GRANVILLE — West Virginia found itself on the short end of one of the weirdest statistical outcomes a baseball team could have Sunday. Jared Cushing hit two home runs — one of them a grand slam in the second inning — to lead Xavier to an 8-3 victory to avoid a sweep by the No. 24 ...
GRANVILLE — It was a scouting report and maybe pure curiosity that got Blaine Traxel to become a sidearm pitcher. “If you know his story, it’s a tremendous story to how he got to where he’s at,” WVU manager Randy Mazey said after the No. 24 Mountaineers ran past Xavier 7-2 on ...
GRANVILLE — All of a sudden, West Virginia is getting pretty good at walk-off wins. More to the point, J.J. Wetherholt continues to be pretty good in any situation. It all added up to the WVU second baseman hitting a double to the gap in left-center with one out in the bottom of the ...
GRANVILLE — Sam White’s redemption on Wednesday came in the form of a game-winning base hit in the bottom of the 10th inning. As the cliche goes, though, it was far from the whole story. White was the hero on the day when there were more storylines than any good mystery novel. In ...
GRANVILLE -- West Virginia’s first game as a nationally-ranked baseball team in nearly four years ended in great disappointment. Hofstra, a team with a team ERA of 9.12 entering the game, looked anything but shaky on the mound and the Pride pulled off a 4-2 stunner Tuesday against the ...
MORGANTOWN -- Braden Barry hit a three-run home run to extend his hitting streak to nine games Sunday, as West Virginia finished off a three-game sweep of UNC Greensboro with an 8-0 victory at UNCG Baseball Stadium. The Mountaineers (15-4) have won nine straight, their longest winning ...
