen has begun to take shape, as a quartet of Tech relievers and a pair of two-guys have staked their claim to be key contributors to the late game puzzle of head coach Tim Tadlock. Led by a pair of seniors in Jonny Lowe and Jacob Rodgers the Red Raider backend of the bullpen of the aforementioned Lowe and Rogers as well as Will Jordan and Logan Bevis has combined to make 36 appearances this season. Lowe, who earned the win Sunday afternoon at Arizona, has made a team-high 10 appearances pitching to a 1-0 record and a 3.68 ERA. Lowe has whiffed 16 batters over his 14.2 innings this season and has allowed just six total runs this season. Lowe struck out two in a 1-2-3 inning against UNM Tuesday. Another one of the Red Raider late game arms, Jordan, has also pitched well this season as in nine appearances and 10.1 total innings the righty has allowed just three runs. Jordan earned the save on Sunday his first. He also became the first Red Raider to earn a save this season on Sunday.

UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders kick-off a four-game home week next week beginning with a Tuesday night midweek against ACU. First pitch from Lubbock is set for 6:30 p.m.

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