In game one of the Lubbock Super Regional, Texas Tech and Duke saw the strength of both teams go head-to-head. In the end, the powerful and relentless Red Raider lineup wore down the vaunted Blue Devil bullpen in a 6-4 win putting the Texas Tech baseball program one win away from its third College World Series appearance.
Trailing 3-0 in the fifth and 4-3 in the seventh, Texas Tech was faced with having to claw back against a Duke bullpen that has a collective ERA under 3.00. After managing just two runs in five innings off of Duke starter Mitch Stallings, who entered the game with an ERA of 5.