Texas Tech tops NMSU in regional game of CWS, 9-2

The road to Omaha and the College World Series just got tougher for the NMSU Aggies.

Friday afternoon in Lubbock, TX, the Aggies lost their first round regional matchup to the Texas Tech Red Raiders by a final of 9-2.

NMSU dug themselves a hole early after the Red Raiders jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.

The Aggies would finally get on the board in the top of third following a solo home run by Joe Ortiz.

The home run would cut Texas Tech’s lead to 3-1, but in the bottom of the third, the Red Raiders would respond with two more runs to expand their lead to 5-1.

There would be no more runs scored until the bottom of the 7th when Texas Tech would add 4 more runs to go up 9-1.

Aggies would get the final run of the game in the top of the 8th, but they still had a big hill to climb down 9-2.

The loss now puts the Aggies in the elimination bracket of the tournament where they will face the loser of the Louisville/Kent State game on Saturday.

One more loss for NMSU and the Aggies are eliminated from the tournament.