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No. 23 IOWA at Texas Tech
Lubbock, Texas Rip Griffin Park
March 10-12, 2023
Texas Tech Game Notes (PDF) | Iowa Game Notes (PDF)
Promotional highlights
- Weekend of the Decade (All Games)
- Music from the 80s (Friday), 90s (Saturday) and 2000s (Sunday) will be played each day of the series.
- Friday
- The first 300 attendees will receive a free Texas Tech brand car flag.
- Sunday
- Kids Club Day – Free entry with valid Kids Club membership. Postgame autographs and base running.
STARTERS
A pair of teams ranked by several national broadcasters are set to make a stop at Rip Griffin Park this weekend as Iowa visits the Red Raiders for a three-game series. The two programs own a combined 22 wins and three losses. Iowa enters the series ranked in the Top 25 in Collegiate Baseball (No. 16) and D1Baseball (No. 23). The 10-1 start is the best start since 1942. Meanwhile, Texas Tech is 12-2 and ranked five.
Coverage will be provided via Big 12 Now on ESPN+. John Harris will be on the mic for play-by-play action, while former Red Raider baseball player Mike Gustafson will provide analysis for all three games. Using the ESPN app, all broadcasts can be accessed from any desktop or laptop computer, personal cellular device, and television streaming service. Subscription to the subscription service can be found at ESPNPlus.com.
The Texas Tech Sports Network broadcasts the game to more than 46 affiliates across the state of Texas and New Mexico, as well as on the varsity app. Geoff Haxton will be making the call with Jamie Lent for each race over the weekend.
Texas Tech nationally
For the first time since May 9, 2022, the Red Raiders have not been ranked in the top 25 of six major national polls. D1 baseball eliminated Tech after losing its first two games of the season at the Shriners Children’s College Classic played at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Tech fell 3-2 at Rice on Friday and 4-2 in 16 innings to No. 15 Texas A&M on Sunday. In the middle game, the Red Raiders beat Michigan 10-7.
The Red Raiders landed in the Top 25 in five other polls released Monday, March 6.
- D1Baseball: No
- Baseball America: 25
- NCBWA: No. 21
- College Baseball: 18
- American Coaches: No. 21
- Perfect game: No. 15
The Big 12 D1Baseball recognizes its major rankings, so when a ranking is needed, Texas Tech is the same as the conference in those situations.
Scheduled pitching matches
- Friday, March 10: TBA vs. RHP Ty Langenberg (1-1, 4.91 ERA)
- Saturday, March 11: TBA vs RHP Brody Brecht (1-0, 2.19 ERA)
- Sunday, March 12: TBA vs. RHP Marcus Morgan (0-0, 4.76 ERA).
Offensive fireworks
The Red Raiders’ offense was a force in 2022, becoming one of 17 programs to score more than 500 runs last season. The 2023 team appears to be on pace to match that tally with 141 runs in its first 14 games, which includes half of its games in double figures this season (7 of 14). The Red Raiders enter their series against Iowa scoring 10.1 runs per game. His 141 runs are tops in the Big 12 and tied for ninth-most in the NCAA this season. The Red Raiders’ 10.1 runs per game also tops the Big 12 and ranks 16th in the NCAA.
The Red Raiders are one of 17 teams in the NCAA entering this weekend averaging double-digit runs scored (10.1).
NCAA Top 10
Through the first 14 games, the Red Raiders rank in the NCAA Top 10 in seven different statistical categories, including three while Texas Tech leads the nation in double plays (21), sacrifice flies (20) and doubles (39). Tech ranks No. 3 in walks (107), No. 4 in triples (9), No. 9 in runs (141) and No. 10 in hits (156).
Home rule
Texas Tech enters the weekend 11-0 at home; Since the first 11 games of the 2020 Covid-interrupted season, the Red Raiders have started four straight seasons 11-0. Tech began last year with a 14-game winning streak at home, which the Red Raiders will look to match this weekend. Looking back at the midway point of the 2019 season, the Red Raiders have won 54 of their last 55 home games against conference opponents.
With two wins over the weekend, head coach Tim Tadlock will reach 250 career wins at Rip Griffin Park. The 11th-year head coach has a career record of 248-64 (.795) entering Friday’s game at Iowa.
History series – Iowa
- The two programs have met four times before entering the weekend series. Tech leads the series 3-1.
- In the year In 2022, Tech split two games in Iowa City. It was slated to be a three-game series, but with Friday’s tiebreaker canceled, the weather had different plans. The Red Raiders also pushed back their travel plans due to the forecast and arrived on Friday for Saturday and Sunday’s games.
- In the first two all-time meetings,
- Prior to last season’s trip to Iowa City, the Red Raiders baseball program had visited Iowa State only twice in its history, for three-game series against Iowa State in 1998 and 2000 before the Iowa State baseball program was eliminated in 2001 in its first two years in the Big 12.
- Texas Tech is 43-38 all-time in the Big Ten. The Red Raiders’ record win came last weekend with a 10-7 victory over Michigan at the Shriners’ Children’s College Classic in Houston, Texas. Most of the Red Raiders’ 81 all-time games against the conference are tied at Nebraska – previously in the Big 12. Texas Tech and Big Ten schools have eliminated the Cornhuskers 22-6, combined with Illinois (1-0), Indiana (3-1), Iowa (3-1 ), Michigan (9-2), Northwestern (4-2) and Ohio State (2-0).
Last time against the Hawkeyes
Texas Tech split the two games in its first trip to Iowa City last season. The Red Raiders won their series opener 11-3 on Saturday, March 19 at Duane Banks Field. Texas Tech piled on a Saturday-high four runs in the eighth inning to put the game well out of reach, but it was a three-run, two-out rally in the fourth that was sparked by Dillon Carter’s triple, followed by a single from Easton Murrell and a home run by Cole Stillwell. Earlier scheduled Friday night starter Andrew Morris backed up Saturday starter Brandon Birdel after throwing the first five innings. Kyle Robinson finished the game in the ninth. On Sunday, Iowa snapped Tech’s seven-game winning streak with a 6-3 victory over the Red Raiders to claim its all-time winning streak. Mason Molina started for Tech and was 1-1 through the first five innings as he went to a game-high nine strikeouts. Brandon Girton, in his final game of 2022 in relief, was gifted a sixth-inning walk by Molina, and Iowa couldn’t limit the damage as Texas rallied for four runs in the sixth as Texas led 5-1.
Big 12 Championship
The 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship will be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, May 24-28. Visit for information on availability and tickets Big12Sports.com.
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