Texas Tech Uses Big Inning To Beat Texas In Opening Game

Texas Tech uses a 7 run inning, and 13 unanswered runs to win 13 - 6 against Texas. This was the most runs that Texas Tech has scored against Texas since 1999, they also extended the Big 12 winning streak to 11 games.

The Red Raiders, who scored the most runs a Texas Tech Team has scored against

Texas since 1999, have now won 11-consecutive games in Big 12 play, extending what was already the longest conference winning streak in program history.

Tyler Neslony led the Red Raiders with 5 RBI. The senior began the rally with an RBI ground out in the 4th. He also had a 2 run double in the 5th and the 7th.

Tech tied the game at 6 all in the 5th inning off of an Eric Guitierrez RBI triple. The hit put Gutierrez into sole possession of 3rd place in the Tech record book with 236 career hits.

Gardner, who went 4-5, provided the Red Raiders with their first lead an inning later as he sent a two-out RBI single into left field to score Floyd from third base.

The comeback helped Tech starter Davis Martin recover from a tough first few innings to notch his 6th win on the season. Through 6 complete innings Martin gave up 5 runs off 7 hits. All of that came in the first 4 innings though.

Martin settled into a groove striking out the side in the 5th and 6th innings. 6 straight strike outs. That's how you finish an outing. Martin was replaced to start the seventh inning by Robert Dugger, who tossed two scoreless innings before handing off to Jacob Patterson in the ninth.

Texas reliever Eric Dunbar took the loss for the Longhorns after allowing a run off two hits over his two-thirds of an inning. He was the first of six Texas relievers to come on in relief of Cooper.