When it comes to the three most important factors in a baseball series — starting pitching, starting pitching and starting pitching — neither No. 4 TCU nor No. 7 Texas Tech is likely to be at full strength when their Big 12 matchup starts Friday.
TCU goes to Lubbock without No. 1 starter Jared Janczak, who missed last week’s start with a shoulder strain.
Tech has been playing without its ace, Davis Martin, who was scratched from a March 31 start with tendonitis.
Both would have started the Friday opener of a series that could set the winner up for a Big 12 championship.