Series Details

Good Guys: Texas Tech Red Raiders (0-3, 0-0)
Bad Guys: UC Irvine Anteaters (2-1, 0-0)
When to Watch: Friday, February 21st – Sunday, February 23rd
Where to Watch: Rip Griffin Park at Dan Law Field | Lubbock, Texas
How to Listen: 97.3 FM | Affiliates
Series Notes: Preview | PDF
Weather: Mostly Sunny

I’ve tried to throw together a series preview this morning after taking almost all of last year off of baseball. There are probably mistakes, but bygones. Feel free to comment on softball as well (linked below).

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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams: Texas Tech baseball alters rotation for home-opening series against UC Irvine

Tech has 23 pitchers on staff and used 10 in the North Carolina series. The positive was the pitching was mostly solid. The down side was a lot of arms sat idle.

“There’s not enough innings for bodies,” Tadlock said, “and you always feel really bad when a weekend’s over and there’s guys down there that you know are going to be big contributors and they don’t get on the mound.”

Tadlock singled out sophomore righthanders Parker Hutyra and Logan Bevis and freshman lefthander Jordyn Espinoza as examples of “guys I know that we’re going to count on” who didn’t pitch last weekend. He added freshman righthander Logan Addison and junior righthander Daniel Bass have “power arms and really good stuff” and mentioned sophomore righthander Zachary Petchel as another example.

Texas Tech Softball: No. 12 Red Raiders set for home opener

The No. 12 Texas Tech softball team (8-3) will finally get to showcase its talent at home this weekend as they host the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday with the final game at noon on Monday.

The Red Raiders will begin play against Detroit Mercy (0-5) for their lone game on Friday before having back-to-back games on Saturday at 12 p.m. against UIC (4-6) and 2:30 p.m. against (RV) Indiana (8-1).

Tech will face the Hoosiers again on Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. followed by a 2 p.m. game against UTEP (7-2) before ending its homestand with a 12 p.m. Monday matchup against the Miners.

Game 1 | Friday, February 21st

First Pitch: 2:00 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Texas Tech Probable Starter: RHP Mac Heuer (0-0, 6.75 ERA)
UC Irvine Probable Starter: RHP Danny Suarez (0-0, 5.40 ERA)
Final Score: UC Irvine 6, Texas Tech 4
Links: Recap | Box Score

Despite a 3-for-4 day and a two-run home run from TJ Pompey, Texas Tech Baseball fell 6-4 to UC Irvine Friday afternoon at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.

In the setback, Texas Tech (0-4) got 5.1 strong innings from relievers Tyler Boudreau, Zane Petty and Logan Bevis, but were unable to overcome an 0-for-11 performance with runners in scoring position and a 1-for-14 performance with runners on base.

Double-T 97.3’s Jamie Lent: Way Off Base With Jamie Lent: Blogging Red Raider Baseball

The Tech bullpen continues to be stellar and really impressive. So far through 4 games they have pitched 21.2in and have allowed 6 earned runs and have struck out 27 batters. The problem is, the starting rotation has not been nearly as good. All 4 starts have been underwhelming at this point and we need to see that changing soon. I think the talent is there. It just needs to start showing up on the field.

On to the offensive side of things where the hitting with runners in scoring position issue is starting to make me worry a bit. I know we are just 4 games in but 2 for 38 is an extremely ugly stat. This team needs to find a way to generate offense without hitting homers if they are going to be the team that I think they can be.

Game 2 | Saturday, February 22nd

First Pitch: 1:00 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Texas Tech Probable Starter: RHP Lukas Pirko (0-0, 1.69 ERA)
UC Irvine Probable Starter: RHP Jack Ross (1-0, 3.38 ERA)
Final Score: Texas Tech 15, UC Irvine 12
Links: Recap | Box Score

Behind big days from Tennessee transfer Robin Villeneuve and Stetson transfer Logan Hughes, Texas Tech Baseball outslugged UC Irvine 15-12, Saturday afternoon at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park to record its first win of 2025.

A day after stranding nine and going 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position, the Texas Tech (1-4) bats came alive on Saturday, as eight of the nine Red Raiders recorded at least one hit, eight different players drove in a run and six players scored multiple runs.

Hughes led the charge for the Red Raiders in the victory, going 2-for-3 with three runs scored, four RBIs, a pair of walks and his first home run as a Red Raider, while first baseman Robin Villeneuve went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, three runs scored and three RBIs.

Game 3 | Sunday, February 23rd

First Pitch: 1:00 p.m.
Television: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Texas Tech Probable Starter: RHP Jack Cebert (0-0, 3.00 ERA)
UC Irvine Probable Starter: Trevor Hansen (0-0, 2.70 ERA)
Final Score: –
Links: Recap | Box Score