

It's May, which means the regular season finale is quickly approaching. Coleman is in his second season at Tech and fifth overall year. Bridges is in his third season while Carter his fourth. Bridges is an accounting major, Carter an Agricultural Education major and Coleman a University Studies major. Bridges and Carter have been at Tech for the duration of their collegiate careers while Coleman transferred from Texas A&M. Three Red Raiders, Derek Bridges, Dillon Carter and Ty Coleman, will be celebrating their respective graduations at Monongalia County Ballpark rather than at the United Supermarkets Arena for commencement this weekend. (NCAA stat report following games played Wednesday, May 10): Kash's 22 home runs are the most recorded by a Red Raider since the 1997 season when Joe Dillon set the sitting program record of 33 home runs.Įntering Friday's game, Tech ranks at the top of several national categories.Last time out, Kash hit his 22nd home run of the season moving him into solo third all-time for single-season homers in program history, breaking a tie with Jace Jung's 21 hit in the 2021 season The sophomore became the sixth Red Raider to reach 20 home runs in program history on April 21 versus Baylor.
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Texas Tech's Gavin Kash is having a historically great season when it comes to hitting home runs. Texas Tech has been to six-straight regionals and seeking its seventh consecutive trip in 2023.Why the RPI focus? The RPI, (rating percentage index) is heavily factored into the NCAA tournament selection process at the end of the season when selecting the 64 participants and the 16 regional hosts.
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18 before the weekend series gets underway.

51 in RPI entering a huge weekend versus a team that carries a high RPI - West Virginia checking in at No. Since that trip, Texas Tech has added four wins and one loss to its resume and jumped to No. The Red Raiders dropped that series 1-2 and tumbled out of the rankings but rose in the RPI to No. 66 in the RPI entering its last road series at Kansas State (April 28-30). RHP Robby Porco (4-1, 7.60 ERA)Īs recent as the Week 10 poll (released April 24), Texas Tech was ranked No. Saturday, May 13: RHP Trendan Parish (3-1, 4.65 ERA) vs.Friday, May 12: LHP Mason Molina (4-2, 4.22 ERA) vs.The Big 12 recognizes D1Baseball for its primary rankings therefore when one ranking is needed, Texas Tech follows suit with the conference in those scenarios. Texas Tech holds steady this week in the same three polls it resided in last week after falling out of the D1Baseball poll a week prior after the 1-2 week at Kansas State. CT start due to the potential of rain on Friday evening. It was announced on Thursday afternoon that Friday's series opener would move to a 4 p.m. Geoff Haxton will have the call alongside Jamie Lent. Texas Tech Sports Network will also broadcast the game over 46 affiliates throughout the state of Texas and New Mexico as well as on the web via the Varsity App.
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Registration for the subscription service can be found at. All broadcasts can be accessed from any desktop or laptop computer, personal cellular device and television streaming services using the ESPN app. It will be a solo broadcast booth from Morgantown with Lanny Frattare providing the play-by-play over the weekend. It all amounts to a great opportunity for the Red Raiders to rise in the RPI and shake up the Big 12 standings with a successful weekend.Ĭoverage will be provided by ESPN+.

The Mountaineers will provide a stern test as they hold a firm grip on first place atop the Big 12 standings and an RPI ranking of 18, entering Friday's matchup. Big in distance but bigger in the Red Raiders' positioning in the Big 12 race and RPI standings as they travel to West Virginia. The last regular season road trip has arrived, and it's a big one. Texas Tech Game Notes (PDF) | West Virginia Game Notes (PDF) Morgantown, W.Va. | Monongalia County Ballpark
