Thursday night in Oklahoma City, the Texas Tech baseball team faced Big 12 Pitcher of the Year Alek Manoah from West Virginia for the second time this season. And unfortunately, the Red Raiders’ second crack at the future MLB first round draft pick was not much more successful than their first as West Virginia took down the Red Raiders 5-1 in the Big 12 Tournament.
Manoah allowed just one run while striking out ten hitters in tossing a complete game sending the Red Raiders to the losers’ bracket where they will face Kansas on Friday. It was the second time that the big righty has shut down the Big 12’s best lineup after he struck out 15 Red Raiders in a 2-0 complete game shutout last month.