Texas Southern at Texas Tech
WHEN: 3 p.m. Tuesday | 1 p.m. Wednesday
WHERE: Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
RECORDS: Texas Southern 0-7, Texas Tech 3-3
LAST MEETING/SERIES: The Red Raiders and Tigers met for the first time March 28-29, 2017 with Texas Tech notching 18-4 and 14-7 victories for a 2-0 series lead.
RANKINGS: Texas Tech – No. 10 DIBaseball.com, No. 11 Baseball America, No. 15 Collegiate Baseball, No. 13 NCBWA, No. 8 Perfect Game, No. 11 USA Today Sports Baseball Coaches Poll
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TV: None
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TWITTER: @RandyRosetta | @RedRaiderDugout | @KeithBPatrick
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Tuesday – Texas Tech RH Micah Dallas (0-1, 6.75 ERA, 2.2 IP, 2 SO/2 BB) vs. Texas Southern RH Bryson Armstrong (0-1, 11.25 ERA, 4 IP, 4 SO/2 BB)
Wednesday – Texas Tech RH Chase Hampton (0-0, 13.50 ERA, 2 IP, 1 SO/2 BB) vs. Texas Southern TBD
OUT OF THE BULLPEN
Texas Tech – Derek Bridges (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.2 IP, 2 SO/0 BB), Jamie Hitt (0-1, 11.57 ERA, 2.1 IP, 1 SO/1 BB), Hayde Key (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 IP, 2 SO/1 BB)
Texas Southern – Jacob Morin (0-0, 2 appearances, 11.81 ERA, 5.1 IP, 2 SO/8BB), Caleb DuBois (0-0, 3 appearances, 10.80, 5.0 IP, 4 SO/1 BB), Jaiden Beck (0-0, 3 appearances 43.20, 1.2 IP, 0 SO/4 BB)
LINEUP LEADERS
Texas Tech – SS Cal Conley (12-for-29, 6 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 2-2 SB), C/1B Nate Rombach (8-for-19, 6 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 3 BB), 2B Jace Jung (8-for-21, 5 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI)
Houston Baptist – SS Nic Garza (8-for-20, 2 R, 3 2B, 1 RBI, 5 BB), LF Tyson Thompson (5-for-14, 3 R, 3 BB), CF Jordan Vidato (5-for-17, 4 R, 5 BB, 3-3 SB))
UP NEXT
Texas Southern at Texas Tech, 1 p.m. Wednesday
AROUND THE HORN
- The Red Raiders bring a 15-game home winning streak into their first midweek action of 2021 and a 20-game home winning streak over non-conference opponents.
- Texas Tech followed a difficult 0-3 start in Arlington to sweep Houston Baptist in its home opener. The Red Raiders outscored the Huskies 37-6 on the weekend.
- Red Raider bats feasted on HBU pitching hitting 17 extra-base hits, including 7 home runs. Texas Southern pitching has surrendered 36 extra-base-hits and 8 home runs in its 7 games this season.
- Dallas is set to make his first midweek start in a Red Raider uniform and his second of the 2021 season.
- Tech is 43-10 in home midweek contests under Tim Tadlock.
- Texas Southern is 0-7 and has played all of their games this season on the road, (Houston, TCU, Incarnate Word) they’ll return home this weekend for their home opener against Prairie View A&M.
- The Tigers have been outscored this season 91-21.
