Texas Tech (2-6) vs. Washington (3-8)
When: 5 p.m. (CT), today
Where: Las Vegas College Baseball Classic at Las Vegas Ballpark
Media: TV: D1Baseball Radio: TTRN
From Texas Tech Athletics:
Texas Tech Baseball dropped game two of the 2025 Las Vegas Baseball Classic Saturday afternoon to No. 15 Texas by a score of 10-5 at the Las Vegas Ballpark.
Turning to sophomore Lukas Pirko, Texas Tech (2-6) used a 1-2-3 top of the first and a one-out double from Damian Bravo to threaten in the first inning off Texas (8-1) lefty Luke Harrison.
After a grounder advanced Bravo to third base and a catchers interreference placed runners on the corners, Logan Hughes hit a slow chopper that UT shortstop Jalen Flores fielded and stepped on second one-half step ahead the first base runner, Robin Villeneuve.
With the game scoreless and one man out, it was Flores again who was in the middle of a key turning point, as the infielder ripped a line drive toward the hot corner that TJ Pompey momentarily caught before the ball fell to the ground. Pompey gathered and picked up the ball and fired to first, but Flores was safe by a step.
The error was a key turning point, as it jumpstarted a seven-run frame for the Longhorns, as the next five batters in succession for UT all either homered or reached base. The big swing during the five-batter sequence was a three-run home run off the bat of Ethan Mendoza.
The homer and a bunt single by the next batter, Adrian Rodriguez, proved to be the end of the line for Pirko.
With a runner on first base and two outs, Tech summoned reliever Parker Hutyra for his first appearance of 2025, who ended the half-inning on a 3-2 strikeout of Flores. Hutyra shined during the appearance as the righty pitched 2.1 scoreless and allowed just one hit. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out four.
The contest remained 7-0 UT until the fifth, when the Longhorns used a home run from Mendoza to hang another three runs on the board.
Down 10-0, Tech continued to chip away, as a one-out hit by Kyeler combined with a throwing error put a runner on second base with one out for Bravo.
With Thompson in motion and racing toward third base when the ball was put in play, the ground out off the bat of Bravo plated the speedy Thompson.
For the second time in three innings and after strong work from a pair of freshmen in Jorden Espinoza and Connor Mohan, the Red Raiders loaded the bases with nobody out on a pair of walks and a single by Bravo. Espinoza ended up pitching 1.2 scoreless in his collegiate debut, and struck out three, while Mohan pitched two more scoreless frames and a strikeout.
All three runners would ultimately come around to score for Tech in the seventh, as an RBI groundout, a well-executed double steal and a two-out RBI infield hit from Hughes brought the Red Raiders to within 10-4.
With runners on the corners and two out, catcher Hudson Parker ran the count full on UT reliever Dylan Voantis, but the freshman reliever ultimately froze Parker for the third and final out of the inning.
The threat proved to be the final true threat for the Red Raiders who added just one more run on the night on another RBI single from Hughes.
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