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Texas Tech baseball: Red Raiders swept in season-opening event

Jun 21, 2018; Omaha, NE, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Tim Tadlock reacts after a loss to the Florida Gators eliminates his team in the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports

In the season-opening State Farm College Baseball Showdown in Arlington, Texas, the Texas Tech baseball team was swept thanks to some awful work from the bullpen and a lack of timely hitting.

At any level in the game of baseball, your bullpen can either make you or break you. Over the last three days, the Texas Tech baseball team suffered the latter of those fates in being swept at the State Farm College Baseball Classic in Arlington, Texas.