2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team explained

Year:	2024
Team:	Texas Tech Red Raiders
Sport:	baseball
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Record:	33–26
Conf Record:	12–18
Head Coach:	Tim Tadlock
Hc Year:	12th
Asst Coach1:	J-Bob Thomas
Ac1 Year:	12th
Asst Coach2:	Matt Gardner
Ac2 Year:	11th
Asst Coach3:	Eric Gutierrez
Ac3 Year:	6th
Pitch Coach:	Ray Hayward
Pc Year:	12th
Stadium:	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park

The 2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders played their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas and compete as members of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by twelfth-year head coach Tim Tadlock. For the first time since 2015, the Red Raiders failed to qualify for an NCAA regional.^[1]

On February 23, in the series opener against Texas Southern, the Red Raiders scored 32 runs to break the program record for most runs in a single game.^[2]

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12 preseason poll was released on January 25. The Red Raiders were predicted to finish fourth in the conference.^[3]

Big 12 media poll
1	TCU	143 (11)
2	Texas	131 (2)
3	Oklahoma State	119
4	Texas Tech	107
5	Kansas State	98
6	Oklahoma	85
	West Virginia	85
8	Kansas	67
9	Houston	56
10	UCF	45
11	Baylor	36
12	BYU	21
	Cincinnati	21

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Texas Tech	Alma Mater
	Head coach	12	Texas Tech University (1992)
J-Bob Thomas	Assistant coach / Recruiting coordinator	12	Abilene Christian University (2005)
	Special assistant / Pitching coach	12	University of Oklahoma (1983)
Matt Gardner	Assistant coach	11	Oklahoma State University (2008)
	Director of operations	6	Texas Tech University (2016)

Roster

2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball roster
	Pitchers  8 Hudson Parker (RHP) – junior (6'0, 200) 12 Cade McGee (RHP) – junior (6'1, 195) 17 Parker Hutyra (RHP) – freshman (6'4, 195) 18 Isaiah Rhodes (RHP) – senior (6'2, 173) 19 Joe Sockwell (RHP) – freshman (6'2, 190) 25 Owen Washburn (RHP) – junior (6'1, 200) 28 Taber Fast (LHP) – sophomore (6'1, 205) 29 Carson Priebe (RHP) – freshman (6'5, 225) 30 Cole Kaase (RHP) – freshman (6'3, 225) 31 Damian Bravo (RHP) – sophomore (6'2, 195) 32 Trendan Parish (RHP) – junior (6'0, 175) 33 Chanlder Coe (RHP) – freshman (6'6, 265) 34 Zane Petty (RHP) – sophomore (6'1, 165) 37 Carson Baugh (LHP) – junior (6'1, 175) 38 Jacob Rogers (RHP) – sophomore (6'2, 200) 41 Brady Trombello (RHP) – freshman (6'2, 180) 42 Kyle Robinson (RHP) – junior (6'6, 210) 43 Brendan Lysik (LHP) – junior (6'5, 225) 44 Hudson Luce (LHP) – senior (6'7, 210) 45 Derek Bridges (LHP) – senior (6'1, 230) 46 Ryan Free (LHP) – senior (6'2, 190) 48 Mac Heuer (RHP) – freshman (6'5, 265) 51 Zach Erdman (LHP) – sophomore (6'2, 185) 52 Josh Sanders (RHP) – senior (6'3, 180) 54 Max Huffling (LHP) – senior (6'9, 255) 56 Jack Washburn (RHP) – junior (6'2, 215)		Catchers  4 Kevin Bazzell – sophomore (6'1, 205)  8 Hudson Parker – junior (6'0, 200) 11 Davis Rivers – freshman (6'0, 195) 26 Dylan Maxcey – sophomore (5'9, 165) 35 Solen Munson – freshman (6'1, 200) Infielders  3 Tracer Lopez – sophomore (5'10, 155)  4 Kevin Bazzell – sophomore (6'1, 205)  5 T. J. Pompey – freshman (6'4, 200)  7 Garet Boehm – freshman (6'3, 215) 11 Davis Rivers – freshman (6'0, 195) 12 Cade McGee – junior (6'1, 195) 13 Gavin Kash – junior (6'3, 210) 14 Travis Sanders – freshman (6'1, 185) 15 Will Burns – sophomore (6'2, 180) 16 Landon Stripling – freshman (6'0, 200) 20 Austin Green – senior (6'0, 195) 50 Drew Woodcox – senior (6'0, 205) Outfielders  2 Gage Harrelson – sophomore (6'3, 175) 20 Austin Green – senior (6'0, 195) 25 Owen Washburn – junior (6'1, 200) 50 Drew Woodcox – senior (6'0, 205)

Schedule

2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball game log: 33–26
Regular season: 31–24
February: 6–2 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref Shriner's Children's College Showdown February 16 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 9 Tennessee* No. 21 L 2–6 Causey (1–0) Robinson (0–1) — 10,992 0–1 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/2/17/baseball-no-21-tech-falls-6-2-to-no-9-tennessee-in-season-opener February 17 3:00 p.m. vs. * No. 21 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 6–3 Free (1–0) McConnaughey (0–1) Hutyra (1) N/A 1–1 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/2/17/baseball-9th-inning-rally-pushes-no-21-tech-to-6-3-win-vs-neb February 18 3:00 p.m. vs. * No. 21 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 11–7 Sanders (1–0) Spoljaric (0–1) Huffling (1) N/A 2–1 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/2/18/baseball-no-21-tech-drops-oregon-11-7 February 20 6:00 p.m. vs. * No. 19 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 13–1 Trombello (1–0) Wallace (0–2) — 1,094 3–1 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/2/20/baseball-no-19-tech-rolls-past-uta-13-1 February 21 12:00 p.m. vs. No. 7 Oregon State* No. 19 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX L 4–10 Lawson (1–0) Rogers (0–1) — 1,296 3–2 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/2/21/baseball-no-19-tech-falls-to-no-7-osu-10-4 February 23 2:00 p.m. No. 19 W 32–5 Robinson (1–1) Marquez (0–1) — 4,113 4–2 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/2/23/baseball-no-19-tech-sets-school-record-drops-texas-southern-32-5 February 24 2:00 p.m. Texas Southern* No. 19 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 20–4 Free (2–0) Martinez (0–1) — 4,432 5–2 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/2/24/baseball-no-19-tech-uses-10-run-fourth-to-down-texas-southern-20-4 February 25 1:00 p.m. Texas Southern* No. 19 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 16–5 Washburn (1–0) Castro (0–1) — 3,952 6–2 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/2/25/baseball-no-19-tech-closes-weekend-sweep-with-16-5-victory
March: 13–7 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref March 1 6:30 p.m. No. 18 W 10–7 Robinson (2–1) Brogdon (0–3) Free (1) 4,308 7–2 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/2/baseball-bats-free-and-robinson-lead-no-18-tech-to-10-7-win-over-gwu March 2 2:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb* No. 18 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 29–3 Heuer (1–0) Ciminiello (0–1) — 4,432 8–2 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/2/baseball-kash-harrelson-push-no-18-tech-to-29-3-win-over-gwu March 3 2:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb* No. 18 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 9–5 Parish (1–0) Pressley (0–1) — 3,875 9–2 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/3/baseball-no-18-tech-drops-gardner-webb-9-5-to-earn-sweep March 5 3:00 p.m. at * No. 17 W 11–8 Petty (1–0) Steinkamp (0–1) Parish (1) 545 10–2 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/5/baseball-late-surge-pushes-no-17-tech-past-unm-11-8 March 8 6:30 p.m. No. 17 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 8–22 Whitehead (1–0) Robinson (2–2) — 4,432 10–3 0–1 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/8/baseball-no-17-tech-drops-series-opener-to-no-24-ut March 9 2:00 p.m. No. 24 Texas No. 17 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 7–2 Heuer (2–0) Howard (2–1) — 4,432 11–3 1–1 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/9/baseball-no-17-tech-responds-downs-no-24-texas-7-2-saturday March 10 2:00 p.m. No. 24 Texas No. 17 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 7–9 Tumis (2–0) Parish (1–1) Boehm (2) 4,432 11–4 1–2 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/10/baseball-no-17-tech-drops-series-finale-to-no-24-ut-9-7 March 12 6:30 p.m. No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 13–7 Petty (2–0) Swenson (0–1) — 4,229 12–4 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/12/baseball-nine-run-fourth-petty-start-get-no-24-tech-past-nmsu-11-7 March 13 2:00 p.m. New Mexico State* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 9–7 Hutyra (1–0) Zwaschka (0–2) Parish (2) 4,024 13–4 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/13/baseball-no-24-tech-sweeps-nm-state-9-7 March 15 6:30 p.m. at No. 24 W 2–0 Robinson (3–2) Marriott (0–3) Sanders (1) 2,718 14–4 2–2 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/15/baseball-tech-throws-combined-four-hitter-downs-baylor-2-0 March 16 2:00 p.m. at Baylor No. 24 Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX L 1–5 Ruais (1–0) Heuer (2–1) — 2,234 14–5 2–3 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/17/no-24-tech-baseball-drops-series-to-baylor March 17 1:00 p.m. at Baylor No. 24 Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX L 2–7 Green (1–1) Washburn (1–1) — 2,460 14–6 2–4 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/17/no-24-tech-baseball-drops-series-to-baylor March 19 6:30 p.m. Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 9–4 Hutyra (2–0) De La Cruz (0–2) — 3,769 15–6 — https://texastech.com/sports/baseball/stats/2024/abilene-christian/boxscore/20578 March 21 6:30 p.m. Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 5–8 Hansen (3–2) Heuer (2–2) Cushing (5) 3,449 15–7 2–5 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/21/baseball-tech-drops-series-opener-to-byu-8-5 March 22 6:30 p.m. BYU Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 4–3 Free (3–0) Dahle (2–2) — 4,093 16–7 3–5 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/22/baseball-tech-walks-off-byu-4-3 March 23 2:00 p.m. BYU Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 10–1 Rogers (1–1) Clawson (0–4) — 4,306 17–7 4–5 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/23/baseball-tech-rolls-to-10-1-victory-to-clinch-series-from-byu March 26 12:35 p.m. Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 16–4 Parish (2–1) Wilson (0–1) — 3,258 18–7 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/26/baseball-tech-run-rules-sfa-16-4-tuesday-afternoon March 28 6:35 p.m. L 4–5 Kramer (4–0) Sanders (1–1) — 1,908 18–8 4–6 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/28/baseball-ech-drops-5-4-thursday-night-walk-off-heartbreaker-to-ucf March 29 5:00 p.m. at UCF John Euliano Park Orlando, FL L 1–2 Stagliano (1–1) Robinson (3–3) Centala (6) 2,106 18–9 4–7 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/29/baseball-tech-falls-2-1-to-ucf-friday March 30 12:00 p.m. at UCF John Euliano Park Orlando, FL W 3–2 Heuer (3–2) Hartley (2–2) Kaase (1) 2,024 19–9 5–7 https://texastech.com/news/2024/3/30/baseball-freshmen-quartet-powers-tech-past-ucf-3-2
April: 11–8 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref April 1 6:30 p.m. W 10–9 Hutyra (3–0) Thomas (0–1) — 3,537 20–9 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/2/baseball-heros-abound-as-tech-downs-stanford-on-wild-walk-off April 2 12:00 p.m. Stanford* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 15–12 Luce (1–0) Volchko (0–1) — 3,213 21–9 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/2/baseball-fast-start-propels-tech-to-series-sweep-of-stanford April 5 6:30 p.m. Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 12–9 Sanders (2–1) Benzor (1–1) — 4,006 22–9 6–7 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/6/baseball-tech-wins-fourth-straight-downs-houston-12-9 April 6 2:00 p.m. Houston Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 15–12 Hutyra (4–0) LaCalameto (2–2) — 4,432 23–9 7–7 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/6/baseball-tech-wins-fifth-straight-cliches-series-from-uh April 7 1:00 p.m. Houston Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 12–8 Sanders (3–1) Howard (2–1) — 3,922 24–9 8–7 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/7/baseball-tech-rides-12-8-victory-to-series-sweep-over-houston April 9 6:05 p.m. at * W 21–3 Luce (2–0) McGarrh (2–4) — 1,153 25–9 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/10/baseball-program-record-nine-hrs-push-tech-to-21-3-win-over-acu April 12 6:30 p.m. W 7–1 Free (4–0) Tolle (3–3) — 5,073 26–9 9–7 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/13/baseball-tech-rolls-to-7-1-friday-night-win-over-tcu April 13 4:00 p.m. at TCU Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 2–4 Abeldt (2–0) Robinson (3–4) Klecker (1) 5,236 26–10 9–8 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/13/baseball-tech-falls-4-2-saturday-to-tcu April 14 1:00 p.m. at TCU Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX L 3–4 Hampton (1–1) Heuer (3–3) Parker (1) 4,628 26–11 9–9 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/14/baseball-tech-drops-series-finale-at-tcu-4-3 April 16 7:00 p.m. at No. 2 Arkansas* L 8–9 Gaeckle (2–2) Hutyra (4–1) — 9,770 26–12 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/17/baseball-tech-drops-walk-off-heartbreaker-9-8-at-no-2-arkansas April 17 4:00 p.m. at No. 2 Arkansas* Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR L 4–5 Dossett (2–0) Bridges (0–1) Hewlett (3) 9,645 26–13 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/17/baseball-tech-drops-another-one-run-heartbreaker-at-no-2-arkansas April 19 6:30 p.m. No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 15–2 Free 5–0 Major (3–3) — 4,136 27–13 10–9 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/19/baseball-tech-rolls-no-22-wvu-15-2-friday April 20 2:00 p.m. No. 22 West Virginia Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX Postponed to April 21^[4] April 21 1:05 p.m. No. 22 West Virginia Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 6–4 Heuer (4–3) Clark (4–1) Sanders (2) 4,432 28–13 11–9 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/21/baseball-tech-sweeps-twin-bill-weekend-series-over-no-22-wvu April 21 4:40 p.m. No. 22 West Virginia Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 3–1 Robinson (4–4) Switalski (1–2) Rogers (1) 4,432 29–13 12–9 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/21/baseball-tech-sweeps-twin-bill-weekend-series-over-no-22-wvu April 23 2:00 p.m. Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 3–17 Steinkamp (2–1) Luce (2–1) — 3,691 29–14 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/23/baseball-tech-drops-tuesday-contest-to-unm April 26 6:00 p.m. at L 3–4 Cranton (3–2) Hutyra (4–2) — 826 29–15 12–10 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/26/baseball-tech-falls-4-3-friday-to-ku April 27 2:00 p.m. at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS L 2–11 Voegele (6–2) Robinson (4–5) — 884 29–16 12–11 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/27/baseball-tech-drops-saturday-game-at-ku April 28 1:00 p.m. at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS L 3–7 Lanthier (3–0) Heuer (4–4) — 784 29–17 12–12 https://texastech.com/news/2024/4/28/baseball-tech-drops-sunday-finale-at-ku April 30 6:30 p.m. Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 11–6 Sanders (4–1) Davis (0–1) — 4,262 30–17 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/1/baseball-tadlock-earns-win-450-as-tech-drops-utrgv-11-6
May: 1–7 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref May 3 6:30 p.m. No. 22 L 0–8 Davis (6–3) Free (5–1) — 4,028 30–18 12–13 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/3/baseball-tech-drops-series-opener-to-no-22-ou May 4 2:00 p.m. No. 22 Oklahoma Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 5–7 Witherspoon (5–3) Robinson (4–6) — 3,937 30–19 12–14 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/4/baseball-late-comeback-comes-up-short-vs-no-22-ou May 5 2:00 p.m. No. 22 Oklahoma Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 7–8 Campbell (3–0) Heuer (4–5) Witherspoon (3) 3,782 30–20 12–15 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/5/baseball-late-rally-comes-up-short-in-8-7-loss-to-22-ou May 10 6:00 p.m. L 4–16 Garcia (5–3) Free (5–2) — 5,486 30–21 12–16 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/10/baseball-tech-drops-series-opener-to-no-19-osu May 11 6:00 p.m. at No. 19 Oklahoma State O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK L 3–9 Blake (4–0) Robinson (4–7) Cranz (2) 5,602 30–22 12–17 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/11/baseball-robinson-shines-in-setback-at-no-19-osu May 12 2:00 p.m. at No. 19 Oklahoma State O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK Canceled May 16 8:30 p.m. at Arizona State* L 5–21 Jacobs (7–2) Hutyra (4–3) — 2,363 30–23 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/16/baseball-tech-falls-thursday-at-arizona-state May 17 3:00 p.m. vs. * Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, AZ W 13–12 Washburn (2–1) Maloney (3–3) — N/A 31–23 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/18/baseball-tech-splits-pair-on-final-day-of-regular-season May 17 8:30 p.m. at Arizona State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, AZ L 11–17 Fitzpatrick (3–2) Lysik (0–1) — 2,876 31–24 — https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/18/baseball-tech-splits-pair-on-final-day-of-regular-season
Post–season: 2–2
2–2 Date Time Opponent Seed/Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall B12T Ref May 21 7:30 p.m. (10) W 6–4 Sanders (5–1) Duplantier II (2–1) — 8,349 32–24 1–0 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/22/baseball-mcgees-midnight-magic-powers-tech-past-ut-6-4 May 22 7:30 p.m. (10) Globe Life Field Arlington, TX L 2–7 Benge (3–1) Erdman (0–1) — 7,110 32–25 1–1 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/23/baseball-kashs-41st-bomb-not-enough-in-7-2-loss-to-no-19-osu May 23 4:00 p.m. vs. (5) (10) Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 10–5 Free (6–2) Conte (2–1) — N/A 33–25 2–1 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/23/baseball-free-early-offense-powers-tech-to-10-5-win May 24 4:00 p.m. vs. (2) No. 19 Oklahoma State (10) Globe Life Field Arlington, TX L 0–4 Garcia (7–3) Parish (2–2) — N/A 33–26 2–2 https://texastech.com/news/2024/5/24/baseball-parish-throws-gem-as-tech-bows-out-of-big-12s
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled Bold = Texas Tech team member

• indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest. All times are in central time.

External links

• 2024 baseball schedule

Notes and References

1. News: . Giese . Nathan . Gavin Kash, Texas Tech baseball players headed to transfer portal . June 3, 2024 . June 4, 2024.
2. News: . Leuzzi . John . Most runs in college baseball game: Texas Tech scored 32 vs. Texas Southern . February 23, 2024 . February 29, 2024.
3. Web site: Big 12 Conference . TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Preseason Poll . January 25, 2024 . February 26, 2024.
4. Web site: . Soliz . Brandon . Game two between Texas Tech and West Virginia postponed . April 20, 2024 . April 21, 2024.