Mountaineers Shut Out Texas Tech to Clinch Series

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 16 West Virginia University baseball team shut out Texas Tech, 5-0, Sunday afternoon at Kendrick Family Ballpark to claim the series. The Mountaineers improve to 39-7 overall and 18-4 in the Big 12 while the Red Raiders fall to 16-28 and 11-13 in conference play.
 
Graduate student Jack Kartsonas tossed 7.0 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts while walking none, improving to 6-1 on the season. Junior Carson Estridge closed out the game with three strikeouts in two scoreless innings of work.
 
Senior Kyle West had two hits, including his 50^th collegiate home run. Senior Brodie Kresser drove in two runs while senior Grant Hussey drove in one.
 
The game remained scoreless until WVU put three runs on the board in the fourth, all coming with two outs. Kresser banged a double off the left-field wall to drive in two before coming around to score on a single by Hussey.
 
In the seventh, West crushed a two-run home run onto the roof of the new Biomechanics and Performance Center in right-center field.
 
Kartsonas and Estridge handled the rest as Texas Tech had a runner as far as third base just once during the game.
 
The Mountaineers will be back on Tuesday for the second edition of the Backyard Brawl this season. First pitch from Charles L. Cost Field in Pittsburgh is set for 6 p.m.
 
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