WVU Loses, oSU loses and TEXAS lose in Big 12 tourney

ARLINGTON, Texas – After the two other co-champions of the Big 12 lost earlier in the day, the No. 3-seed West Virginia baseball team tried to reverse the trend but ultimately came up short against No. 6-seed Texas Tech, 6-2, Wednesday evening at Globe Life Field.
 
The Mountaineers fall to 39-17 overall this season and will face No. 2-seed Oklahoma State tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. ET in an elimination game.
 
Redshirt-senior McNeely had two hits, including a home run, while freshman Sauve also contributed with two hits.
 
In his first-career start, freshman Hagamen went 4.0 innings on the mound, striking out seven while allowing four runs. Freshman Yehl had a strong outing in relief, throwing 3.0 scoreless innings with a strikeout.
 
After a 1-2-3 first inning for Hagaman, Texas Tech got to him in the second for two runs before tacking on runs in the third and fourth as well.
 
McNeely got the Mountaineers on the board in the home half of the fourth as he hit a solo home run, his 13th of the season. It was also the second home run he has hit in a major league stadium this season, having hit the first home run ever by a Mountaineer at PNC Park back on April 19.
 
The Red Raiders got the run back, however, in the fifth with a home run of their own before tacking on one more in the sixth.
 
In the seventh, WVU got one run back as graduate Tucker hit a sacrifice fly. That was all for the Mountaineers at the plate for the game as they went down quietly in the eighth and ninth.
 
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 ARLINGTON, Texas — Oklahoma State came up short against Bedlam-rival Oklahoma in the opening round of the Big 12 Championship Wednesday as the 12th-ranked Cowboys dropped a 9-5 contest at Globe Life Field.With the loss, the second-seeded Cowboys fell to 37-17 on the season. OSU will face the loser of tonight’s Texas Tech-West Virginia contest in an elimination game Thursday at 12:30 p.m.


 Marcus Brown paced the Pokes at the plate as he went 3-for-4 with a home run, while Carson Benge collected a pair of RBIs.Benge took the loss on the mound to fall to 2-2 on the season.

The right-hander allowed seven runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings while also allowing three walks.OSU’s five pitchers combined to issue 13 walks and also a pair of hit by pitches.‌

OU took the jumped out to a lead in its first at bat.

Following walks to the first two batters and a fly out to move them into scoring position, Dakota Harris singled up the middle to give the Sooners a 2-0 lead.

Later in the inning, a two-out RBI single pushed the lead to three.

The Sooners plated a run in the second and added three more in the third to take a 7-0 advantage.

OSU began to cut into that lead in the third.

After back-to-back singles by Nolan McLean and Brown, Zach Ehrhard ripped a double to left field to bring home the Cowboys’ first run.

Two batters later, Benge delivered a two-out, two-RBI single to make the score 7-3.

The Cowboys drew closer in the fifth, getting a solo home run from Brown to cut the OU lead to 7-4.

The blast was Brown’s ninth homer and was OSU’s 100th round-tripper of the season. It marks the first time the Pokes have hit 100 home runs in a season since 1999.

OU extended its lead once again in the seventh, plating runs on a throwing error and a walk with the bases loaded to go up 9-4.

The Cowboys’ final run of the contest came in the ninth on a two-out RBI double by Roc Riggio.

UT LOSES

Following the high of sharing a Big 12 regular-season title with a sweep of the then-No. 6 WVU last weekend, the No. 20 Texas hit another low in Arlington at Globe Life Field in the opening game of the Big 12 Tourney with a 6-3 loss to the Gayhawks on Wednesday.

Right-hander Lucas Gordon received some critical help in the first inning following a leadoff single when right fielder Dylan Campball made a running catch crashing into wall to save a run, allowing Gordon to escape the frame without any damage.

Two strikeouts helped Gordon go 1-2-3 in the second inning as he found a better rhythm on the mound, but in the third inning, the Texas ace and Big 12 Pitcher of the Year had to face more high-leverage pitches after giving up a leadoff walk and a one-out single.

Kansas tallied the game’s first run on a sacrifice fly and then the second after a two-out stolen base and subsequent single.

Not only did the Gayhawks take the lead, 17 foul balls through three innings elevated Gordon’s pitch count to 68 pitches.

In a lengthy at bat by Longhorns second baseman Jack O’Dowd in the third inning, Texas put its first run on the board with O’Dowd’s home run to right field on the 14th pitch he saw from Kansas right-hander Collin Baumgartner.

Gordon departed after the fifth inning having allowed two runs on seven hits, replaced by right-hander Travis Sthele, who retired the side in order.In the bottom of the inning, Campbell extended his hitting streak to 34 games with a two-out single.

Catcher Garret Guillemette followed with another single and left fielder Porter Brown did the same, sending a 2-2 pitch up the middle to score Campbell and tie the game at 2-2.

The seventh inning was decisive for the Gayhawks — Sthele gave up a one-out single and a walk, then a grand slam on a 3-2 pitch following an intentional walk as Kansas took a 6-2 lead.

A leadoff double by shortstop Mitchell Daly and a single by O’Dowd put Texas in a position to cut into the lead with runners on first and third and no outs, but the Longhorns couldn’t come through with a strikeout, popout, and flyout.

After hitting the ball hard multiple times in the eighth inning without any production to show for it, O’Dowd hit his second home run of the game with two outs in the ninth inning before a strikeout ended the game.

Texas faces No. 5-seed KSU in an elimination game at 9 a.m. Central on Thursday on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.