MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 16 West Virginia University baseball team returns home to play Kansas in the final regular season series of the season, May 15-17. First pitch from Kendrick Family Ballpark on Thursday and Friday is set for 6:30 p.m. while Saturday is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
Tickets are available at WVUGame.com, by calling 1-800-WVU-GAME or visiting the Mountaineer Ticket Office at Kendrick Family Ballpark. Student tickets are free with a WVU ID. Mountaineer fans can watch the games on ESPN+, listen on Mountaineer Sports Network, and can follow along with live stats at WVUsports.com.
 
Promos for the weekend include Jerry West Night and weeknight bingo on Thursday, Friday Night Happy Hour and a Victor Scott II bobblehead giveaway, courtesy of United Bank for game two, and Senior Day on Saturday.
 
West Virginia is 40-10 on the season and sits in first place in the Big 12 at 19-6. One win this weekend by WVU or a loss by Arizona State would clinch the conference title. In the latest polls, West Virginia sits at No. 14 in Perfect Game, No. 14 in NCBWA, No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, No. 19 in Baseball America, No. 24 in The Athletic, and No. 16 by D1Baseball, which is recognized by the NCAA.
 
Junior Sam White leads the Mountaineers with a .368 batting average while seniors Jace Rinehart and Kyle West each have a team-high eight home runs. Rinehart also leads the team with 50 RBI and leads the Big 12 with 20 doubles.
 
On the mound, redshirt senior Griffin Kirn is 4-1 with a 3.49 ERA and leads the team with 73 strikeouts. Graduate student Jack Kartsonas is 6-1 with a 2.44 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 48.0 innings.
 
Pitching Probables
LHP Griffin Kirn (4-1, 3.49 ERA, 73 K, 23 BB, 69.2 IP) vs. RHP Dominic Voegele (6-4, 5.40 ERA, 74 K, 28 BB, 80.0 IP)
RHP Gavin Van Kempen (2-0, 5.95 ERA, 36 K, 25 BB, 39.1 IP) vs. RHP Cooper Moore (6-1, 3.49 ERA, 65 K, 14 BB, 69.2 IP)
RHP Jack Kartsonas (6-1, 2.44 ERA, 55 K, 11 BB, 48.0 IP) vs. TBA
 
Led by third year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, Kansas is 39-14 this season. In the Big 12, the Jayhawks sit in third place at 17-10 after taking two of three from BYU last weekend.

Kansas leads the Big 12 and is 10th in the nation with 93 home runs, led by 18 from Jackson Hauge. Cooper Moore leads the pitching staff with a 3.49 ERA while striking out 65 batters.
 
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