Texas Tech baseball coach Tim Tadlock replaces Lucas Pilco
Lukas Pirko made an injury-related exit early in his final start. Tyler Bodlow will replace him in the Texas tech baseball rotation.
Robin Villeneuve and Logan Hughes each hit two home runs, while Jack Sebert calmed down Slugfest as the visiting Texas technology baseball team defeated Houston 13-8 on Saturday night to win the first two games of the Big 12 Series.
Texas Tech (5-11, 2-0 for the Big 12) led 11-2 after three innings. Houston (11-6, 0-2) rebutted in the fourth, six-running fourth, chasing Tech’s starting pitcher, Tyler Boudreau. Malachi Lotto greeted bailer Jorden Espinoza with a two-run homer, then narrowed the gap to 11-8 before becoming Sebert (1-2).
The two teams will complete the series in the game at 1pm on Sunday at Schroeder Park.
Here are three important developments:
Finally winning streak
Texas Tech won its first consecutive game last season when the Red Raiders swept the home big 12 series against West Virginia. The sweep seemed important as the climbers were tied to the Big 12 lead that entered the week. Instead, 33 more games unfolded before the Red Raiders won two in a row again.
Jack Sebert looked like a tonic in the transfer portal
The senior right-hander was dialed in and gave the Red Raiders a season-high 5° scoreless relief innings with no walks and no eight strikeouts. He also offered seven groundouts and allowed only two balls from the infield.
The move from South Florida was Tech’s opening day starter in North Carolina, but dropped out of the weekend rotation after his second turn in the ERA at 10.80. On Saturday, he scored 17 outs on 73 pitches, bringing his ERA down to 4.80.
Four in the previous five games, Tech took at least five innings and allowed less than two runs from the starting pitcher. The Cougars raked up the Bodrows with seven innings acquired runs in three innings, but Sebert added to the recent increase in staff.
The Texas Tech Baseball lineup provided ample support
Damien Bravo, Villeneuve and Hughes hit 2-3-4, 2-3-4, earning three hits each, while Villeneuve and Hughes provided six of Tech’s 10 extra-bass hits.
Villeneuve drove five runs with two-run homer, two-run double and solo homer. Hughes tripled in the first innings, beating Homer with two runs in the third and shooting a solo shot in the ninth. The Red Raiders also scored a two-run double from Tracer Lopez and a two-time double from TJ Pompey.
