Tech drops Sunday finale to KU

Sunday, March 15

1 p.m.

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13-6, 0

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11-8, 0

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Junior Kyeler Thompson slides into second base during Sunday's series finale against Kanas

March 15, 2026 | Baseball

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Seeking their second-straight sweep, the Red Raiders settled for the series victory

By: Andrew Stern

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Baseball saw its three-game winning streak snapped in an 18-7, eight inning setback to Kansas Sunday afternoon at a blustery Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.

In defeat, Texas Tech (13-6, 2-1 Big 12) was limited to just six hits on the afternoon, the lowest since Tech had just five total hits against No. 7 Arkansas in the 6-5 extra inning loss back on Feb. 15.

The Red Raiders also struck out a season-high 13 times.

Up 2-0 after Jackson Burns tossed a 1-2-3 first inning and the offense scored runs on a throwing error from Kansas (11-8, 1-2 Big 12) catcher Augusto Mungarrieta and a wind dropped popup to left that turned into a fielder's choice, the Red Raiders saw KU respond using an RBI ground out and back-to-back home runs from Josh Dykhoff and Dariel Osoria to take a 3-2 lead. The home run for Osoria was one of three he would hit on the afternoon.

The game remained 3-2 KU, until the third inning when Connor Shouse doubled to lead off the inning and came around to score on a wild pitch.

After KU struck for three runs on a two-run home run from Osoria and an RBI double from Dylan Schlotterback, Tech pulled to within 6-5 on a two-run home run by Robin Villeneuve.

With two outs and a runner on first, KU got a third-straight home run from Osoria to take an 8-5 lead to the bottom of the fifth.

In the home half of the fifth, Tech got a pair of doubles from Shouse and Freshman Linkin Garcia to cut the KU lead to 8-6, but KU used three runs in the sixth, two in the seventh and five in the eighth to close out the run-rule win.

In the setback, Tech left fielder Logan Hughes took a rare 0-for-4 as the outfielder saw his 18-game on-base streak to open the season snapped.

Despite the loss, the Red Raiders did close the 15 games homestand at 12-3.

UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders will look to bounce-back on Tuesday night when they open a four-game road trip at DBU. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: West, Manning (1-0)

L: Burns, Jackson (1-2)

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Batting:

2B: Bach, Jordan 1 ; Osoria, Dariel 1 ; Schlotterback, Dylan 1

3B: Leblanc, Tyson 1

HR: Mungarrieta, Augusto 1 ; Baldridge, Cade 1 ; Dykhoff, Josh 1 ; Osoria, Dariel 3

RBI: Bach, Jordan 2 ; Ballinger, Brady 1 ; Mungarrieta, Augusto 2 ; Baldridge, Cade 3 ; Dykhoff, Josh 2 ; Osoria, Dariel 5 ; Schlotterback, Dylan 2

SF: Schlotterback, Dylan 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Bach, Jordan 2 ; Ballinger, Brady 2 ; Mungarrieta, Augusto 1 ; Leblanc, Tyson 4 ; Baldridge, Cade 1 ; Dykhoff, Josh 2 ; Osoria, Dariel 4 ; Owens, Tyson 2