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What is the most runs in a college baseball game? Texas Tech scores 32 vs. Texas Southern
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Texas Tech baseball broke out the bats Friday afternoon and did made some history while doing so.
During the bottom of the eighth, Red Raiders freshman Davis Rivers lined the ball into left-center field — scoring senior infielder Drew Woodcox for Texas Tech's 32nd run of the afternoon against Texas Southern — setting the program record for most runs in a single game and the most scored by a Division I team this season. Texas Tech would go on to win 32-5.
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Though the Red Raiders made program history for most runs in a game, they didn't reach the NCAA single-game record for most runs which was set in 1999 when Nebraska scored 50 runs against Chicago State.
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"It really doesn't mean anything," Red Raiders coach Tim Tadlock said postgame on the record breaker. "It means you won the game. I mean really we're probably just as happy winning the game 3-2 as you are whatever the score was. To me, we're aspiring to play baseball at the highest level we can and for each guy and our team.
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"I don't think we were close to that today, no matter what the runs said."
The Red Raiders didn't take long to attack opposing starting pitcher Carlos Marquez, as Texas Tech plated six runs in the first inning — three of which were unearned — on RBIs coming from Owen Washburn, Damian Bravo, Gage Harrelson, TJ Pompey and Austin Green. Texas Tech would then score 26 runs between the third and eighth inning across three different pitchers, two of whom gave up 10 runs each and threw over 80 pitches in relief. Additionally, Landon Stripling and Woodcox each homered twice on the afternoon.
Texas Tech opened up its season 2-1 at the Shriners Children's College Showdown at Globe Life Field, picking up wins against Nebraska and Oregon. The Red Raiders picked up their second win of the week Friday against Texas Southern to improve to 4-2 on the year. Texas Tech returns to action Saturday afternoon for Game 2 of a weekend series against Texas Southern.
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What is the college baseball record for runs in one game?
Nebraska baseball presently holds the record for single-game runs, when the Cornhuskers dropped 50 on Chicago State in 1999. That game was run-ruled in the top of the seventh inning, and the Cornhuskers homered nine times across the game.
Texas Tech is the first team this season to break 30 runs in a game, a feat that happened nine times in 2023.
Most single-game runs for Texas Tech baseball
Texas Tech's 32 runs Friday broke the program record, surpassing the previous record of 31 set in 1997 against College of Southwest.
Texas Tech has two more games in its series against Texas Southern, with the weekender series continuing Saturday and concluding Sunday.
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Texas Tech is now 4-2 in this young season, as it looks to build upon its No. 22 preseason ranking in the Baseball Coaches Poll.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Most runs in college baseball game: Texas Tech scores 32 vs. Texas Southern
