{"id":260713,"date":"2026-04-22T05:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260713\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:37:10","slug":"texans-fall-on-the-road-at-texas-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260713\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans fall on the road at Texas Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wolverine_green.png\" alt=\"Utah Valley\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Utah Valley<\/p>\n<p>4\/24\/2026 | 6 P.M.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 24 (Fri) \/ 6 P.M.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wolverine_green.png\" alt=\"Utah Valley\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Utah Valley&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/utah-valley\/269\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State (25-15, 5-4 WAC) dropped a midweek contest to Texas Tech (21-19, 6-12 Big 12) on Tuesday at Rip Griffin Park, falling 13\u20133 after the Red Raiders used big innings early to take control of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tarleton State struck first in the opening inning when <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/slade-mccloud\/11672\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11672\" target=\"_blank\">Slade McCloud<\/a> delivered an RBI triple to right field, scoring <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kendyl-johnson\/12355\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12355\" target=\"_blank\">Kendyl Johnson<\/a>. Moments later, <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ike-shirey\/11676\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11676\" target=\"_blank\">Ike Shirey<\/a> reached on a fielding error that allowed McCloud to cross the plate, giving the Texans an early 2\u20130 advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Texas Tech responded quickly in the bottom of the second, stringing together multiple hits to score six runs and take the lead. The Red Raiders continued the momentum in the third inning, adding five more runs, highlighted by a two-run home run from Logan Hughes to extend the lead to 11\u20132.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tarleton State added its final run in the fifth inning when Raphael Smeenk drew an RBI walk, bringing home <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/rayner-heinrich\/11681\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11681\" target=\"_blank\">Rayner Heinrich<\/a> after consecutive singles put runners in scoring position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On the mound, <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/carter-coffin\/11697\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11697\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Coffin<\/a> (0-1) was charged with the loss after allowing six runs in relief. Tarleton State used six pitchers in the game, with <a href=\"https:\/\/tarletonsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/karsen-davis\/11698\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11698\" target=\"_blank\">Karsen Davis<\/a> providing 2.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tarleton State will return home on Friday to open a conference series against Utah Valley. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Tarleton State Baseball Complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Utah Valley 4\/24\/2026 | 6 P.M. &#13; Apr. 24 (Fri) \/ 6 P.M.&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-260713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-texas","9":"tag-texas-headlines","10":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}