MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (May 20, 2023) – Having already clinched at least a share of its first Big 12 title, the No. 6 West Virginia baseball team looked for the outright title on Saturday, but ultimately came up short against Texas, 7-3. The Mountaineers share the title with the Longhorns as well as Oklahoma State as all teams finished 15-9 in conference play, the first time in Big 12 history with three co-champions.
“It’s the first time in the history of the program that we’ve ever done won the Big 12,” said head coach Randy Mazey. “We try every year to accomplish things that have never been done here before and we did that. We have a lot of baseball still left to play, but we can’t let one weekend change how we feel about the season we had.”
For the third straight game, the Mountaineers fell behind early as Texas scored four runs in the first before adding runs in the second and third to take a 6-0 lead.
Junior Braden Barry got WVU on the board with a solo home run in the fourth, his eighth of the season.
Redshirt-freshman David Hagaman kept WVU within striking distance as he threw 3.0 scoreless innings in middle relief.
In the seventh, freshman Sam White hit a two-run home run deep to right field to cut into the Longhorn lead a little bit more.
Texas tacked on an insurance run in the eighth to push its lead back to four. In the ninth, the Mountaineers put a couple runners on before a double play ended the game.
The Mountaineers will begin the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Wednesday. They will be the No. 3 seed and will take on Texas Tech in the opening round at 8:30 p.m. ET from Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
“It’s the first time in the history of the program that we’ve ever done won the Big 12,” said head coach Randy Mazey. “We try every year to accomplish things that have never been done here before and we did that. We have a lot of baseball still left to play, but we can’t let one weekend change how we feel about the season we had.”
For the third straight game, the Mountaineers fell behind early as Texas scored four runs in the first before adding runs in the second and third to take a 6-0 lead.
Junior Braden Barry got WVU on the board with a solo home run in the fourth, his eighth of the season.
Redshirt-freshman David Hagaman kept WVU within striking distance as he threw 3.0 scoreless innings in middle relief.
In the seventh, freshman Sam White hit a two-run home run deep to right field to cut into the Longhorn lead a little bit more.
Texas tacked on an insurance run in the eighth to push its lead back to four. In the ninth, the Mountaineers put a couple runners on before a double play ended the game.
The Mountaineers will begin the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Wednesday. They will be the No. 3 seed and will take on Texas Tech in the opening round at 8:30 p.m. ET from Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
