2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

The 2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders played their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas and competed as members of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by eleventh-year head coach Tim Tadlock.

Previous season The 2022 team finished the regular season 36–18, 15–9 in Big 12 play, finishing fourth in the conference. The team went 1–2 in the Big 12 tournament, defeating Kansas State in game 1, losing to Oklahoma in game 2 and were eliminated by Kansas State in game 3. The Red Raiders were invited to the Statesboro Regional, going 2–2. The team was defeated by Notre Dame in game 1, before defeating UNC Greensboro and host Georgia Southern in the next two games. The Red Raiders would be eliminated from the tournament in game 4, losing 1–2 against Notre Dame. The 2022 team finished the season with an overall record of 39–22.

Players drafted into the MLB

1 12 Jace Jung 2B Detroit Tigers 4 114 Andrew Morris P Minnesota Twins 5 143 Brandon Birdsell P Chicago Cubs 6 190 Chase Hampton P New York Yankees

Preseason

Big 12 media poll The Big 12's preseason poll was released on January 26. Big 12 media poll 1 TCU 61 (5) 2 Oklahoma State 59 (4) 3 Texas Tech 48 4 Texas 43 5 Oklahoma 38 6 West Virginia 28 7 Kansas State 17 8 Kansas 16 9 Baylor 14

Personnel

Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atTexas Tech Alma mater Tim Tadlock Head coach 11 Texas Tech University (1992) Matt Gardner Assistant Coach 11 Oklahoma State University (2008) J-Bob Thomas Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator 11 Abilene Christian University (2005) Ray Hayward Special Assistant / Pitching Coach 11 University of Oklahoma (1983) Eric Gutierrez Volunteer Assistant Coach 5 Texas Tech University (2016)

Roster 2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders Baseball Roster Pitchers 11 Andrew Devine (RHP) – junior (5'10, 170) 16 Hayde Kay (RHP) – junior (6'0, 205) 21 Mason Molina (LHP) – sophomore (6'2, 215) 25 Owen Washburn (RHP) – sophomore (6'1, 200) 28 Taber Fast (LHP) – freshman (6'1, 205) 30 Bo Blessie (RHP) – senior (6'3, 200) 31 Damien Bravo (RHP) – freshman (6'2, 195) 32 Trendan Parish (RHP) – sophomore (6'0, 175) 34 Zane Petty (RHP) – freshman (6'1, 165) 35 Garrett Crowley (LHP) – senior (6'4, 215) 36 Dax Dathe (RHP) – junior (6'3, 210) 38 Jacob Rogers (RHP) – freshman (6'2, 200) 39 Jase Lopez (RHP) – junior (6'0, 195) 40 Brendan Girton (RHP) – sophomore (6'2, 220) 42 Kyle Robinson (RHP) – sophomore (6'6, 210) 43 Brendan Lysik (LHP) – sophomore (6'5, 225) 44 Brandon Beckel (RHP) – junior (6'4, 225) 45 Derek Bridges (LHP) – junior (6'1, 230) 46 Ryan Free (LHP) – junior (6'2, 190) 47 Ethan Coombes (RHP) – senior (6'2, 200) 51 Zach Erdman (LHP) – freshman (6'2, 185) 52 Josh Sanders (RHP) – junior (6'3, 180) 53 Nolan Foster (RHP) – freshman (6'3, 175) 54 Jack Livingstone (RHP) – freshman (6'3, 195) Catchers  4 Kevin Bazzell – freshman (6'1, 205)  5 Hudson White – sophomore (6'1, 200) 26 Dylan Maxcey – freshman (5'9, 165)

Infielders  3 Tracer Lopez – freshman (5'10, 155)  4 Kevin Bazzell – freshman (6'1, 205)  5 Hudson White – sophomore (6'1, 200)  8 Cade McGarrh – freshman (6'3, 160)  9 Zac Vooletich – senior (5'10, 190) 10 Ty Coleman – senior (5'9, 195) 13 Gavin Kash – sophomore (6'3, 210) 15 Will Burns – freshman (6'2, 180) 20 Austin Green – junior (6'0, 195) 33 Ryan Brome – sophomore (6'1, 220) 50 Drew Woodcox – junior (6'0, 205)

Outfielders  1 Dillon Carter – junior (6'1, 215)  2 Gage Harrelson – freshman (6'3, 175)  7 Jeric Curtis – freshman (6'0, 170)  9 Zac Vooletich – senior (5'10, 190) 10 Ty Coleman – senior (5'9, 195) 20 Austin Green – junior (6'0, 195) 25 Owen Washburn – sophomore (6'1, 200) 33 Ryan Brome – sophomore (6'1, 220) 41 Nolan Hester – senior (5'10, 185) 50 Drew Woodcox – junior (6'0, 205) 

Schedule 2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball game log: 29–13Regular season: 29–13February: 9–0 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref February 17 1:00 p.m. * No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W8–4 Girton(1–0) Haas(0–1) — 3,744 1–0 — February 18 2:00 p.m. Gonzaga* No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W10–3 Molina(1–0) Deschryver(0–1) — 4,010 2–0 — February 19 1:00 p.m. Gonzaga* No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W12–3 Blessie(1–0) Mullan(0–1) — 4,409 3–0 — February 20 11:00 a.m. Gonzaga* No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W9–8 Bravo(1–0) McGee(0–1) — 3,514 4–0 — February 24 1:00 p.m. * No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W11–3 Girton(2–0) Sampson(0–1) — 3,148 5–0 — February 25 12:00 p.m. Western Illinois* No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W24–9 Beckel(1–0) Armstrong(1–1) — 3,989 6–0 — February 25 4:15 p.m. Western Illinois* No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W6–5 Parish(1–0) Herrmann(0–1) — 3,989 7–0 — February 26 1:00 p.m. Western Illinois* No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W14–8 Devine(1–0) Harrington(0–1) — 3,732 8–0 — February 28 6:30 p.m. * No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W9–4 Erdman(1–0) Sansing(0–1) — 3,941 9–0 — March: 10–8 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref March 1 2:00 p.m. * No. 24 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W18–5 Rogers(1–0) Shuger(0–1) — 3,227 10–0 — Shriner's Children's College Classic March 3 11:00 a.m. vs. * No. 24 Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX L2–3 Long(1–0) Devine(0–1) — 10–1 — March 4 11:00 a.m. vs. Michigan* No. 24 Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX W10–7 Molina(2–0) Allen(1–1) Lopez(1) 11–1 — March 5 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 15 * No. 24 Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX L2–4 Aschenbeck(2–0) Rogers(1–1) Lamkin(1) 9,534 11–2 — March 7 2:00 p.m. * Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W6–3 Lopez(1–0) Bannister(0–1) Devine(1) 3,438 12–2 — March 10 6:30 p.m. No. 23 Iowa* Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W17–5 Free(1–0) Langenberg(1–2) — 3,807 13–2 — March 11 2:00 p.m. No. 23 Iowa* Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W8–3 Beckel(2–0) Brecht(1–1) Parish(1) 4,142 14–2 — March 12 1:00 p.m. No. 23 Iowa* Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX L9–10 Obermueller(1–0) Free(1–1) — 3,935 14–3 — March 14 6:30 p.m. * No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W10–1 Petty(1–0) Lucas(0–1) — 3,751 15–3 — March 15 2:00 p.m. UT Arlington* No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W14–7 Sanders(1–0) Hackett(0–1) — 3,878 16–3 — March 17 6:30 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma State No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W8–7 Free(2–1) McLean(0–1) — 3,713 17–3 1–0 March 18 2:00 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma State No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX L4–9 Abram(3–0) Molina(2–1) — 4,021 17–4 1–1 March 19 2:00 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma State No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W12–1 Beckel(3–0) Watts-Brown(2–1) — 3,746 18–4 2–1 March 24 7:00 p.m. at Texas No. 14 UFCU Disch–Falk FieldAustin, TX L2–6 Morehouse(3–0) Free(2–2) — 6,654 18–5 2–2 March 25 2:30 p.m. at Texas No. 14 UFCU Disch–Falk FieldAustin, TX L5–6 Morehouse(4–0) Devine(1–2) — 7,123 18–6 2–3 March 26 2:30 p.m. at Texas No. 14 UFCU Disch–Falk FieldAustin, TX L8–9 Whitehead(2–0) Lysik(0–1) — 6,744 18–7 2–4 March 28 3:00 p.m. at New Mexico* No. 22 Santa Ana Star FieldAlbuquerque, NM L10–11 McBroom(1–0) Free(2–3) — 643 18–8 — March 31 6:30 p.m. TCU No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W20–16 Coombes(1–0) Abeldt(1–2) Beckel(1) 4,411 19–8 3–4 April: 11–7 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref April 1 2:00 p.m. TCU No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX L7–10 Klecker(5–2) Molina(2–2) Wright(1) 4,432 19–9 3–5 April 2 2:00 p.m. TCU No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W10–5 Free(3–3) Brown(2–1) Beckel(2) 4,432 20–9 4–5 April 4 6:30 p.m. * No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX Postponed to May 9 April 6 6:30 p.m. North Dakota State* No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX Postponed to April 8 April 7 6:30 p.m. North Dakota State* No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX L1–8 Feeney(3–3) Girton(2–1) Riedinger(3) 3,685 20–10 — April 8 2:00 p.m. North Dakota State* No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W8–5 Molina(3–2) Roehrich(2–5) Free(1) 4,432 21–10 — April 8 5:45 p.m. North Dakota State* No. 22 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W8–3 Parish(2–0) Jacobs(0–4) Robinson(1) 4,432 22–10 — April 10 8:00 p.m. at No. 8 Stanford* No. 21 Klein FieldStanford, CA L4–6 Meier(2–0) Devine(1–3) Bruno(3) 2,062 22–11 — April 11 4:00 p.m. at No. 8 Stanford* No. 21 Klein FieldStanford, CA W11–2 Beckel(4–0) Montgomery(1–1) — 1,406 23–11 — April 14 6:30 p.m. at Oklahoma No. 21 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball ParkNorman, OK W13–7 Beckel(5–0) Weber(0–2) — 2,577 24–11 5–5 April 15 4:00 p.m. at Oklahoma No. 21 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball ParkNorman, OK W9–5 Free(4–3) Douthit(4–2) — 3,074 25–11 6–5 April 16 2:00 p.m. at Oklahoma No. 21 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball ParkNorman, OK L2–12 Carmichael(2–0) Rogers(1–2) — 2,426 25–12 6–6 April 18 6:30 p.m. * No. 16 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W6–1 Fast(1–0) Young(0–2) — 4,196 26–12 — April 19 2:00 p.m. Grand Canyon* No. 16 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W11–6 Petty(2–0) Ohl(2–1) — 3,309 27–12 — April 21 6:30 p.m. No. 16 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W10–1 Molina(4–2) Helton(0–5) — 4,432 28–12 7–6 April 22 12:00 p.m. Baylor No. 16 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W14–9 Free(5–3) Needham(0–1) — 4,432 29–12 8–6 April 22 3:50 p.m. Baylor No. 16 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX L4–6 Golomb(2–3) Robinson(0–1) Craig(2) 3,966 29–13 8–7 April 25 6:30 p.m. Abilene Christian* No. 14 Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX Postponed in bottom of 4th inning, resumed on May 9 April 28 6:00 p.m. at No. 14 Frank Myers FieldManhattan, KS L2–3 Ruhl(3–3) Free(5–4) Neighbors(8) 1,826 29–14 8–8 April 29 4:00 p.m. at Kansas State No. 14 Frank Myers FieldManhattan, KS W5–2 Parish(3–0) Fajardo(2–2) Robinson(2) 2,344 30–14 9–8 April 30 1:00 p.m. at Kansas State No. 14 Frank Myers FieldManhattan, KS L8–10 Neighbors(4–1) Girton(2–2) — 2,344 30–15 9–9 May: 7–4 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref May 5 6:30 p.m. * Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W12–10 Bridges(1–0) Davis(3–4) Beckel(3) 3,958 31–15 — May 6 2:00 p.m. Sam Houston State* Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX L3–9 Beard(6–3) Parish(3–1) — 4,154 31–16 — May 7 1:00 p.m. Sam Houston State* Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W10–8 Sanders(2–0) Coldiron(2–3) Beckel(4) 4,261 32–16 — May 9 4:00 p.m. Abilene Christian* Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W15–11 Coombes(2–0) Smith(2–2) — 3,424 33–16 — May 9 7:00 p.m. * Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W13–3 Rogers(2–2) Boggan(3–2) — 4,004 34–16 — May 12 3:00 p.m. No. 12 West Virginia Monongalia County BallparkMorgantown, WV W5–2 Coombes(3–0) Hampton(5–2) Beckel(5) 2,991 35–16 10–9 May 13 3:00 p.m. No. 12 West Virginia Monongalia County BallparkMorgantown, WV L2–17 Traxel(7–4) Parish(3–2) – 3,227 35–17 10–10 May 14 12:00 p.m. No. 12 West Virginia Monongalia County BallparkMorgantown, WV L3–5 Hagaman(1–1) Sanders(2–1) Reed(7) 3,312 35–18 10–11 May 18 6:30 p.m. Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX L1–3 Trumper(4–5) Beckel(5–1) – 3,403 35–19 10–12 May 19 6:30 p.m. Kansas Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W8–7 Robinson(1–1) Hewlett(0–5) – 3,678 36–19 11–12 May 20 2:00 p.m. Kansas Dan Law FieldLubbock, TX W15–1 Petty(3–0) Brasosky(1–2) – 3,976 37–19 12–12 Post–season: 0–0 : 0–0 Date Time Opponent Seed/Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall B12T Ref May 24 7:30 p.m. vs. (3) No. 21 West Virginia (6) Globe Life FieldArlington, TX Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = CanceledBold = 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.

Rankings

References

External links 2023 Baseball schedule 2023 Baseball roster