LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV Rebels hit the road for a two-game, midweek series in Lubbock, Texas, against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Dan Law Field and Rip Griffin Park. The Red Raiders are ranked as high as No. 2 by Baseball America, and sit in the top five of four other top-25 polls.
 
The series begins Tuesday at 6:30 pm CT (4:30 pm PT) and concludes Wednesday at 1:00 pm CT (11:00 am PT).
 
FOLLOW ALONG: Fans can follow the midweek series between UNLV and Texas Tech through live stats, live video and social media. Links to stats and live video, which is subscription based, can be found online at UNLVRebels.com in the "schedule" section of the team's baseball page as well as on the team's social media channels.
 
Inning-by-inning updates will be provided on the team's official Twitter account, @UNLVbaseball.
 
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: UNLV and Texas Tech rekindle a series that dates back to 1986 and has featured the teams play a total of 18 times, with 10 of those contested in Las Vegas and eight in Lubbock, Texas. The Rebels and Red Raiders sit deadlocked at 9-all; however, the latter has won three straight and five of the last seven meetings.
 
UNLV and Texas Tech first played a two-game series in Las Vegas during the 1986 campaign (March 2-5) with a pair of one-run contests – 5-4 and 15-14 (10 innings) won by the Rebels. The Scarlet & Gray managed to win six of the first seven affairs played through 2008, but things turned in 2009 with the Red Raiders rattling off a 7-3 stretch to draw even.
 
Most recently, the Mountain West and Big 12 squads squared off March 21-22, 2017 in Lubbock. Texas Tech won game one, 5-2, but needed 10 innings to get past UNLV, 5-4, in the second tilt.
 
ON DECK: UNLV returns to Las Vegas and Earl E. Wilson Stadium for a three-game, nonconference series against the St. John's Red Storm this weekend. This will mark the second straight home series the Rebels will have hosted against a squad from the Big East after welcoming the Creighton Bluejays to town this past weekend.
 
The teams will open up play Friday at 6:05 pm. Games two and three are set for Saturday at 2:05 pm and Sunday at 1:05 pm.
 
SCOUTING THE REBELS: UNLV (3-8) enters the midweek series after taking two of three against the Creighton Bluejays at Earl E. Wilson Stadium. The Rebels knocked off the Bluejays in games one, 6-4, and three, 12-3, but was unable to hold onto the middle affair, watching the visitors from Omaha, Nebraska, storm back to win, 4-3, in 11 innings.
 
-The Rebels are hitting .251 as a team with 98 hits, 35 of which have gone for extra bases (24 doubles, six triples and five home runs), as well as 55 runs and 51 RBI.
-The Rebels are ranked in the top 100 of the most recent NCAA statistics (as of March 1): 11th in triples (six); 15th in triples per game (0.55); 30th in doubles per game (2.18); 33rd in doubles (24); and 90th in hits (98).
-Eric Bigani sits in the top 150 of the most recent NCAA statistics: 51st in doubles (five); 79th in triples (one); 80th in doubles per game (0.45); 111th in hits (16); and 134th in hits per game (1.45).
-James Gamble and Edarian Williams are tied with Bigani for 79th in triples with one each.
-Jack-Thomas Wold sits in the top 150 in both doubles (51st with five) and doubles per game (80th with 0.45).
-Grant Robbins leads the NCAA in both triples (three) and triples per game (0.30), while sitting 125th in doubles (four).  
-On the mound, Connor Woods is ninth in appearances (seven); Ryan Hare, Chase Maddux and Josh Sharman are tied for 11th in games started (three); and Haydn King is 11th in saves (one).
-Three Rebels are hitting .300 or better: Eric Bigani (.356), Grant Robbins (.316) and Austin Kryszczuk (.300).
-Not only does Bigani lead the team in average, but he's also tops hits (16), RBI (nine) and total bases (23), while tying for first in doubles (five) … He's second in runs (seven) … Six of his hits have gone for extra bases (five doubles and one triple) to aid in a .511 slugging percentage … In the NCAA statistics, he is 51st in doubles
-Robbins leads the team in extra-base hits with seven (four doubles and three triples), which has led to the second-best slugging percentage on the team (.579) … He also leads the team in hit-by-pitches (three) and is second in RBI (eight).
-Kryszczuk is first in slugging percentage (.600) with help from two home runs out of a total of six hits, and on-base percentage (.464) with assistance from six walks and one hit-by-pitch.
-On the mound, the Rebels' pitching staff owns a 5.19 ERA after allowing 59 earned runs (72 total) in 102.1 innings of work … They have struck out 96 against 53 walks and 103 hits, and held opposing batters to a .259 batting average.
 
SCOUTING THE RED RAIDERS: Texas Tech (11-1) enters the midweek series riding a seven-game win streak, which dates back to a 7-2 win over Stanford at the Round Rock Classic on Feb. 22. This steak also includes victories over Houston (3-2 in 10 innings), Southern (13-2 and 10-3), Florida Atlantic (7-1) and Florida State (6-5 in 11 and 4-3).
 
-The Red Raiders are hitting .326 as a team with 139 hits, 56 of which have gone for extra bases (33 doubles, 19 home runs and four triples), as well as 117 runs and 110 RBI.
-The Red Raiders are ranked near the top 10 of the most recent NCAA statistics (as of March 1): third in on-base percentage (.444) and strikeouts per 9.0 IP (12.7); fourth in hits (139) and home runs (19); fifth in base on balls (80) and scoring (9.8); sixth in doubles (33) and doubles per game (2.75); seventh in runs (117); eighth in home runs per game (1.58) and win-loss percentage (.917); and 12th in batting average (.326).
-Nate Rombach sits in the top 40 of the most recent statistics: third in RBI (20); sixth in home runs (six); seventh in RBI per game (1.67); 13th in home runs per game (0.50); 21st in total bases (34); 30th in hit-by-pitch (five); and 40th in runs (14).
-Dylan Neuse sits near the top 50 in: 12th in hits (21) and runs (16); 31st in hits per game (1.75); 35th in runs per game (1.33); 48th in batting average (.447); 51st in doubles (five) and 79th in total bases (28) and triples (one).
-Cal Conley sits in the top 125 in: 60th in home runs (three); 66th in RBI (13); 89th in RBI per game (1.18); and 116th in total bases (26).
-Neuse leads the team in average (.447), at-bats (47), runs (16), hits (21) and stolen bases (seven).
-On the mound, the Red Raiders' pitching staff owns a 2.80 ERA after allowing 33 earned runs (35 total) in 106.0 innings of work … They have struck out 150 against 39 walks and 70 hits, and held opposing batters to a .184 batting average.