Baseball: Mountaineers to Face Youngstown State
May 12, 2008 11:28 AM | General
May 12, 2008
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia baseball team will play host to Youngstown State in a mid-week match up today, at Hawley Field. The game will be the final home game of the season and seniors Tyler Kuhn, Brent Lockhart, Eric Saffell and Matt Yurish will be honored in a post-game ceremony. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.
The game has been moved up from its previously scheduled time of 7:05 p.m. and is just one nine-inning game instead of a doubleheader.
WVU (34-15, 13-11 BIG EAST) and Youngstown State (19-30, 11-11 Horizon League) have met a total of 22 times since 1990. The Mountaineers own the series, 16-6.
Joe Iacobucci leads Youngstown State with 54 hits, including seven doubles and three home runs, 29 RBIs and a .360 batting average. Adam Kalafos is expected to pitch for the Penguins. He holds a record of 4-3, has struck out 55, walked 32, and has allowed 60 hits in 54.1 innings pitched.
Kuhn continues to lead the Mountaineers from the plate with 66 runs on 89 hits, including 31 extra base hits. The shortstop has a .426 batting average on the year and leads the team with a .684 slugging percentage.
Third baseman Vince Belnome leads WVU with 64 RBIs and has a .416 batting average on the season while freshman second baseman Jedd Gyorko has a .416 average on the season.
WVU went 2-1 on the weekend, taking the Louisville series in game three in 10 innings. After a 2:13 rain delay on Sunday, the Mountaineers scored two runs to tie the score at four before Vince Belnome hit the game winning hit and RBI to drive in Kuhn for the win.
The game will be aired on U-92 student radio station.
