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).

News, News, News, News

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: –
Winning Pitcher: –
Losing Pitcher: –
Key Hitters: –
Key Pitchers: –
Links: Recap | Box Score

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: –
Winning Pitcher: –
Losing Pitcher: –
Key Hitters: –
Key Pitchers: –
Links: Recap | Box Score

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: –
Winning Pitcher: –
Losing Pitcher: –
Key Hitters: –
Key Pitchers: –
Links: Recap | Box Score