Box Score Williamsburg, Va. – Another strong outing by junior right-hander Alek Manoah and nine runs scored for the third time in four games led the West Virginia University baseball team to a 9-1 victory at William & Mary on Saturday afternoon in Williamsburg, Virginia, in the first game of a doubleheader.
 
The win was coach Randy Mazey's 200th at WVU. In seven seasons, he owns a 200-160 record and is the fifth-winningest coach in program history. In 13 years as a head coach, Mazey is 387-320-2.
 
To open the doubleheader at Plumeri Park, the Mountaineers (11-6) scored a season-high-tying nine runs on a season-best 13 hits as all but one WVU starter had at least one hit. The West Virginia pitching staff held the Tribe (12-3) to one unearned run on five hits.
 
Manoah led the way with his fourth quality start in five starts this season to improve to 3-1. In 7.0 innings, he allowed one unearned run, in the seventh inning, on four hits with nine strikeouts and three walks. W&M's first hit did not come until the fifth inning.
 
Senior right fielder Darius Hill led the team with three hits and three RBIs. He and junior third baseman Kevin Brophy homered in the win. Brophy's home run led off a five-run fifth inning to get the scoring underway for the Mountaineers. It was his third homer of the year and ninth of his career. Hill's long ball, also his third in 2019 and team-leading 14th of his career, came in the seventh inning.
 
Manoah struck out the side in the first inning and struck out two in the fourth to leave a runner on second.
 
Brophy's home run led off the fifth inning and got the Mountaineers on the board. WVU added four more runs on five hits in the frame, all with two outs. Freshman shortstop Tevin Tucker's infield single scored junior center fielder Brandon White from second base, and Tucker then scored from second on an RBI single by senior catcher Ivan Gonzalez. With sophomore second baseman Tyler Doanes on third and Gonzalez on second, Hill followed with a two-RBI double to center field to cap the inning and give West Virginia a 5-0 lead.
 
William & Mary got its first hit of the game with a two-out single in the bottom of the fifth, and a double followed to put two in scoring position, but Manoah got a strikeout to end the inning.
 
WVU added on in the sixth with three runs to extend its lead to 8-0. White singled through the left side to score the first two, sophomore designated hitter Paul McIntosh and junior left fielder TJ Lake, who both reached on doubles. After White stole second, Tucker brought him home with a single to right-center.
 
The Mountaineers added their ninth run in the seventh, on Hill's home run. William & Mary answered with their lone run in the bottom of the inning to make it 9-1, on a two-out, RBI single that came after an error.
 
Freshman right-hander Zach Ottinger relieved Manoah in the eighth and pitched a scoreless inning. He allowed one hit, a two-out single, and struck out one. Freshman righty Madison Jeffrey threw a scoreless ninth inning to secure the win.
 
The two teams will continue play today with the second game of the doubleheader before the series wraps up tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET.
 
Each game will be streamed on TribeAthletics.com, and live stats can be found at Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to the video streams and live stats are available on the baseball schedule page on WVUsports.com. Additional behind-the-scenes updates, news and notes can be found on social media by following and connecting with the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @WVUBaseball.
 
Notes: West Virginia improved to 11-6 on the season and has won six of its last seven games … Coach Randy Mazey won his 200th game as a Mountaineer and is 200-160 in seven years at WVU … Mazey is the fifth-winningest coach in program history and is four wins shy of tying Ira Errett Rodgers (204-209-4 from 1921-42, 1946) for fourth place on the all-time list, with 204 victories … The Mountaineers scored first for the 12th time in 17 games this season … WVU had a season-high 13 hits and scored a season-high-tying nine runs in the win … West Virginia is playing its fourth doubleheader in the first five weeks of the season … All but one Mountaineer starter had a hit in the win … Alek Manoah improved to 3-1 on the season with his fourth quality start in five starts this year … In 7.0 innings, Manoah gave up one unearned run on four hits with nine strikeouts and three walks … Kevin Brophy hit his third home run of the season and ninth of his career to lead off the fifth inning … Darius Hill hit his third homer of the year and team-leading 14th of his career in the seventh inning.
 
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