MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University baseball team is back in action on Tuesday, April 30, for the second edition of the Backyard Brawl this season. The game will be played at PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, with first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m.
 
The game will air nationally on ESPN2 and can be heard on the Mountaineers Sports Network on all radio affiliates as well as the Varsity Network, WVU Gameday App, and WVUSports.com.
 
West Virginia is 26-16 this season after sweeping Baylor at Kendrick Family Ballpark over the weekend. In the Big 12, the Mountaineers sit at 14-7, one game behind Oklahoma for first place.
 
Junior JJ Wetherholt leads the team with a .328 batting average while Kyle West has a team-high 11 home runs and 36 RBI.
 
Junior Grant Hussey hit his 34th career home run on Sunday against Baylor, just one shy of the program record currently held by Jedd Gyorko (2008-10) and Tim McCabe (2000-03).

The Mountaineers won the first meeting between the two programs this season, a 6-3 victory in Morgantown on April 16.
 
Led by Head Coach Mike Bell in his sixth season, Pitt is 18-22 this season. Most recently, the Panthers took two of three in a non-conference series against Bryant.
 
Dom Popa leads Pitt with a .329 batting average while Jayden Melendez has a team-high 13 home runs.
 
Phil Fox has a 1.30 ERA in 17 appearances out of the bullpen to lead the team while collecting five saves.
 
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