Tech closes four-game homestand vs. Tarleton Tuesday

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech Baseball will turn to redshirt freshman Brady Trombello when it closes a four-game homestand on Tuesday afternoon when they welcome Tarleton State for a 2 p.m. contest. The start for Trombello will be his first since suffering a season-ending injury in an intrasquad scrimmage last February.

Despite being separated by less than 300 miles, the two programs have never met before in program history.

The midweek contest will kick-off a three-week stretch of four-game weeks, as Tech will play a midweek for just the third time through the season's first seven weeks.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (7-13, 4-2 Big 12) vs. Tarleton State (11-14, 0-0 WAC)
DATE: Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2025
TIME: 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Lubbock, Texas (Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park)

HEADLINES IN 1-2-3:
* Texas Tech will turn to redshirt freshman Brady Trombello on Tuesday afternoon for the Washington natives first appearance since he suffered a season-ending injury when he was struck by a batted ball during an intrasquad scrimmage. Trombello had made just one career appearance as a Red Raider, a 4.0 shutout inning start against UT Arlington last Feb. 20 against UTA.

* When the Red Raiders welcome Tarleton on Tuesday, they will close a four-game homestand and will participate in just the third midweek contest of the season. Tech hosted UC San Diego at Rip Griffin Park on Mar. 4 and 5. Tuesday's matchup against TSU will be the first in program history between the two programs.

* Despite playing just two midweeks contests up until this point, the Red Raiders will now enter a stretch of three-straight four-game weeks beginning this week/weekend with the midweek against Tarleton and the weekend series at Kansas State. Next week, the Red Raiders will face former Big 12 foe Oklahoma in Frisco on Tuesday night before returning back to Rip Griffin Park for a three-game weekend set against Cincinnati. In two weeks, the Red Raiders will travel to Albuquerque to face UNM before closing a four game week against Baylor in a three game set.

SERIES NOTES:

CLOSE OF A FOUR-GAME 'STAND

When the Red Raiders welcome Tarleton on Tuesday, they will close a four-game homestand and will participate in just the third midweek contest of the season. Tech hosted UC San Diego at Rip Griffin Park on Mar. 4 and 5. The homestand was supposed to be a five-game homestand but last Tuesday's midweek contest against New Mexico was postponed to later in the season (May 7).

RETURN OF THE "BRAD"

Texas Tech will turn to redshirt freshman Brady Trombello on Tuesday afternoon for the Washington natives first appearance since he suffered a season-ending injury when he was struck by a batted ball during an intrasquad scrimmage. Trombello had made just one career appearance as a Red Raider, a 4.0 shutout inning start against UT Arlington last Feb. 20 against UTA.

NEVER SEEN TSU

It's hard to believe, but the Red Raiders and Tarleton State will meet for the first time in program history on Tuesday afternoon. as despite being just 270 miles apart, Tech and TSU have never crossed paths.

ALL FOUR TIME ZONES IN THE FIRST MONTH

In the first four weeks of the season the Red Raiders have been busy, as Tech played in four different states and four different time zones in the seasons first 14 games. The Red Raiders opened the season in North Carolina and the eastern time zone before coming home to Lubbock for a weekend set with UCI. The Red Raiders after spending a weekend in Las Vegas (PT), traveled to Arizona to face GCU. On Friday and Saturday, Arizona was on Mountain Time before the spring ahead on Sunday morning switched Arizona to Pacific Time.

BACK UNDER THE LIGHTS

After playing nine straight day games and 10 of its first 11 in the afternoon, the Red Raiders have played four of their last five games at night. With Friday's 6:30 p.m. first pitch, the Red Raiders will close a stretch of five of six games played at night.

SNAPPED THE ROAD STREAKS

The Red Raiders snapped a 17-game road losing streak last weekend in the road sweep of Houston. Dating back to last season the Red Raiders had lost 17-straight road games, the longest streak by a Red Raider team under head coach Tim Tadlock. The Red Raiders last true road win prior to the series sweep at UH was last Apr. 14 at TCU. The previous longest losing streak on the road under Tadlock was 10 straight (Mar. 10-May 15) losses back in his first season as head coach of the Red Raiders in 2013. The Red Raiders also snapped a nearly two year road series losing streak, as in the series against UH, Tech won a road series for the first time since Apr. 14-16, 2023 against Oklahoma. The series sweep of UH was the first series sweep by a Red Raider squad since May 13-15 when Tech swept then No. 3 Oklahoma State in Stillwater.

3-0 IN LEAGUE PLAY

The Red Raiders by virtue of last weekend series sweep at UH, has started 3-0 in Big 12 play for the first time since the 2017 season. That year the Red Raiders swept Texas in Austin before dropping two of three at No. 15 OU. That season the Red Raiders went 16-8 in league play enroute to a No. 5 overall seed and a home regional. The Red Raiders have never started Big 12 play 4-0.

RACKING UP THE FREQUENT FLYER MILES

This weekends series at UH will mark the third and final consecutive weekend of games away from Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Pakr for the Red Raiders and will close a stretch of 12-of-17 games on the road. The Red Raiders after opening the season at then No. 6 North Carolina returned to Lubbock for a three-game set against UC Irvine. Following the weekend with the Anteaters, Tech hit the road for the Las Vegas College Classic before heading to Grand Canyon last weekend. Since Feb. 24, the Red Raiders have played just home games: last week's midweek series against UCSD. The Red Raiders have racked up nearly 8,000 miles (7, 378 miles) of travel through the first five weeks of the season.

ROAD RED RAIDERS

The Red Raiders will become accustom to the road in 2025 as Tech will play just 26 of 53 games at home this season. Starting with the weekend set at No. 6 UNC, the Red Raiders will play 12 of their first 17 games away from the friendly confines of Rip Griffin Park at Dan Law Field and will play just 10 of their first 26 games at home. In the end, Texas Tech's 27 road games will bring the squad to seven different states: (Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and West Virginia). The Red Raiders in 2025 will play just 31 of 53 games inside the State of Texas. The Red Raiders 26 home games are the fewest in a season since 2022 when Tech also played just 26 games at Rip Griffin Park. The fewest home games the Red Raiders have played in a season was 2009 when Tech played just 22 total home games. This weekend series at GCU will mark the second of three straight road trips for the Red Raiders who open Big 12 play next weekend at Houston. The Red Raiders over the first 17 games of the season (three this weekend and three next weekend) will play just five total road games.

UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders hit the road for a weekend series at Kansas State. The series begins on Friday night at 6 p.m. and will continue with a pair of afternoon contests on Saturday (4 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.).

Tech closes four-game homestand vs. Tarleton Tuesday

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