Mountaineers Fall to Kentucky
May 30, 2026 09:41 PM | Baseball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University baseball team fell to Kentucky, 11-9, in the NCAA Regional winner's bracket game. The Mountaineers fall to 40-15 and will play Wake Forest in an elimination game on Sunday at 12 p.m. The Wildcats improve to 33-21 and advance to the regional final on Sunday at 5 p.m.
Sophomore Gavin Kelly hit two home runs, his third multi-home run game of the season, and drove in three runs. Junior Tyrus Hall had two hits, two RBI, and two runs scored while junior Armani Guzman reached base four times and scored twice.
Redshirt junior Maxx Yehl lasted just 0.2 innings while giving up four unearned runs before leaving due to injury. Graduate student Ian Korn allowed four runs, two earned, in 3.2 innings while graduate student Reese Bassinger suffered the loss allowing three runs in 3.0 innings of work.
Kentucky jumped out to a 6-0 lead after two innings before the Kelly got WVU on the board with a two-run home run in the third. In the fourth, the Mountaineers scored three more runs as Hall hit an RBI double before coming home to score on a balk. West Virginia then loaded the bases when graduate student was hit by a pitch to force in a run.
In the fifth, Guzman walked to lead off the inning before advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt. He then stole third before coming home to score as the throw got away.
Kentucky retook the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, but the Mountaineers came back to tie it with a run in the sixth and run in the seventh as Kelly hit a solo home run before Hall hit a game-tying double.
In the eighth, the Wildcats put up three runs to go back in front. The Mountaineers scored a run on an error and brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth but could not complete the rally.
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Sophomore Gavin Kelly hit two home runs, his third multi-home run game of the season, and drove in three runs. Junior Tyrus Hall had two hits, two RBI, and two runs scored while junior Armani Guzman reached base four times and scored twice.
Redshirt junior Maxx Yehl lasted just 0.2 innings while giving up four unearned runs before leaving due to injury. Graduate student Ian Korn allowed four runs, two earned, in 3.2 innings while graduate student Reese Bassinger suffered the loss allowing three runs in 3.0 innings of work.
Kentucky jumped out to a 6-0 lead after two innings before the Kelly got WVU on the board with a two-run home run in the third. In the fourth, the Mountaineers scored three more runs as Hall hit an RBI double before coming home to score on a balk. West Virginia then loaded the bases when graduate student was hit by a pitch to force in a run.
In the fifth, Guzman walked to lead off the inning before advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt. He then stole third before coming home to score as the throw got away.
Kentucky retook the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, but the Mountaineers came back to tie it with a run in the sixth and run in the seventh as Kelly hit a solo home run before Hall hit a game-tying double.
In the eighth, the Wildcats put up three runs to go back in front. The Mountaineers scored a run on an error and brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth but could not complete the rally.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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