Birthday boy Bettis pitches Tech to victory

 Chad Bettis celebrated his 19th birthday on Saturday, and his best present came from teammate Logan Leslie.
Bettis pitched seven strong innings, holding Oklahoma to just two runs on six hits, and Leslie’s two-run pinch-hit single keyed a four-run sixth inning, lifting the Texas Tech baseball team to a 6-2 victory over the Sooners in front [...]

Tech makes Spencer head coach designate

Texas Tech head baseball coach Larry Hays made a promise to Dan Spencer when he hired his new assistant in July to do everything in his power to ensure Spencer would be the program’s next head coach. That promise was fulfilled on Tuesday as Tech athletic director Gerald Myers announced that Spencer has been elevated [...]

Texas Tech tennis team draws Harvard

With one more win, Texas Tech likely would be hosting the first two rounds of the NCAA Tennis Championships, but head coach Tim Siegel isn’t disappointed. The Red Raiders were knocked out of the Big 12 Championships by Texas A&M on Friday, but Siegel was able to catch an early flight back to Lubbock to [...]

Hanslik picks Tech for his baseball future

 

[caption id="attachment_971" align="alignleft" width="256" caption=" Frenship's Nick Hanslik signs a letter of intent on Monday to play baseball for Texas Tech University. Joining him are (clockwise from him) father Joe, brother Brandon, grandparents Kay and Butch Pair, cousin Clint Stephenson, grandmother Judy Hanslik and mother LaDonna Hanslik."][/caption]

Red Raiders drop game, series to OU

 

Texas Tech’s Tanner Rindels, right, stumbles safely into first base on a hit in the ninth inning as Oklahoma’s Chase Anderson (9) attempts to make the out.

It’s final exam week at Texas Tech, but the grades for the 2008 Red Raider baseball team may already be in.
 
And they’re not good, or at best incomplete.
Tech [...]

Big 12 Baseball Statistics

Statistics are compiled from Big 12 games only
Team
Batting
School G AB H AVG.
Texas A&M 18 654 216 .330
Oklahoma 15 530 166 .313
Missouri 15 514 158 .307
Kansas 15 503 142 .282
Texas 18 614 170 .277
Oklahoma State 18 614 167 .272
Nebraska 18 590 156 .264
Baylor 18 594 154 .259
Kansas State 15 489 123 .252
Texas Tech 18 602 149 [...]

Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma

About the series: Oklahoma leads the all-time series between the teams by a margin of 26-22-1. The Sooners have won nine of the last 10 meetings between the schools, including three straight series wins and sweeps in two of those three. Tech has not taken a series since 2004.
About the Sooners: Oklahoma has struggled in [...]

Richburg gives Tech offense a boost

 
When Chris Richburg became just the fifth Texas Tech baseball player to hit for the cycle Wednesday, he became a permanent part of the Red Raider history books.
 
He also may have signaled that the player who won the Texas Collegiate League Most Valuable Player award is back. Since returning to the lineup two weeks ago [...]

Richburg hits for cycle as Red Raiders thump Aggies 16-10

 ROSWELL, N.M. – Junior left fielder Chris Richburg became the fifth player in Texas Tech baseball history to hit for the cycle, and the Red Raiders completed a two-game midweek sweep of New Mexico State with a 16-10 victory Wednesday at Coca-Cola Field.
Richburg, a former Frenship standout, joins Mike Humphreys (1986), Clint Bryant (1995), Neal [...]

Red Raiders win in second straight rout

 
After going through one of the worst slumps in more than 20 years, Texas Tech may be starting a trend going the other way.
 
Chris Richburg and Jeremy Mayo each drove in a pair of runs, and Jason Seefeld was a triple away from the cycle as the Red Raiders won their second straight game on [...]