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UK vs West Virginia game in NCAA regional
West Virginia baseball is your Clemson Regional champion after defeating Kentucky 13-12 in the final on Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. This is the second consecutive year the Mountaineers have made it to the super regional of NCAA Tournament. Armani Guzman paced the Mountaineers, going 4 of 5 at the plate with three RBIs. With the […]
West Virginia baseball is your Clemson Regional champion after defeating Kentucky 13-12 in the final on Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
This is the second consecutive year the Mountaineers have made it to the super regional of NCAA Tournament.
Armani Guzman paced the Mountaineers, going 4 of 5 at the plate with three RBIs.
With the win, West Virginia advanced to the super regional where it will face the winner of the Baton Rouge Regional.
Game recap from Kentucky vs. West Virginia in the college baseball regionals:
West Virginia completed the comeback to eliminate Kentucky from the NCAA Tournament.
The Mountaineers are still fighting with one inning left in the game. They scored six runs on six hits in the bottom of the eighth.
With a 2-0 count, the first baseman James McCoy took the mound with two on and two out. Ben Lumsden singled to right field, bringing in both runners to tie the ball game at 12.
Armani Guzman recorded his fourth hit of the game, which was a RBI single to right field, to bring in Valdes for the score.
Burkes hit his sixth home run of the season to add to the Wildcats’ lead.
No hits for the Mountaineers in the inning.
The Wildcats had two walked, but Cole Fehrman struck out three batters to get out of the inning.
The Mountaineers recorded one hit and two batters walked in the inning. Grant Hussey flied out with the bases loaded.
With a full count and two outs, Brown hit a two-run home run to increase the Wildcats’ lead to 10-7. That was his third home run of the season and eighth RBI of the regional.
Luke Lawrence reached first on a fielding error that plated Burkes for the third run of the inning.
1-2-3 inning for Kentucky’s Simon Gregersen.
The Wildcats have tied the game back at 7, with a RBI single by Hudson Brown.
West Virginia pitcher Ben McDougal hit the next two batters with a pitch and then walked a third, which brought Brown home.
Carson Estridge subbed in and struck out the next two batters to get out of a bases-loaded situation.
West Virginia rallied in the fourth with six runs on four hits and one error.
In the first bases-loaded situation, the Wildcats had an opportunity for a double play with a ground ball to Tyler Bell, but he didn’t pick it up cleanly, which resulted in a fielding error, and one run scored.
That was followed up by a Ben Lumsden, which brought in two more runs. Armani Guzman and Logan Sauve recorded RBIs in the inning.
The Wildcats scored one run on two hits and one error in the inning. James McCoy’s sac-fly to center field brought Lawrence home for the run.
Rouse downed the order again to get out of the inning.
Carson Hansen and Patrick Herrera recorded hits in the inning. Herrera doubled to plate Hansen and added another run to the Wildcats’ lead.
1-2-3 inning for Kentucky pitcher Scott Rouse.
Robby Porco walked the first three batters in the lineup, which forced the Mountaineers to make a pitching change.
The first batter Reese Bassinger faced was Devin Burkes. Burkes hit a 2-RBI single to left field. That was followed up by back-to-back hits by Luke Lawrence and Cole Hage. Hage singled up the middle, which brought in two more runs.
Catcher Logan Sauve hit a home run over the left center fence to put the Mountaineers on the board.
No runs, no hits for the Wildcats in the top of the first.
- Date: Sunday, June 1
- Time: 6 p.m.
First pitch for Kentucky vs. West Virginia is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.
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Friday
- Game 1: West Virginia 4, Kentucky 3
- Game 2: Clemson 7, USC Upstate 3
Saturday
- Game 3: Kentucky 7, USC Upstate 3
- Game 4: West Virginia 9, Clemson 6
Sunday
- Game 5: Kentucky 16, Clemson 4
- Game 6: West Virginia vs. Kentucky, 6 p.m.; ESPN+
Monday (if necessary)
- Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser, TBD
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