Texas Tech Preview
Lubbock: Ugly
Tech: Annoying
Chances of winning: As good as your chances of getting an STI having sex with a current Tech student
Texas Tech
28-17 (8-13 Big 12)
RPI 37
SOS 34
Non-Conf record: 20-4 (cupcakes much?) with an SOS of 100
Only 9-7 at home
2-10 versus RPI Top 25 (6-14 against the top 50) with 7 (!!) victories over RPI 200+ teams, which is pretty pathetic (you too, aggy)
Notable games: FSU L 9-8, split with TXST W 4-1 and L 8-1, swept by OU 14-0, 15-2 (5), 11-1, lost 2/3 to UCF and Baylor, swept by OKST 11-3 (6), 13-0 (5), 4-6. Also lost a non-conf game to UTEP and Charlotte. Had all 3 of their ISU games in Ames cancelled due to weather
Hit .313 as a team with 80 doubles and 55 HR (.303 in Big 12 play with 34 doubles and 25 HR)
46-53 SB (13-16 in Big 12 play)
.970 fielding (.968 in Big 12 play)
5.26 team ERA (7.92 in Big 12 play) - Wright (4.20 in 98.1 IP) and Kuehl (5.10 in 81 IP) are the two who see the most action, with the OU transfer Rains (6.51 in 52.2 IP) third-most used. Couple other pitchers under 30 IP, both ERAs north of 6
In Big 12 play, their primary pitcher has been Wright (5.58 ERA in 64 IP) and then a trio of lesser used pitchers in Kuehl (12.60 ERA in 21.2 IP), Blackledge (7.20 ERA in 23.1 IP) and Rains (12.69 ERA in 16 IP)
Of their 21 Big 12 games, Wright has started 10 of them and seen action in 14 with 6 complete games, Kuehl has 5 starts and 10 appearances and Blackledge and Rains each have 2 starts.
That pitching is horrendous. Texas should absolutely sweep this with 3 run-rule or near run-rule victories