Season In Review
May 22, 2008 | Baseball
May 22, 2008
2008 IN REVIEW Texas Tech's 2008 season came to an end on Sunday, May 18, as the Red Raiders wrapped up a three-game weekend series against the Baylor Bears. The Red Raiders entered the weekend against Baylor needing a series sweep and some help from the Kansas-Kansas State series and the Oklahoma State-Oklahoma series. Tech got the help they needed across the league but just couldn't get it done on the home front as Baylor won the Saturday contest 13-3 to officially eliminate the Red Raiders from the Big 12 Conference Championship.
Despite the loss to Baylor on Saturday, Tech came fighting back on Sunday to clinch the series and post a 12-5 win in its season finale. The series win over Baylor marked just the second Big 12 series win of the year for the Red Raiders as they took a 2-1 series win over then No. 2 Missouri back in late March. Texas Tech ended the Big 12 season with a 9-18 overall record and ended in a tie for ninth-place with Kansas. Tech's absence from the Big 12 Championship marked it second straight and third overall (2003 and 2007).
The Red Raiders ended the season with a 15-11 record at home after only playing a total of 26 home games due to series' cancellations against Northern Illinois and Illinois at the beginning of year. Tech's home season attendance rose to 2,245 per-game as 58,372 fans came through the gates at Dan Law Field. The 2007 season average was 2,018 over 31 dates.
Texas Tech will open its 2009 season at home against Southern Utah on Feb. 20, 2009.