{"id":227875,"date":"2026-03-31T01:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227875\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:56:43","slug":"texas-tech-may-lead-the-big-12-in-batting-average-but-the-power-is-a-little-lacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/227875\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech may lead the Big 12 in batting average, but the power is a little lacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"58\">There\u2019s a few interesting wrinkles to this <a href=\"https:\/\/wreckemred.com\/baseball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Tech baseball team<\/a>. We\u2019re still relatively early in the season, we\u2019re not into April just yet, but we keep finding out more and more about the way that this team functions and operates as it goes along. And there\u2019s a few quirks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5b\">Like the fact that the pitching staff is existing, technically speaking. The Red Raiders have arguably the least successful pitching staff in the Big 12 and <a href=\"https:\/\/wreckemred.com\/texas-tech-is-best-hitting-team-in-the-big-12-just-got-swept-by-tcu-that-s-a-problem-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">that might end up being the limiting factor for what this Texas Tech baseball team is capable of<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5e\">On the flip side of that, the Red Raiders are better than just about anyone else in the conference when it comes to getting hits. And they\u2019re quick as well. The Red Raiders are also leading the Big 12 in doubles right now right alongside the Kansas State Wildcats in a tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5h\">But when it comes to home runs? Well, the Red Raiders aren\u2019t that exceptional there. They\u2019re also not bad. They\u2019re just kind of average.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech ranks at No. 7 among the Big 12\u2019s 14 college baseball teams when it comes to home run hitting after being swept by TCU<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">Right now, the Red Raiders are right in the middle of the conference:<\/p>\n<p>Arizona State Sun Devils &#8211; 56 home runsOklahoma State Cowboys &#8211; 48 home runsKansas State Wildcats &#8211; 47 home runsCincinnati Bearcats &#8211; 45 home runsBYU Cougars &#8211; 44 home runsKansas Jayhawks &#8211; 43 home runsTexas Tech Red Raiders &#8211; 40 home runsTCU Horned Frogs &#8211; 33 home runsHouston Cougars &#8211; 32 home runsUtah Utes &#8211; 23 home runsBaylor Bears &#8211; 23 home runsArizona Wildcats &#8211; 23 home runsUCF Knights &#8211; 20 home runsWest Virginia Mountaineers &#8211; 19 home runs<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">This Texas Tech team really relies on consistent contact as opposed to just hitting home runs on a regular basis. Now, the Red Raiders are good at getting extra base hits (and they\u2019re still respectable at getting home runs, 40 on the season so far isn\u2019t a bad thing at all), but they\u2019re just not exceptional in this space. Not bad, not great, and this also isn\u2019t the biggest problem for Texas Tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a few interesting wrinkles to this Texas Tech baseball team. 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