Nearly one in every three Texas Tech softball games has resulted in a shutout for Gerry Glasco and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. There’s been consistency in the way the Red Raiders have delivered both pitching dominance and defensive reliability this season.
And that has put Texas Tech as the top of the Big 12 in yet another pitching stat: shutouts. The gap isn’t massive here. Texas Tech has just one more shutout when compared to the second-place Utah Utes.
Texas Tech softball’s pitching staff has managed to blank opponents 16 different times to lead the Big 12 so far this season
Here’s how Texas Tech’s pitching staff measures up against the rest of the Big 12 here.
- Texas Tech Red Raiders - 16 shutouts
- Utah Utes - 15 shutouts
- Arizona Wildcats - 10 shutouts
- Oklahoma State Cowgirls - 8 shutouts
- UCF Knights - 5 shutouts
- Kansas Jayhawks - 5 shutouts
- Iowa State Cyclones - 4 shutouts
- Baylor Bears - 3 shutouts
- Houston Cougars - 3 shutouts
- Arizona State Sun Devils - 2 shutouts
- BYU Cougars - 0 shutouts
There’s been so much dominance from Texas Tech’s pitching staff this season. Up to this point in the year, the Red Raiders have been able to get 26 complete games from this pitching staff, which shows that the Texas Tech pitchers are finishing what they’ve started.
Comparing that sort of dominance to Baylor (whose pitchers have delivered just three shutouts this season) and it’s very clear that the Red Raiders have a significant advantage for this weekend’s series in Lubbock.
Texas Tech has shown the ability to shutout folks (or get close) on a number of occasions).
Baylor’s offense will need to be performing at its absolute best, otherwise the Bears might get blanked as well. Baylor has just a .283 batting average and 28 home runs. There’s a decent chance that we see at least one shutout happen in Lubbock this weekend.
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