The Kansas Jayhawks rank as the most improved baseball team in the Big 12 this year, and pitching is probably the main reason for that.
No. 1 and No. 2 starters Reece Dutton (7-2, 3.05 ERA) and Dominique Voegele (5-2, 2.89 ERA) gave the Jayhawks their best Friday and No. 1 in the conference this season. Saturday brought one of the combinations. They could have claimed to have the deepest rotation until No. 3 starter Patrick Steitz (2-2, 2.16) was sidelined last month.
That's what the Texas Tech baseball team will be facing this weekend.
Kansas State (22-15, 9-9) will play Tech (29-14, 12-9) in Lawrence, Kan., on Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m., weather permitting. will be held. The National Weather Service forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of rain Friday, 70 percent chance Saturday and 80 percent chance Sunday.
Tech earned its biggest series win of the season last weekend with a dominant win over then-Big 12 co-leader West Virginia, but lost to New Mexico in a nonconference game on Tuesday.
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Kansas won two of three games against Baylor last weekend and defeated Nebraska on Tuesday.
The Jayhawks went 25-32 and 8-16 last year, so they have already surpassed last season's conference win total in two fewer series.
KU's second-year coach Dan Fitzgerald will be an assistant at LSU in 2022 and spent nine years before that at Dallas Baptist.
“I know Dan's doing a good job there,” Tech coach Tim Tadlock said. “He's in his second year. Based on what we've been doing all year, they've been pitching better.”
Dutton, a transfer from USC Upstate, is the Big 12 pitcher's wins leader. He and Vogel, a freshman from Illinois, rank tied for third in the conference in innings pitched, each starting 10 games and pitching 56 innings, and are third and fifth in the Big 12 in earned run average. There is.
Senior catcher Jake English batted .346 with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs, leading the Big 12 with a 1.183 OPS.
Among Tech's top 10 RBIs in the conference are second baseman TJ Pompey (.324-8-45), center fielder Damien Bravo (.419-4-40) and right fielder Austin Green (.341-6). -40).
How to watch Texas Tech Baseball at the University of Kansas
when: Friday 6pm, Saturday 2pm, Sunday 1pm
where: Hoglund Baseball Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
record: Texas Tech is 29-14 and 12-9 in the Big 12. Kansas 22-15, 9-9
Rankings in USA TODAY Sports' Top 25 Coaches Poll: Texas Tech got the vote.Kansas Unranked
RPI ranking: Texas Tech No. 33; Kansas No. 73
Starting pitcher: On Friday, Texas Tech LHP Ryan Free (5-0, 5.10 ERA) vs. Kansas Tech RHP Reece Dutton (7-2, 3.05 ERA). Saturday, Texas Tech RHP Kyle Robinson (4-4, 3.76) vs. Kansas Tech RHP Dominique Voegele (5-2, 2.89). On Sunday, RHP Mack Hoyer (4-3, 5.27) will be announced as the starter against Kansas.
Online streaming: All games on ESPN+
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Home games are written in all uppercase letters.asterisk
indicates a Big 12 game. April 12:
TCU*, W 7-1 in April 13th:
TCU*, in L 4-2 April 14th:
TCU*, L 4-3 Tuesday:
Arkansas, L 9-8 Wednesday:
Arkansas, L 5-4 Friday:
West Virginia*, Won 15-2 Sunday:
West Virginia*, won 6-4 Sunday:
West Virginia*, W 3-1 Tuesday:
New Mexico, L 17-3 Friday:
Kansas*, 6 p.m. Saturday:
Kansas*, 2 p.m. Sunday:
Kansas*, 1 p.m. April 30:
UT-Rio Grande Valley, 6:30 p.m. May 3rd:
Oklahoma*, 6:30 p.m. May 4th:
Oklahoma*, 2 p.m. May 5th:
Oklahoma*, 2 p.m.
May 10: Oklahoma State*, 6 p.m.
May 11: Oklahoma State*, 6 p.m.
During the Jayhawks' series against Texas Tech in Lubbock last year, Kansas second baseman Kodei Shojinaga throws to first base. The teams have a Big 12 series scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. in Lawrence, Kansas.
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