#12 West Virginia (36-12, 13-5 Big 12) travels to Pittsburgh for the 3rd/final Backyard Brawl this season vs. unranked Pitt (21-24, 9-13)
-West Virginia has won 13 0f their last 15 games and is currently ranked No. 11 by Baseball America and USA Sports, and No. 12 in the NCAA-recognized D1Baseball poll
-West Virginia remains atop the BIG XII League with a 2 game margin.
-West Virginia has already BEAT PITT in their first two match-ups this season, 9-4 at PNC Park on 19Apr, then 10-0 @ Wagener Field on 3May.
First Pitch: Wednesday 10May23 @ 6:00 p.m.
Location: Charles L. Cost Field (900), 365 Robinson Street, Pgh, PA 15219
TV Broadcast: ACC Network Extra (I was able to get the broadcast from PNC through my ESPN+ package)
Audio Broadcast: Mountaineer Sports Network, 100,9 FM Morgantown, Varsity Network app [Andrew Caridi]
Live STATS [Sat]: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=446740&vislive=wvir
Starting Wednesday pitchers:
WVU - RHP Carson Estridge (3-0, 2.29 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 28 K, 6 BB in 19.2 i.p.)
Pitt - Matthew Fernandez (1-2, 6.59 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, 49 K, 20 BB in 42.1 i.p.)
Top offensive performers batting 0.300 and above:
JJ Wetherholt (0.463 avg, 52 RBI, 19 Doubles, 61 Runs, 13 HR, 33/37 SB)
Tevin Tucker (0.342 avg, 20 RBI, 51 Runs, 18/21 SB)
Landon Wallace (0.329 avg, 43 RBI, 8 Doubles, 9 HR, 15/16 SB)
Braden Barry (0.307 avg, , 52 Runs, 16 Doubles, 20/22 SB)
Caleb McNeely (0.302 avg, 42 RBI, 8 Doubles, 10 HR)
Note: JJ Wetherholt now leads the nation in batting average with 0.463, now surpassing LSU's Dylan Crews 0.462 avg.
-West Virginia has won 13 0f their last 15 games and is currently ranked No. 11 by Baseball America and USA Sports, and No. 12 in the NCAA-recognized D1Baseball poll
-West Virginia remains atop the BIG XII League with a 2 game margin.
-West Virginia has already BEAT PITT in their first two match-ups this season, 9-4 at PNC Park on 19Apr, then 10-0 @ Wagener Field on 3May.
First Pitch: Wednesday 10May23 @ 6:00 p.m.
Location: Charles L. Cost Field (900), 365 Robinson Street, Pgh, PA 15219
TV Broadcast: ACC Network Extra (I was able to get the broadcast from PNC through my ESPN+ package)
Audio Broadcast: Mountaineer Sports Network, 100,9 FM Morgantown, Varsity Network app [Andrew Caridi]
Live STATS [Sat]: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=446740&vislive=wvir
Starting Wednesday pitchers:
WVU - RHP Carson Estridge (3-0, 2.29 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 28 K, 6 BB in 19.2 i.p.)
Pitt - Matthew Fernandez (1-2, 6.59 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, 49 K, 20 BB in 42.1 i.p.)
Top offensive performers batting 0.300 and above:
JJ Wetherholt (0.463 avg, 52 RBI, 19 Doubles, 61 Runs, 13 HR, 33/37 SB)
Tevin Tucker (0.342 avg, 20 RBI, 51 Runs, 18/21 SB)
Landon Wallace (0.329 avg, 43 RBI, 8 Doubles, 9 HR, 15/16 SB)
Braden Barry (0.307 avg, , 52 Runs, 16 Doubles, 20/22 SB)
Caleb McNeely (0.302 avg, 42 RBI, 8 Doubles, 10 HR)
Note: JJ Wetherholt now leads the nation in batting average with 0.463, now surpassing LSU's Dylan Crews 0.462 avg.
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