Arizona State beats Texas Tech baseball again, Red Raiders split Friday games
The Texas Tech baseball team closed the regular season by splitting its final two games in Arizona, topping UNLV 13-12 and suffering a 17-11 loss to Arizona State on Friday.
The Red Raiders (31-24) snapped their six-game winning streak but head into next week's Big 12 Tournament losers in 11 of their last 13 contests.
In the first game of the day, the Red Raiders held a 12-4 lead through six innings before the Rebels plated eight runs over the final three innings. In the ninth, Tracer Lopez scored the game-winning run on a walk-off error by UNLV.
Gage Harrelson and Drew Woodcox joined Pompey with three hits apiece for the Red Raiders. Pompey hit a home run and a double. Owen Washburn, Woodcox, Will Burns and Cade McGee also hit home runs. Woodcox and McGee each had three RBI.
Kyle Robinson went just one inning in the start for Texas Tech, allowing one hit, walking two and striking out one. Jack Washburn got the win in relief.
Including his 2-for-3 performance on Thursday night, Pompey was 5-for-9 in his first two games in Tempe. This comes after a stretch where the freshman infielder had two total hits in his previous 14 games combined.
Pompey was unable to replicate the hitting in the nightcap, going hitless in his four plate appearances against Arizona State. Woodcox, meanwhile, hit another home run and drove in five of Tech's 11 runs. McGee plated three runs of his own and Gavin Kash hit a three-run home run.
Texas Tech led the Sun Devils 9-3 heading into the bottom of the fourth. Arizona State responded with a three-run bottom of the fourth and broke the game open with a seven-run sixth inning, adding three more runs over the final two innings.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech baseball splits Friday games to close regular season
