Texas Tech at Kansas State
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, 12 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park | Lubbock, TX
RECORDS: Texas Tech 21-7, 3-3 Big 12 Conference; TCU 21-7, 6-0
RANKINGS: Texas Tech – No. 8 D1Baseball, No. 8 USA Today/coaches’ poll; TCU – No. 8 D1Baseball, No. 7 USA Today/coaches’ poll
LAST MEETING/SERIES: The Red Raiders last defeated TCU in 2019 to win the Big 12 Championship. After dropping game one to the Horned Frogs 3-1 (14 inn.), Tech rebounded with a 7-2 win and clinched the series and the title with an 8-4 win as the Frogs left the bases loaded in the 9th. Tech has played TCU more than any other team in its history trailing 96-77-1 all time but holding a 41-37 edge in Lubbock.
LAST TIME OUT: Texas Tech dropped its first series falling to .500 in the Big 12 in Manhattan against K-State. The Red Raiders won 17-1 on Thursday, but dropped the following two 7-2 and 10-4.
KSU RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
RADIO: 97.3-FM | TuneIn Radio App
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
INTERNET: RedRaiderDugout.com
TWITTER: @RandyRosetta | @RedRaiderDugout | @KeithBPatrick
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Thursday – Texas Tech RH Micah Dallas (1-1, 22.2 IP, 1.59 ERA, 27 SO/6 BB, .210 BAA) vs. TCU LH Russell Smith (5-1, 40 IP, 2.25 ERA, 50 SO/6 BB, .200 BAA)
Friday – Texas Tech LH Patrick Monteverde (5-1, 40 IP, 2.03 ERA, 46 SO/3 BB, .206 BAA) vs. TCU LH Austin Krob (4-0, 39.2 IP, 2.27 ERA, 48 SO/15 BB, .174 BAA)
Saturday – Texas Tech RH Brandon Birdsell (4-1, 32.2 IP, 3.03 ERA, 34 SO/ 9 BB, .204 BAA ) vs. TCU RH Jonny Ray (2-1, 22.2 IP, 3.57 ERA, 26 SO/13 BB, .203 BAA)
OUT OF THE BULLPEN
Texas Tech
LH Mason Montgomery (1-1, 27.2 IP, 4.88 ERA, 29 SO/16 BB, .248 BAA)
RH Chase Hampton (1-0, 1 save, 15 IP, 4.20 ERA, 8 SO/9 BB, .200 BAA)
RH Ryan Sublette (3-0, 1 save, 17.1 IP, 3.63 ERA, 24 SO/6 BB, .219 BAA)
RH Connor Queen (1-0, 3 saves, 8 IP, 4.50 ERA, 7 SO/4 BB, .276 BAA)
RH Hayde Key (1-0, 8.2 IP, 5.19 ERA, 12 SO/4 BB, .235 BAA)
RH Brendan Girton (1-0, 1 save, 11 IP, 5.73 ERA, 14 SO/8 BB, .333 BAA)
TCU
Haylen Green (1-1, 6 saves, 31.1 IP, 2.01 ERA, 34 SO/2 BB, .195 BAA)
Charles King (3-1, 24.1 IP, 4.44 ERA, 23 SO/4 BB, .193 BAA)
Jacob Meador (1-1, 12.1 IP, 5.11 ERA, 13 SO/9 BB, .224 BAA)
River Ridings (1-0, 11.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 14 SO/ 9 BB, .195 BAA)
Garrett Wright (0-1, 1 save, 6.2 IP, 1.35 ERA, 10 SO/5 BB, .250 BAA)
Dalton Brown (0-0, 6.1 IP, 7.11 ERA, 12 SO/2 BB, .286 BAA)
Drew Hill (1-0, 9.2 IP, 6.52 ERA, 11 SO/1 BB, .378 BAA)
LINEUP LEADERS
Texas Tech
LF Dru Baker (.427/.500/.563, 33 R, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 15 RBIs, 14 BB, 11-13 SB)
2B Jace Jung (.388/.496/.786, 22 R, 6 2B, 11 HR, 35 RBIs, 21 BB)
SS Cal Conley (.336/.402/.533, 17 R, 9 2B, 4 HR, 27 RBIs, 5-6 SB)
C Braxton Fulford (.274/.376/.630, 6 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 20 RBIs)
CF Dylan Neuse (.284/.444/.432, 27 R, 7 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 16 RBIs, 23 BB, 11-12 SB)
TCU
RF Phillip Sikes (.340/.447/.553, 28 R, 12 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 30 RBIs, 11 BB, 6-6 SB)
DH Hunter Wolfe (.321/.419/.551, 18 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 20 RBIs, 13 BB, 6-7 SB)
C Zach Humphreys (.315/.402/.587, 28 R, 6 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 23 RBIs, 13 BB, 3-3 SB)
3B Brayden Taylor (.297/.410/.634, 28 R, 4 2B, 3 3B, 8 HR, 31 RBIs, 20 BB, 4-5 SB)
1B Gene Wood (.278/.384/.544, 21 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 28 RBIs, 11 BB, 8-8 SB)
CF Elijah Nunez (.257/.405/.324, 21 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 9 RBIs, 25 BB, 5-8 SB)
UP NEXT
SFA at Texas Tech | April 13-14
AROUND THE HORN
- The Red Raiders return home following their first true road trip of the season and first foray outside of Texas all season.
- Jace Jung leads the Big 12 in three statistical categories: Home Runs (11), Slugging Percentage (.786), and tied at the top for RBIs (35). He is third in Batting Average (.388).
- TCU’s Brayden Taylor has homered in four straight games and leads their team with 8 dingers this season.
- Texas Tech pitching entered the K-State series having surrendered 11 home runs on the season, they gave up 8 to the Wildcats.
- Two Horned Frogs enter with nine-game hitting streaks in Tommy Sacco and Hunter Wolfe.
- TCU has outscored conference opponents 59-20 sweeping Baylor in Forth Worth and Oklahoma in Norman. The largest runs differential was 11 in a 17-6 drubbing of the Sooners to clinch that series.
- This is the third time the Red Raiders and Horned Frogs have met at Top 10 teams in the Tim Tadlock era.
