With one more Big 12 series left to play during the regular season, the Texas Tech Red Raiders are leading the conference with the number of walks they’ve allowed opposing lineups to have so far this year.
Heading into the series against the Baylor Bears, the Texas Tech softball team has allowed just 80 walks this season. When you do the math across 52 games, the Red Raiders pitching staff is giving up a little over 1.5 walks per game. That sort of command and the ability to avoid walks has put the Red Raiders in a great spot.
It’s also proof that the Red Raiders pitching staff is able to consistently attack the zone against opposing batters while also consistently limiting what they do when at the plate.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders pitching staff has yielded fewer walks than every other pitching staff in the Big 12
- Texas Tech Red Raiders - 80 walks in 52 games
- Oklahoma State Cowgirls - 87 walks in 47 games
- Utah Utes - 126 walks in 52 games
- Arizona Wildcats - 129 walks in 47 games
- Arizona State Sun Devils - 148 walks in 51 games
- Kansas Jayhawks - 153 walks in 49 games
- Iowa State Cyclones - 173 walks in 51 games
- Baylor Bears - 187 walks in 51 games
- UCF Knights - 203 walks in 51 games
- Houston Cougars - 214 walks in 51 games
- BYU Cougars - 226 walks in 47 games
Going into the series between the Red Raiders and the Bears, Baylor’s pitching staff has issued more than double the number of walks that Texas Tech’s pitching staff has allowed. Texas Tech’s pitching staff is incredibly dominant at owning the strike zone and avoids giving away freebases to opposing batters. Baylor’s pitching staff is much less successful at that.
More walks means more base runners and higher pitch counts. That works out in Texas Tech’s favor here.
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