It wasn’t supposed to end like that. Texas Tech baseball was 3-0 in elimination games prior to the College World Series under Tim Tadlock. It had not lost two consecutive home games all season and had lost two in a row just once.
But when Monday’s game ended with the Sam Houston State Bearkats celebrating a regional victory in the middle of Dan Law Field, the grim reality set it. 2017 was not to be the year most Red Raider fans expected it to be.
There will be no return trip to Omaha this year.