Texas Tech baseball season ends with Big 12 tournament loss to BYU
BYU blasted five home runs among 12 extra-base hits and sent the Texas Tech baseball team to a first-round loss in the Big 12 tournament.
The Texas Tech baseball team's season ended on Tuesday, May 19, with a first-round loss to Brigham Young at the Big 12 tournament in Surprise, Arizona. The last game looked like a lot of the others this season. The Red Raiders had plenty of offense.
Being painfully short on pitching, it didn't matter. BYU erased an early four-run deficit and run-ruled Tech 18-8 in seven innings at Surprise Stadium. The Cougars hit five home runs, two each by third baseman Easton Jones and catcher Ridge Erickson.
Leading 15-8 going to the home half of the seventh, the Cougars brought the run-rule to bear against Adam Hayes with Ryder Robinson's run-scoring triple and Jones' game-ending two-run homer. More: Logan Hughes, Connor Shouse lead Texas Tech baseball's All-Big 12 reps More: Texas Tech baseball coach Tim Tadlock: 'We can get it right again' No. 9 seed BYU (28-27) will play No.
8 seed Baylor (28-26) at 6:30 p. m. CDT Wednesday, May 20.