MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 12 West Virginia University baseball team hits the road for the final time in the regular season as the Mountaineers head to Kansas State, May 9-11. First pitch on Friday is set for 7 p.m. ET, Saturday for 5 p.m. ET, and Sunday for 2 p.m. ET.
Mountaineer fans can watch the games on
ESPN+, listen on
Mountaineer Sports Network, and can follow along with live stats at
WVUsports.com.
West Virginia is 39-8 overall after dropping a midweek contest at Pitt on Tuesday. In the Big 12, the Mountaineers sit at 18-4 in the Big 12, three games ahead of Arizona State with six games remaining.
In the latest polls, West Virginia sits at No. 7 in Perfect Game, No. 13 in NCBWA, No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, No. 9 in Baseball America, No. 18 in The Athletic, and No. 12 by D1Baseball, which is recognized by the NCAA.
Junior
Sam White leads the team with a .367 batting average while senior
Jace Rinehart has a team-high 46 RBI. Rinehart, senior
Grant Hussey, junior
Logan Sauve, and senior
Kyle West each have seven home runs to pace the offense. On the mound, WVU has a 3.77 team ERA, tops in the Big 12 and 12
th best in the country.
Pitching Probables
LHP
Griffin Kirn (4-1, 3.59 ERA, 70 K, 22 BB, 62.2 IP) vs. LHP Jacob Frost (1-3, 4.86 ERA, 58 K, 31 BB, 50.0 IP)
RHP
Chase Meyer (8-2, 2.31 ERA, 51 K, 23 BB, 35.0 IP) vs. LHP Michael Quevedo (6-1, 5.27 ERA, 66 K, 23 BB, 56.1 IP)
RHP
Jack Kartsonas (6-1, 1.84 ERA, 51 K, 11 BB, 44.0 IP) vs. LHP Lincoln Sheffield (6-4, 5.64 ERA, 59 K, 16 BB, 59.0 IP)
Led by seventh year head coach Pete Hughes, Kansas State is 28-20 this season. The Wildcats are 14-10 in the Big 12 after taking two of three at BYU this past weekend.
Keegan O'Connor leads the team with a .338 batting average and 15 home runs while Maximus Martin has 14 home runs to go along with 53 RBI. Adam Arther has been Kansas State's top pitcher this season with a 1.93 ERA in 17 relief appearances.
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