Mountaineers Eliminated from Big 12 Championship by Oklahoma State

Thursday, May 25

Arlington, Texas

1:30 p.m.

West Virginia University

39-18

Oklahoma State

38-17

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
West Virginia	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	1
Oklahoma State	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	6	1

Tournament Central

Mountaineers Eliminated from Big 12 Championship by Oklahoma State

May 25, 2023 05:31 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Adam Grossman

ARLINGTON, Texas – The West Virginia baseball team saw its Big 12 Tournament run come to an end on Thursday as the third-seeded Mountaineers fell to No. 2-seed Oklahoma State, 3-2, at Globe Life Field.

In the closest game of the championship so far, the Mountaineers fought back from an early hole to tie the game before the Cowboys scored a run in the eighth to retake the lead.

In the top of the ninth, the Mountaineers attempted a two-out rally as sophomore JJ Wetherholt was hit by a pitch before going to third on a double by redshirt-senior Caleb McNeely. After sophomore Grant Hussey was also hit by a pitch, junior Landon Wallace battled against Juaron Watts-Brown, but the MLB draft prospect got Wallace to swing through a 2-2 slider to end the game.

Junior Ben Hampton got the start and after allowing two unearned runs in the first, settled in nicely, not allowing another run in 6.0 innings while striking out a pair. His first strikeout of the game was the 200^th of his career, becoming the 20^th Mountaineer in program history to reach the milestone.

Wetherholt and Wallace each finished the game with two hits and a run scored while freshman Sam White and junior Braden Barry each drove in a run with groundouts.

The Mountaineers struggled to get a big hit all as they went just 2-for-18 with runners on base and 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

West Virginia will now turn its attention toward NCAA Regionals. The selection show will air, Monday, May 29 at 12 p.m. on ESPN2.

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