CONNECTICUT AT TEXAS TECH
SERIES UPDATE – TECH LEADS 3-0
WHEN: 10 a.m. MondayWHERE: Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
RECORDS: UConn 4-8, Texas Tech 12-3
LAST MEETING/SERIES: Prior to Friday, the teams have played just one game with the Huskies prevailing 1-0 in 11 innings in a tournament in Orlando in 2013. RECAPPING GAME 1 | RECAPPING GAME 2 | RECAPPING GAME 3
RANKINGS: Texas Tech – No. 9 DIBaseball.com, No. 7 USA Today (coaches) | RANKINGS ROUNDUP
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PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Monday – UConn Kenny Haus (0-2, 8.1 IP, 4.32 ERA, 11 SO/7 BB, 1.67 BAA) vs. Texas Tech RH Chase Hampton (1-0, 4.00 ERA, 6 SO/7 BB, .194 BAA)OUT OF THE BULLPEN
UConnLH Caleb Wurster (2-0, 10.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 18 SO/6 BB, .139 BAA)
RH Andrew Marrerro (0-0, 5.1 IP, 5.06 ERA, 8 SO/3 BB, .227 BAA)
RH Pat Gallagher (0-1, 9.1 IP, 7.71 ERA, 12 SO/4 BB, .300 BAA)
RH Randy Polonia (0-0, 4.1 IP, 2.38 ERA, 5 SO/2 BB, .133 BAA)
Texas Tech
RH Conner Queen (1-0, 3 save, 6.1 IP, 1.42 ERA, 5 SO/2 BB, .261 BAA)
RH Hayde Key (1-0, 7.2 IP, 2.35 ERA, 10 SO/3 BB, .179 BAA)
RH Levi Wells (1-0, 3.1 IP, 10.80 ERA, 2 SO/5 BB, .091 BAA)
LH Brady Lejeune-Deacutis(0-0, 1.0 IP, 0,00 ERA, 3 SO/2 BB, .000 BAA)
LINEUP LEADERS
UConn2B Christian Fedko (.296/.367/.389, 12 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBIs, 3-4 SB)
1B Reggie Crawford (.260/.321/.640, 8 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 17 RBIs)
SS Zach Bushling (.304/.439/.500, 12 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBIs, 3-5 SB)
DH/C Pat Winkel (.308/.371/.558, 14 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBIs)
Texas Tech
2B Jace Jung (.404/.532/.842, 18 R, 4 2B, 7 HR, 26 RBIs, 16 BB)
SS Cal Conley (.403/.453/.627, 12 R, 6 2B, 3 HR, 20 RBIs, 5-6 SB)
LF Dru Baker (.359/.461/.422, 24 R, 4 2B, 5 RBIs, 11 BB, 8-9 SB)
CF Dylan Neuse (.273/.467/.418, 16 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 12 RBIs, 16 BB, 6-7 SB)
UP NEXT
Oklahoma State at Texas TechAROUND THE HORN
- In 10 home games this season, the Red Raiders have outscored opponents 105-35.
- On Saturday, each team ran out six pitchers and combined to throw 414 total pitches.
- The Red Raiders have now been outhit four times this season in wins.
- Connor Queen earned his third save of the week on Saturday. He earned those three saves in 15 total pitches.
- Texas Tech is looking to extend its 13-game winning streak. The Red Raiders are in their longest run without a loss since a 14-game streak to open 2018. Their 22 consecutive home wins dating back to the 2020 season leads the nation.
- The Huskies have made six NCAA Tournament appearances under longtime coach Jim Penders and pushed Oklahoma State to the limit in 2019 before losing in the 2019 Oklahoma City Regional.
- Like Texas Tech, UConn was pegged as the preseason favorite in the Big East Conference and features the league’s preseason Player of the Year – Kyler Fedko.
- The Huskies began the season at 5th-ranked Virginia and lost two of three, but all three games were decided by either one or two runs. UConn split a mid-week set a Coastal Carolina earlier this week. All six of the Huskies’ losses are by one or two runs.
- UCONN is the first Big East opponent Texas Tech has faced since 2013 when the Red Raiders played UCONN, and the first Big East opponent to come to Dan Law Field since 2002
