Another weekend, another collection of dominant wins for Gerry Glasco and the Texas Tech softball team. The Red Raiders are on an absolute roll and they’re crushing folks left and right. Texas Tech’s latest victim would be the Iowa State Cyclones, who went out and suffered three consecutive run-rule defeats over the weekend.
With the way the Red Raiders managed to win, here’s a few things that stood out in Texas Tech’s 3-game sweep of the Cyclones:
No. 1: It truly didn’t matter that Kadence Shepherd was able to hammer home runs in each of the three games from this series
The Iowa State Cyclones should be thrilled that Kadence Shepherd did everything she possibly could to try to get them back into this game. It’s truly impressive that in all three games, Shepherd was able to hit home runs off of Texas Tech’s pitching staff. She was arguably Iowa State’s best hitter all series and looked really impressive.
And the Cyclones still lost by a combined 27 runs across all three games. Texas Tech’s offense is overwhelming and the Red Raiders have a completely different type of depth across their roster.
No. 2: Just a reminder that Texas Tech’s lineup is dangerous and it’s going to be difficult for opposing pitchers to slow the Red Raiders
This feels like a good time to bring up that across the three games, Texas Tech managed to rack up 36 runs off of 34 hits and 31 RBI. In game 3, which was Texas Tech’s 17-6 win over the Cyclones, every single starter either had a hit or got on base multiple times.
The Red Raiders are going to be dangerous for just about every opposing pitching staff that they meet up with throughout the season (and that’s a good thing for Texas Tech softball fans).
No. 3: It’s fascinating that none of Texas Tech’s pitchers threw more than 84 pitches in this series
Hats off to Gerry Glasco and the Texas Tech softball coaching staff for going out there and managing the pitching staff effectively. None of the three Red Raiders pitchers really ran into issues and none of them were on the field for all that long. Just five innings each thanks to the run rule nature of Texas Tech’s wins against Iowa State.
And that should set the Red Raiders up nicely to go out and compete at a high level down the stretch of the season (and into the postseason).