Always a fan favorite, it’s Bark in Park Night at Rip Griffin Park on Tuesday. The doggos are in for a treat as No. 22 Texas Tech hosts a formidable foe in Abilene Christian. Last season, Bark in the Park Night was also scheduled for the night ACU came to town and the pups were sent home in a sour mood as Texas Tech lost to the Wildcats for the first time since 1976, snapping a 12-game win streak. The 2023 edition will be no walk in the park as ACU comes to Lubbock sporting a 22-6 record and an RPI ranking of 69, which is the third-highest RPI ranking among teams remaining on the Red Raiders’ schedule – West Virginia (24) & Stanford (29).
TEXAS TECH IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
After the 2-2 weeks between a road trip to New Mexico and hosting TCU, the Red Raiders remained ranked in all six primary national baseball Top 25 rankings, released on April 3. Of the six polls – D1Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA, Collegiate Baseball, USA Today Coaches, and Perfect Game – Texas Tech has been ranked inside the top 25 of all six polls except a one-week absence from the D1Baseball poll in the March 6/Week 3 poll.
- D1Baseball: No. 22 (-)
- Baseball America: No. 18 (+2)
- NCBWA: No. 19 (-)
- Collegiate Baseball: 23 (-1)
- USA Coaches: No. 23 (-2)
- Perfect Game: No. 13 (+2
- NCAA STAT MACHINES
- Entering Tuesday’s game versus Abilene Christian, the Red Raiders rank in the NCAA Top 10 in 10 different statistical categories:
- No. 1 in hits (341)
- No. 1 in sacrifice flies (28)
- No. 3 in double plays (32)
- No. 4 in runs (285)
- No. 4 in double plays per game (1.10)
- No. 4 in walks (183)
- No. 7 in doubles (69)
- No. 7 in runs per game (9.8)
- No. 8 in triples (13)
- No. 9 in batting average (.326)
