No. 3 Texas Tech Tops Umaine Baseball In Season Opener

Third-ranked Texas Tech scored three runs in the third inning on Friday, providing the margin of victory in a 4-2 college baseball victory over the University of Maine at Lubbock, Texas. Cody Farhat stroked a two-run single in the third inning for the Red Raiders, who outhit the Black Bears 7-4 in the teams’ mutual season opener. Josh Jung hit a solo home run, a double and a single to pace Texas Tech, which received five innings of three-hit, one-run pitching from winner Davis Martin, who struck out four and walked two. Bangor’s Justin Courtney (0-1) suffered the loss, surrendering six hits and three runs with six strikeouts and a walk in his four-inning stint. Danny Casals paced the Black Bears offense with two singles.