Tech drops series, Sunday contest (5-0) at No. 16 WVU

Sunday, May 4

Morgantown, W.Va.

1 p.m. (ET)/Noon (CT)

Texas Tech Athletics

16-28, 11-13

No. 16 West Virginia

39-7, 18-4

Texas Tech

West Virginia

Tech drops series, Sunday contest (5-0) at No. 16 WVU

May 04, 2025 | Baseball

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The Red Raiders were shutout for the first time all season

By: Andrew Stern

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Logan Hughes extended his team-best on-base streak to 30 games, but Texas Tech Baseball dropped a rubber-game, 5-0, at No. 16 West Virginia Sunday afternoon at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

In the setback, Texas Tech (16-28, 11-13 Big 12) was shutout for the first time this season.

Locked in a pitchers-duel for a large portion of the afternoon, the Red Raiders got three scoreless innings from Zane Petty to keep the contest scoreless heading to the fourth.

After WVUs (39-7, 18-4 Big 12) Jack Kartsonas closed his fourth scoreless inning with back-to-back strikeouts, the Mountaineers broke the ice in their turn in the fourth, using consecutive two-out doubles to plate the games first three runs.

The first double was a two-run swing from WVU SS Brody Kresser off the left field wall, while Grant Hussey followed with another RBI double to give the Mountaineers a 3-0 lead.

Following a pair of 1-2-3 innings from Karrsonas and Petty, the Red Raiders had their best chance to score a run in the sixth when a lead-off single from Tracer Lopez and a hit-by-pitch brought the tying run to the plate with one out for four and five in the order.

The Red Raiders cleanup hitter on the afternoon, Peyton Schulze, lined out to right while Antonelli Savattere struck out.

In the bottom of the sixth, Petty struck out the lead-off batter before WVU used a single from designated hitter Sam White and a double from Logan Sauve to place two runners in scoring position with one out.

Petty rebounded to coax a fielder's choice where Tech was able to gun down the runner at the plate to put the second out of the inning on the board before exiting for Lukas Pirko.

Pitching for the second-straight day, Pirko needed just one pitch to send the game to the seventh.

Pitching well for the third straight weekend, Petty went 5.2 on Sunday allowing seven hits and three runs. He walked just one and struck out four.

In the seventh, Tech again got a lead-off single, this time from first basemen Robin Villeneuve, but Karstsonas was able to retire the next three batters in order to close seven shutout innings. The righty allowed just five hits, did not walk a batter and struck out seven.

WVU added its fourth and fifth runs of the game on a two-run home run for Kyle West in the seventh. The blast gave the home team a 5-0 lead.

With Karstsonas finally out of the game, Tech was to place a runner on against Carson Estridge in the eighth before placing a pair on in the ninth, but Estridge was able to close out the shutout by striking out Davis Rivers on a full-count.

UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders return home for the final homestand of the season this week beginning with two midweeks against New Mexico State (Tuesday) and New Mexico (Wednesday). First pitch on Tuesday night is set for 6:00 p.m.