Texas Tech Baseball Hits the Road for Series Against Kansas State

MANHATTAN, KS — Winners of five of their last seven games, Texas Tech baseball continues Big 12 play this weekend with a three-game road series at Kansas State. First pitch in Friday’s opener at Tointon Family Stadium is set for 6 p.m.

The series features two of the conference’s top four teams. Texas Tech (8-13, 4-2 Big 12) is coming off a 10-7 comeback win over Tarleton State on Tuesday, while Kansas State (15-8, 5-1) enters the weekend on a hot streak of its own.

Weekend Schedule:

• Friday, March 28 (6 p.m.): Texas Tech RHP Mac Heuer (1-2, 5.18 ERA) vs. Kansas State LHP Jacob Frost (0-0, 4.44 ERA)

• Saturday, March 29 (4 p.m.): Texas Tech RHP Tyler Boudreau (1-0, 6.75 ERA) vs. Kansas State LHP Michael Quevedo (4-0, 4.13 ERA)

• Sunday, March 30 (1 p.m.): Texas Tech RHP Zane Petty (0-1, 4.22 ERA) vs. Kansas State LHP Lincoln Sheffield (4-2, 4.46 ERA)

Freshman and sophomore players were the driving force behind Tuesday’s win over Tarleton. Trailing 7-1 entering the bottom of the fifth, the Red Raiders mounted their largest comeback of the season behind contributions from underclassmen.

Garet Boehm launched a 415-foot leadoff homer to ignite a four-run fifth inning. Freshman Kendyl Johnson and sophomore Coleman Ryan each delivered RBI singles, while Tech added two sac-flies from Logan Hughes and Robin Villeneuve. Davis Rivers tied the game in the seventh with a two-run single before Johnson’s two-out triple gave Tech the lead for good. Ryan followed with another RBI to push the lead to 10-7.

Freshman Will Jordan earned his first career win after two scoreless innings of relief, and junior Jonny Lowe closed it out with two scoreless innings for his first save. Eight of Tech’s 10 runs were driven in by underclassmen, and all four multi-hit performances came from freshmen and sophomores.

Texas Tech snapped a 17-game road losing streak with last weekend’s sweep at Houston, its first road series win since April 2023. The Red Raiders led for 24 of 26 innings in the series, including wire-to-wire wins on Saturday and Sunday.

This weekend's series in Manhattan is part of a grueling early-season schedule that has already seen Texas Tech play in four states and all four U.S. time zones. The Red Raiders opened the season in North Carolina before trips to Las Vegas, Arizona and Houston.

Tech will continue its stretch of road-heavy play next week when it travels to Frisco to face Oklahoma in a neutral-site midweek contest before returning home for a weekend series against Cincinnati.