Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University baseball team scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and added an eight-run eighth to beat No. 19 Oklahoma, 12-4, on Saturday afternoon in Morgantown.
 
In front of a season-high 2,073 fans at Monongalia County Ballpark, the Mountaineers (15-11, 1-4 Big 12) never trailed and evened the three-game series against the Sooners (22-6, 4-1 Big 12).
 
WVU took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, and led 3-0 after four, but OU rallied to tie the game in the sixth inning. West Virginia responded to regain the lead with a run in the seventh and blew it open with eight runs in the eighth.
 
"That makes you feel good as a coach, that you have a team that doesn't feel sorry for themselves, doesn't get down on themselves, and we needed a win," WVU coach Randy Mazey said about WVU's response following Friday night's 2-1 loss. "We can feel good about this game for the next five minutes, but they have their best guy on the mound tomorrow, we have a good guy on the mound tomorrow, and conditions aren't going to be as good and the weather is going to be colder, so who knows what is going to happen, but we just have to fight like heck to get a series win here (tomorrow)."
 
West Virginia's 12 runs came on 12 hits, while five Mountaineer pitchers held Oklahoma to four runs on nine hits. WVU left seven runners on base and OU stranded 12.
 
Offensively for West Virginia, seven starters had a hit, seven scored at least one run and eight Mountaineers drove in a run in the victory.
 
Sophomore catcher Paul McIntosh led the Mountaineers with two hits and three RBIs. He launched his team-leading seventh home run of the season in the fourth inning, which gave WVU a 3-0 lead, and added a two-RBI single in the eighth inning.
 
Sophomore right-hander Tristen Hudson collected the win to improve to 1-0 on the season. He held the Sooners to one hit with a strikeout and a walk in 1.2 innings. Sophomore left-handed starter Jackson Wolf allowed one run on six hits in 5.0 innings. He struck out three and walked four.
 
"We had some really big individual performances today," Mazey added. "(Junior designated hitter) Kevin Brophy (had) a big, big hit. When the game was close, (junior right-hander) Sam Kessler with two strikeouts in the eighth inning and a one run game. (Freshman shortstop) Tevin Tucker just keeps coming and coming, and (freshman left fielder) Austin Davis just brings life and energy to the whole team. I am really proud of our team after the pretty emotional loss yesterday."
 
The Mountaineers scored first for the 19th time this season and scored in the first inning for the 13th time. After Wolf stranded a runner on third with one out in the top of the first, West Virginia jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom half. With two outs, junior first baseman Marques Inman singled up the middle to score junior center fielder Brandon White, who singled.
 
Wolf left two runners on in the second and third before the Mountaineers added to their lead with a run in the bottom of the third inning. Davis led off the inning with a first-pitch infield bunt single, and scored all the way from first on a double to left-center by White.
 
Wolf escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the fourth, and WVU answered with another run in the bottom of the inning, thanks to McIntosh's leadoff home run, to extend the lead to 3-0.
 
Oklahoma got on the board with a leadoff home run in the fifth, but Wolf followed to retire the next three he faced. Freshman right-hander Gabe Kurtzhals relieved Wolf in the sixth, and an RBI groundout and run-scoring infield single tied the game at 3-3. Hudson came in to get a fielder's choice to end the inning and prevent OU from taking the lead.
 
Hudson followed with a perfect seventh inning, and the Mountaineers regained a 4-3 lead with two outs in the bottom half. Tucker doubled down the left-field line with one out, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a single through the left side by sophomore second baseman Tyler Doanes.
 
Kessler got a pair of strikeouts to end the top of the eighth inning, before WVU blew it open in the bottom half.
 
West Virginia scored eight runs on four hits to extend its lead to 12-3. The Mountaineers sent 13 men to the plate in the inning and benefited from five walks and a hit batter. Five of the eight runs came with two outs.
 
With two on and one out, Brophy doubled to right center to score both runners, from first and second, and Tucker followed with an RBI double to bring in Brophy. With runners on second and third and two outs, a wild pitch scored another to make it 8-3, and a bases-loaded walk extended the lead to 9-3. McIntosh followed with a two-RBI single up the middle, and senior catcher Ivan Gonzalez closed out the inning with a single up the middle to bring in the Mountaineers' final run.
 
Freshman right-hander Zach Ottinger pitched the ninth. OU scored one run on an RBI groundout, but Ottinger got a strikeout to end the game and prevent the Sooners from getting any closer.
 
The series concludes on Sunday at 1 p.m., at Monongalia County Ballpark. Tickets are available at WVUGAME.com, by calling 1-800-WVU GAME or on game day at Monongalia County Ballpark. Admission for WVU students is free with a valid student I.D. Sunday is the first of four trading card giveaways, courtesy of United Bank, to the first 250 kids, ages 16 and under. Sunday also is Kids Day, presented by WVU Medicine, which features a Kids Zone, inflatables and Mr. Twister's Balloon Art and Face Painting, and kids can run the bases after the game.
 
Notes: West Virginia improved to 15-11 on the season, 7-1 at home and 1-4 in Big 12 play … WVU is 2-3 against top-25 teams and 7-7 against teams that made the 2018 NCAA Tournament … The Mountaineers are 14-5 when scoring first and 8-5 when scoring in the first inning … Seven of WVU's nine starters had a hit, seven scored at least one run and eight Mountaineers drove in a run in the victory … Paul McIntosh hit his team-leading seventh home run of the season in the fourth inning … Tristen Hudson earned his first win of the season and improves to 3-0 in his career … Hudson allowed one hit with a strikeout and a walk in 1.2 innings pitched.
 
Single game tickets, season tickets and mini-packages for the 2019 season are on sale now. Fans can join the excitement of WVU baseball and support the Mountaineers by purchasing tickets at WVUGAME.com, calling 1-800-WVU GAME or visiting the Mountaineer Ticket Office at the WVU Coliseum.
 
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