ARLINGTON — No. 7 Oregon State scored five runs in the third inning, striking out starting pitchers Jacob Rodgers and Isaiah Rhodes, and defeated the No. 22 Texas Tech baseball team 10-4 Wednesday at Globe Life Field. It broke.
Taking a 1-0 lead in the third, Oregon State (5-0) got a lead-off double from Trent Callaway, a walk to Travis Bazana and an RBI double from Micah McDowell. Rodgers then hit Mason Guerra with a pitch and was lifted with no outs. The Beavers got one run each on a bases-loaded walk to Brady Kasper, a sacrifice fly by Elijah Hainlein and Dallas Macias, and a wild pitch, and Rose's day was over.
Tech (3 wins, 2 losses) closed to 6-4 in the fourth inning, but Oregon State added four points in the eighth inning with Guerra's three-run double and Kasper's RBI.
Tech will play its home opener series against Texas Southern on Friday at 2 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Texas Tech baseball players Austin Green and Damian Bravo remain in the spotlight
Tech coach Tim Tadlock said last week that Bravo was “as consistent as any player” at the plate heading into the season. He's taking over.
Bravo led the Big 12 with four doubles on Wednesday, and the Red Raiders left fielder added one more run. He finished with 3 hits for 5 at bats, raising his batting average to .474.
With the bases loaded in the fourth inning, Green came off the bench and pinch-hit for second baseman Tracer Lopez, giving the home team a two-run lead. He batted .421 in one game out of three.
Texas Tech pitcher Tabor Fast makes season debut
The second-year left-hander pitched eight innings without giving up one run. He threw 12 pitches, seven of which were strikes.
Tadlock said last week that Fast was two outs behind other pitchers due to a “setback” with a sore arm and was not considered to start the opening game of five games in six days.
Texas Tech outfielder Gage Harrelson fights back.
The Red Raiders center fielder was 0-for-8 with seven strikeouts to start the season, but in Tech's 13-1 win over Texas-Arlington on Tuesday, he hit a bunt to turn things around and ground out to a single. added.
Against the Beavers, Harrelson gave up walks in his first two at-bats, hit a triple in the sixth inning, and took the lead with an infield hit in the eighth inning. He scored after a walk but didn't strike out all day.
