2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team

The 2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders played their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas and competed as members of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by eleventh-year head coach Tim Tadlock.

2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball
Gainesville Regional, 2–2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	39–21 (12–12 Big 12)
Head coach	Tim Tadlock (11th season)
Assistant coaches	J-Bob Thomas (11th season) Matt Gardner (11th season) Eric Gutierrez (5th season)
Pitching coach	Ray Hayward (11th season)
Home stadium	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Texas ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			42	–	22		.656
Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			41	–	20		.672
West Virginia ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			40	–	20		.667
No. 5 TCU ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	11		.542			44	–	24		.647
Kansas State ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			35	–	24		.593
Texas Tech ‍‍‍y	12	–	12		.500			41	–	23		.641
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y	11	–	13		.458			32	–	28		.533
Kansas ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			25	–	32		.439
Baylor ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			20	–	35		.364
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023[1] Rankings from D1baseball

Previous season

The 2022 team finished the regular season 36–18, 15–9 in Big 12 play, finishing fourth in the conference. The team went 1–2 in the Big 12 tournament, defeating Kansas State in game 1, losing to Oklahoma in game 2 and were eliminated by Kansas State in game 3. The Red Raiders were invited to the Statesboro Regional, going 2–2. The team was defeated by Notre Dame in game 1, before defeating UNC Greensboro and host Georgia Southern in the next two games. The Red Raiders would be eliminated from the tournament in game 4, losing 1–2 against Notre Dame. The 2022 team finished the season with an overall record of 39–22.

Players drafted into the MLB

See also: 2022 Major League Baseball draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Club
1	12	Jace Jung	2B	Detroit Tigers
4	114	Andrew Morris	P	Minnesota Twins
5	143	Brandon Birdsell	P	Chicago Cubs
6	190	Chase Hampton	P	New York Yankees

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12's preseason poll was released on January 26.^[2]

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	TCU	61 (5)
2	Oklahoma State	59 (4)
3	Texas Tech	48
4	Texas	43
5	Oklahoma	38
6	West Virginia	28
7	Kansas State	17
8	Kansas	16
9	Baylor	14

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Texas Tech	Alma Mater
Tim Tadlock	Head Coach	11	Texas Tech University (1992)
Matt Gardner	Assistant Coach	11	Oklahoma State University (2008)
J-Bob Thomas	Assistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator	11	Abilene Christian University (2005)
Ray Hayward	Special Assistant / Pitching Coach	11	University of Oklahoma (1983)
Eric Gutierrez	Volunteer Assistant Coach	5	Texas Tech University (2016)

Roster

2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders Baseball Roster
	Pitchers 11 Andrew Devine (RHP) – junior (5'10, 170) 16 Hayde Kay (RHP) – junior (6'0, 205) 21 Mason Molina (LHP) – sophomore (6'2, 215) 25 Owen Washburn (RHP) – sophomore (6'1, 200) 28 Taber Fast (LHP) – freshman (6'1, 205) 30 Bo Blessie (RHP) – senior (6'3, 200) 31 Damien Bravo (RHP) – freshman (6'2, 195) 32 Trendan Parish (RHP) – sophomore (6'0, 175) 34 Zane Petty (RHP) – freshman (6'1, 165) 35 Garrett Crowley (LHP) – senior (6'4, 215) 36 Dax Dathe (RHP) – junior (6'3, 210) 38 Jacob Rogers (RHP) – freshman (6'2, 200) 39 Jase Lopez (RHP) – junior (6'0, 195) 40 Brendan Girton (RHP) – sophomore (6'2, 220) 42 Kyle Robinson (RHP) – sophomore (6'6, 210) 43 Brendan Lysik (LHP) – sophomore (6'5, 225) 44 Brandon Beckel (RHP) – junior (6'4, 225) 45 Derek Bridges (LHP) – junior (6'1, 230) 46 Ryan Free (LHP) – junior (6'2, 190) 47 Ethan Coombes (RHP) – senior (6'2, 200) 51 Zach Erdman (LHP) – freshman (6'2, 185) 52 Josh Sanders (RHP) – junior (6'3, 180) 53 Nolan Foster (RHP) – freshman (6'3, 175) 54 Jack Livingstone (RHP) – freshman (6'3, 195)		Catchers  4 Kevin Bazzell – freshman (6'1, 205)  5 Hudson White – sophomore (6'1, 200) 26 Dylan Maxcey – freshman (5'9, 165) Infielders  3 Tracer Lopez – freshman (5'10, 155)  4 Kevin Bazzell – freshman (6'1, 205)  5 Hudson White – sophomore (6'1, 200)  8 Cade McGarrh – freshman (6'3, 160)  9 Zac Vooletich – senior (5'10, 190) 10 Ty Coleman – senior (5'9, 195) 13 Gavin Kash – sophomore (6'3, 210) 15 Will Burns – freshman (6'2, 180) 20 Austin Green – junior (6'0, 195) 33 Ryan Brome – sophomore (6'1, 220) 50 Drew Woodcox – junior (6'0, 205) Outfielders  1 Dillon Carter – junior (6'1, 215)  2 Gage Harrelson – freshman (6'3, 175)  7 Jeric Curtis – freshman (6'0, 170)  9 Zac Vooletich – senior (5'10, 190) 10 Ty Coleman – senior (5'9, 195) 20 Austin Green – junior (6'0, 195) 25 Owen Washburn – sophomore (6'1, 200) 33 Ryan Brome – sophomore (6'1, 220) 41 Nolan Hester – senior (5'10, 185) 50 Drew Woodcox – junior (6'0, 205)

Schedule

2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball game log: 29–13
Regular season: 29–13
February: 9–0 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref February 17 1:00 p.m. Gonzaga* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–4 Girton (1–0) Haas (0–1) — 3,744 1–0 — February 18 2:00 p.m. Gonzaga* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 10–3 Molina (1–0) Deschryver (0–1) — 4,010 2–0 — February 19 1:00 p.m. Gonzaga* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 12–3 Blessie (1–0) Mullan (0–1) — 4,409 3–0 — February 20 11:00 a.m. Gonzaga* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 9–8 Bravo (1–0) McGee (0–1) — 3,514 4–0 — February 24 1:00 p.m. Western Illinois* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 11–3 Girton (2–0) Sampson (0–1) — 3,148 5–0 — February 25 12:00 p.m. Western Illinois* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 24–9 Beckel (1–0) Armstrong (1–1) — 3,989 6–0 — February 25 4:15 p.m. Western Illinois* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 6–5 Parish (1–0) Herrmann (0–1) — 3,989 7–0 — February 26 1:00 p.m. Western Illinois* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 14–8 Devine (1–0) Harrington (0–1) — 3,732 8–0 — February 28 6:30 p.m. Air Force* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 9–4 Erdman (1–0) Sansing (0–1) — 3,941 9–0 —
March: 10–8 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref March 1 2:00 p.m. Air Force* No. 24 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 18–5 Rogers (1–0) Shuger (0–1) — 3,227 10–0 — Shriner's Children's College Classic March 3 11:00 a.m. vs. Rice* No. 24 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX L 2–3 Long (1–0) Devine (0–1) — 10–1 — March 4 11:00 a.m. vs. Michigan* No. 24 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX W 10–7 Molina (2–0) Allen (1–1) Lopez (1) 11–1 — March 5 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 15 Texas A&M* No. 24 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX L 2–4 (16) Aschenbeck (2–0) Rogers (1–1) Lamkin (1) 9,534 11–2 — March 7 2:00 p.m. New Mexico* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 6–3 Lopez (1–0) Bannister (0–1) Devine (1) 3,438 12–2 — March 10 6:30 p.m. No. 23 Iowa* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 17–5 Free (1–0) Langenberg (1–2) — 3,807 13–2 — March 11 2:00 p.m. No. 23 Iowa* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–3 Beckel (2–0) Brecht (1–1) Parish (1) 4,142 14–2 — March 12 1:00 p.m. No. 23 Iowa* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 9–10 Obermueller (1–0) Free (1–1) — 3,935 14–3 — March 14 6:30 p.m. UT Arlington* No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 10–1 Petty (1–0) Lucas (0–1) — 3,751 15–3 — March 15 2:00 p.m. UT Arlington* No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 14–7 Sanders (1–0) Hackett (0–1) — 3,878 16–3 — March 17 6:30 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma State No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–7 (10) Free (2–1) McLean (0–1) — 3,713 17–3 1–0 March 18 2:00 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma State No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 4–9 Abram (3–0) Molina (2–1) — 4,021 17–4 1–1 March 19 2:00 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma State No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 12–1 (7) Beckel (3–0) Watts-Brown (2–1) — 3,746 18–4 2–1 March 24 7:00 p.m. at Texas No. 14 UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX L 2–6 Morehouse (3–0) Free (2–2) — 6,654 18–5 2–2 March 25 2:30 p.m. at Texas No. 14 UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX L 5–6 Morehouse (4–0) Devine (1–2) — 7,123 18–6 2–3 March 26 2:30 p.m. at Texas No. 14 UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX L 8–9 Whitehead (2–0) Lysik (0–1) — 6,744 18–7 2–4 March 28 3:00 p.m. at New Mexico* No. 22 Santa Ana Star Field Albuquerque, NM L 10–11 McBroom (1–0) Free (2–3) — 643 18–8 — March 31 6:30 p.m. TCU No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 20–16 Coombes (1–0) Abeldt (1–2) Beckel (1) 4,411 19–8 3–4
April: 11–7 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref April 1 2:00 p.m. TCU No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 7–10 Klecker (5–2) Molina (2–2) Wright (1) 4,432 19–9 3–5 April 2 2:00 p.m. TCU No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 10–5 Free (3–3) Brown (2–1) Beckel (2) 4,432 20–9 4–5 April 4 6:30 p.m. Abilene Christian* No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX Postponed to May 9 April 6 6:30 p.m. North Dakota State* No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX Postponed to April 8 April 7 6:30 p.m. North Dakota State* No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 1–8 Feeney (3–3) Girton (2–1) Riedinger (3) 3,685 20–10 — April 8 2:00 p.m. North Dakota State* No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–5 Molina (3–2) Roehrich (2–5) Free (1) 4,432 21–10 — April 8 5:45 p.m. North Dakota State* No. 22 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–3 Parish (2–0) Jacobs (0–4) Robinson (1) 4,432 22–10 — April 10 8:00 p.m. at No. 8 Stanford* No. 21 Klein Field Stanford, CA L 4–6 Meier (2–0) Devine (1–3) Bruno (3) 2,062 22–11 — April 11 4:00 p.m. at No. 8 Stanford* No. 21 Klein Field Stanford, CA W 11–2 Beckel (4–0) Montgomery (1–1) — 1,406 23–11 — April 14 6:30 p.m. at Oklahoma No. 21 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Norman, OK W 13–7 (10) Beckel (5–0) Weber (0–2) — 2,577 24–11 5–5 April 15 4:00 p.m. at Oklahoma No. 21 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Norman, OK W 9–5 Free (4–3) Douthit (4–2) — 3,074 25–11 6–5 April 16 2:00 p.m. at Oklahoma No. 21 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Norman, OK L 2–12 (8) Carmichael (2–0) Rogers (1–2) — 2,426 25–12 6–6 April 18 6:30 p.m. Grand Canyon* No. 16 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 6–1 Fast (1–0) Young (0–2) — 4,196 26–12 — April 19 2:00 p.m. Grand Canyon* No. 16 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 11–6 Petty (2–0) Ohl (2–1) — 3,309 27–12 — April 21 6:30 p.m. Baylor No. 16 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 10–1 Molina (4–2) Helton (0–5) — 4,432 28–12 7–6 April 22 12:00 p.m. Baylor No. 16 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 14–9 Free (5–3) Needham (0–1) — 4,432 29–12 8–6 April 22 3:50 p.m. Baylor No. 16 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 4–6 Golomb (2–3) Robinson (0–1) Craig (2) 3,966 29–13 8–7 April 25 6:30 p.m. Abilene Christian* No. 14 Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX Postponed in bottom of 4th inning, resumed on May 9 April 28 6:00 p.m. at Kansas State No. 14 Frank Myers Field Manhattan, KS L 2–3 Ruhl (3–3) Free (5–4) Neighbors (8) 1,826 29–14 8–8 April 29 4:00 p.m. at Kansas State No. 14 Frank Myers Field Manhattan, KS W 5–2 Parish (3–0) Fajardo (2–2) Robinson (2) 2,344 30–14 9–8 April 30 1:00 p.m. at Kansas State No. 14 Frank Myers Field Manhattan, KS L 8–10 Neighbors (4–1) Girton (2–2) — 2,344 30–15 9–9
May: 7–4 Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref May 5 6:30 p.m. Sam Houston State* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 12–10 Bridges (1–0) Davis (3–4) Beckel (3) 3,958 31–15 — May 6 2:00 p.m. Sam Houston State* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 3–9 Beard (6–3) Parish (3–1) — 4,154 31–16 — May 7 1:00 p.m. Sam Houston State* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 10–8 Sanders (2–0) Coldiron (2–3) Beckel (4) 4,261 32–16 — May 9 4:00 p.m. Abilene Christian* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 15–11 Coombes (2–0) Smith (2–2) — 3,424 33–16 — May 9 7:00 p.m. Abilene Christian* Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 13–3 Rogers (2–2) Boggan (3–2) — 4,004 34–16 — May 12 3:00 p.m. No. 12 West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Morgantown, WV W 5–2 Coombes (3–0) Hampton (5–2) Beckel (5) 2,991 35–16 10–9 May 13 3:00 p.m. No. 12 West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Morgantown, WV L 2–17 Traxel (7–4) Parish (3–2) – 3,227 35–17 10–10 May 14 12:00 p.m. No. 12 West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Morgantown, WV L 3–5 Hagaman (1–1) Sanders (2–1) Reed (7) 3,312 35–18 10–11 May 18 6:30 p.m. Kansas Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX L 1–3 Trumper (4–5) Beckel (5–1) – 3,403 35–19 10–12 May 19 6:30 p.m. Kansas Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 8–7 (10) Robinson (1–1) Hewlett (0–5) – 3,678 36–19 11–12 May 20 2:00 p.m. Kansas Dan Law Field Lubbock, TX W 15–1 (7) Petty (3–0) Brasosky (1–2) – 3,976 37–19 12–12
Post–season: 0–0
Big 12 Tournament: 0–0 Date Time Opponent Seed/Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall B12T Ref May 24 7:30 p.m. vs. (3) No. 21 West Virginia (6) Globe Life Field Arlington, TX
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold = Texas Tech team member

* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest. All times are in central time.

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[3]	21	21*	16	21	19	14	21	23	22	19	15	24	25T	RV	—	—	—	—*	RV
Baseball America[4]	23	22	18	25	20	16	20	18	19	15	10	15	15	—	—	—	—	—*	—
Collegiate Baseball^[5]	17	17	13	18	16	12	22	23	23	21	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†[6]	22	20	16	21	18	14	19	19	20	18	15	24	24	28	30	RV	29	29*	29T
D1Baseball[7]	24	24	24	—	22	14	22	22	21	16	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.