MORGANTOWN -- As far as first impressions go, No. 24 West Virginia made an impressive one Friday night in its Big 12 baseball opener in an 8-3 victory against Kansas State. Most of that was courtesy of right fielder Caleb McNeely, who tripled in the ninth inning to complete the ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia set a school record with 14 victories against Big 12 baseball teams a year ago. In the eyes of the NCAA tournament selection committee, it didn’t matter, as the Mountaineers finished on the outside looking in. That fact hasn’t exactly been lost on the ...
GRANVILLE — J.J. Wetherholt added three more hits to his college resume Tuesday night. None of them played too much of a role in No. 24 West Virginia’s 9-7 victory against Marshall inside Mon County Ballpark. Instead, it was the sophomore’s legs that got the job done for the ...
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 ...
