Texas Tech baseball returns home Tuesday to face New Mexico with Connor Shouse swinging a hot bat and the Red Raiders chasing another statement win.
Texas Tech baseball heads back to Dan Law Field on Tuesday with momentum, confidence, and one of the most dangerous lineups in the country.
The Red Raiders host New Mexico in a 2 p.m. matchup after taking a road series from Arizona, and the timing couldn’t be better as Texas Tech tries to keep its offense rolling before a big weekend trip to TCU.
The biggest storyline for Texas Tech baseball right now is simple: the bats haven’t cooled off.
The Red Raiders are hitting .364 as a team and averaging 11.0 runs per game, numbers that place them among the national leaders in offense.
They’ve scored at least six runs in 20 straight games, turning nearly every contest into a pressure test for opposing pitching staffs.
Connor Shouse has become one of the clearest leaders behind that production. The Texas Tech infielder enters the week batting .390 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs, and he’s coming off a massive stretch in which he piled up 10 hits in four games.
His late-game power and run production helped swing last week in Tech’s favor, and his emergence has added even more thump to a lineup that already punishes mistakes.
At home, the Red Raiders have been even more explosive.
They’re 12-2 in Lubbock and have slugged their way to a .400 batting average at Rip Griffin Park. Caden Ferraro is hitting .488 at home, Jesse Rusinek sits at .476, Linkin Garcia is at .444, and Logan Hughes is batting .412, giving Tech production throughout the order instead of from just one or two stars.
Freshman right-hander Adam Hays is expected to get the ball after a solid first career start last week.
If he can give Texas Tech a steady opening on the mound, the offense should have another chance to take over. Against a New Mexico team that can score, expect plenty of action again.
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