Texas Tech came into Austin one of the top home run hitting squads in the natio. Ditto for doubles. This team can hit and drives in a bunch of runs.
And at times that offense flashed this weekend. Villa actually opened the scoring for the weekend on a solo big fly, and in game two all three runs came courtesy of Bailey’s three run bomb.
But the issue was stringing together enough hits to manufacture runs. A double here or there put pressure on Texas, but Tech consistently was unable to bring them home. The offense that had been sending the ball all over the yard was grounded for the weekend against an elite Texas pitching staff.