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The Texas Tech baseball team is entering the final week of the season unless the Red Raiders win the Big 12 tournament. That quest starts Wednesday, May 21, with Tech facing Cincinnati in a first-round game at Globe Life Field in Arlington.
Cincinnati (31-23) is the No. 8 seed, Tech (20-32) the No. 9 seed in the 12-team, single-elimination bracket.
The Red Raiders will have to win four games to capture the Big 12's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. Sounds simple enough, but the last time Tech won more than three games in a row was from March 30 to April 12, 2024, when they won eight straight. The Red Raiders have played 76 games since with only three, three-game win streaks.
Cincinnati took two of three from Tech in the regular-season series April 4-6 in Lubbock. Though their record doesn't jump off the page, the Bearcats' No. 25 strength of schedule and No. 34 RPI positions them to earn an NCAA tournament invitation for the first time since 2019 and only the second time since 1974.
More: NCAA baseball tournament bracket predictions: National seeds, regional host projections, bubble watch
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Cincinnati third baseman Kerrington Cross is batting a Big 12-best .414 with 12 home runs and a team-high 49 runs batted in. He also leads the conference in on-base percentage (.538), on-base-plus slugging (1.219) and ranks third in hits (79), runs (61) and slugging percentage (.681).
Right fielder Landyn Vidourek (.299-14-47) is the Big 12 stolen-bases leader with 37, tied for 12th in NCAA Division I. Catcher Jack Natili (.328-8-47) had three hits, including a homer, and 4 RBI during the series in Lubbock.
Tech left fielder Logan Hughes (.333-19-58) leads the Big 12 in home runs and slugging percentage (.710) and ranks fourth in RBI. Right fielder Damian Bravo (.336-13-51) has homered four times in the past six games, and first baseman Robin Villeneuve (.362-11-47) had a three-home-run game last week against Abilene Christian in the home finale.
Bravo sits seventh in the conference in hits with a team-leading 74, and Villeneuve's seventh in the Big 12 in batting average.
Both teams plan to go with their usual starting pitchers in Friday-night series openers, Nathan Taylor (5-2, 3.65) for Cincinnati against Mac Heuer (2-3, 6.18) for Texas Tech. It's a rematch of the April 4 game at Dan Law Field/Rip Griffin Park that Cincinnati won 8-7 in 12 innings.
When: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington
Records: Texas Tech 20-32, Cincinnati 31-23
Starting pitchers: Texas Tech RHP Mac Heuer (2-3, 6.18 ERA) vs. Cincinnati RHP Nathan Taylor (5-2, 3.65).
TV: ESPNU
Online streaming: ESPN+
Home games in ALL CAPS. Asterisks (*) denote Big 12 regular-season games. All times CDT. A "z" indicates must win previous round in Big 12 tournament to advance.
May 9: CENTRAL FLORIDA*, L 7-3
May 10: CENTRAL FLORIDA*, W 3-2 (11 innings)
May 11: CENTRAL FLORIDA*, L 15-6
May 13: ABILENE CHRISTIAN, W 16-4
May 15: at Brigham Young*, L 13-4
May 16: at Brigham Young*, L 6-5
May 17: at Brigham Young*, W 7-4
May 21-24: Big 12 tournament, Arlington
May 21: Cincinnati, 12:30 p.m.
x-May 22: West Virginia, 12:30 p.m.
x-May 23: Arizona State-BYU/Arizona winner, 4 p.m.
x-May 24: Championship game, 6 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech baseball vs. Cincinnati: Preview, how to watch
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Cincinnati (31-23) is the No. 8 seed, Tech (20-32) the No. 9 seed in the 12-team, single-elimination bracket.
The Red Raiders will have to win four games to capture the Big 12's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. Sounds simple enough, but the last time Tech won more than three games in a row was from March 30 to April 12, 2024, when they won eight straight. The Red Raiders have played 76 games since with only three, three-game win streaks.
Cincinnati took two of three from Tech in the regular-season series April 4-6 in Lubbock. Though their record doesn't jump off the page, the Bearcats' No. 25 strength of schedule and No. 34 RPI positions them to earn an NCAA tournament invitation for the first time since 2019 and only the second time since 1974.
More: NCAA baseball tournament bracket predictions: National seeds, regional host projections, bubble watch
More: Big 12 baseball final regular-season power rankings and look ahead to NCAA regionals
Cincinnati third baseman Kerrington Cross is batting a Big 12-best .414 with 12 home runs and a team-high 49 runs batted in. He also leads the conference in on-base percentage (.538), on-base-plus slugging (1.219) and ranks third in hits (79), runs (61) and slugging percentage (.681).
Right fielder Landyn Vidourek (.299-14-47) is the Big 12 stolen-bases leader with 37, tied for 12th in NCAA Division I. Catcher Jack Natili (.328-8-47) had three hits, including a homer, and 4 RBI during the series in Lubbock.
Tech left fielder Logan Hughes (.333-19-58) leads the Big 12 in home runs and slugging percentage (.710) and ranks fourth in RBI. Right fielder Damian Bravo (.336-13-51) has homered four times in the past six games, and first baseman Robin Villeneuve (.362-11-47) had a three-home-run game last week against Abilene Christian in the home finale.
Bravo sits seventh in the conference in hits with a team-leading 74, and Villeneuve's seventh in the Big 12 in batting average.
Both teams plan to go with their usual starting pitchers in Friday-night series openers, Nathan Taylor (5-2, 3.65) for Cincinnati against Mac Heuer (2-3, 6.18) for Texas Tech. It's a rematch of the April 4 game at Dan Law Field/Rip Griffin Park that Cincinnati won 8-7 in 12 innings.
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When: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington
Records: Texas Tech 20-32, Cincinnati 31-23
Starting pitchers: Texas Tech RHP Mac Heuer (2-3, 6.18 ERA) vs. Cincinnati RHP Nathan Taylor (5-2, 3.65).
TV: ESPNU
Online streaming: ESPN+
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Home games in ALL CAPS. Asterisks (*) denote Big 12 regular-season games. All times CDT. A "z" indicates must win previous round in Big 12 tournament to advance.
May 9: CENTRAL FLORIDA*, L 7-3
May 10: CENTRAL FLORIDA*, W 3-2 (11 innings)
May 11: CENTRAL FLORIDA*, L 15-6
May 13: ABILENE CHRISTIAN, W 16-4
May 15: at Brigham Young*, L 13-4
May 16: at Brigham Young*, L 6-5
May 17: at Brigham Young*, W 7-4
May 21-24: Big 12 tournament, Arlington
May 21: Cincinnati, 12:30 p.m.
x-May 22: West Virginia, 12:30 p.m.
x-May 23: Arizona State-BYU/Arizona winner, 4 p.m.
x-May 24: Championship game, 6 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech baseball vs. Cincinnati: Preview, how to watch
Continue reading...
