PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 01: Baseballs sit in a basket during batting practice prior to a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Mets at Chase Field on June 01, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Friday in Lubbock, the Texas Tech baseball team took down UCONN 4-3 thanks to a collection of brilliant defensive plays.
They say that defense wins championships but that cliche is seldomly applied to the world of college baseball where offense normally rules the day. However, defense was what saved the Red Raiders from potentially falling to UCONN Friday in game one of a four-game weekend series in Lubbock.