West Virginia relievers give up five RBI walks in loss to Kansas State
– For the third consecutive season, the West Virginia Mountaineers leave the Big 12 Conference Baseball Championship without a win after falling to the Kansas State Wildcats in an elimination game Wednesday morning 8-4.
Junior JJ Wetherholt led the game off with a single and sophomore Logan Sauve followed with a single to left field and senior Reed Chumley was beaned by the 3-2 pitch to lead the bases before junior Brodie Kresser smacked a two-RBI single back up the middle. Then, sophomore Sam White hit a sacrifice RBI fly ball to right field to give the Mountaineers a 3-0 lead.
West Virginia senior starting pitcher Hambleton Oliver faced the minimum through three but in the fourth, the Wildcats ran him off the mound after junior Brendan Jones worked a leadoff walk followed by a pair of singles before redshirt junior Brady Day ripped a two-RBI double into right-centerfield and junior David Bishop delivered an RBI single back up the middle to tie the game and end Oliver’s day.
Sophomore reliever Robby Porco entered the game and a six-pitch walk loaded the bases before a pop-up bunt recorded the first out of the inning, but a wild pitch walked in the go-ahead run and scored another for a 5-3 Kansas State lead. West Virginia head coach Randy Mazey called sophomore Cole Fehrman from the bullpen, but consecutive walks put another Wildcat run on the board. Again, in a search for answers, Luke Lyman took the mound. The sophomore gave up the fourth RBI walk of the frame to cap off a seven-run fourth inning for Kansas State and a 7-3 advantage.
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