#12 West Virginia (37-12, 13-5 Big 12) hosts unranked Texas Tech (34-16, 9-9) for the final home BIG 12 series this season.
-West Virginia has won 14 0f their last 16 games and is currently ranked No. 11 by Baseball America and USA Sports, and No. 12 in the NCAA-recognized D1Baseball poll
-West Virginia's 13-5 BIG 12 conference record allows them a 2 game lead over 2nd place OK State and Kansas St.
-Friday's game will be the 34th all-time between the two programs. Tech has won five of the last six regular-season series against WVU dating back to 2016.
-The Red Raiders are 7-8 in games played in West Virginia and have claimed just two of five all-time series
-Texas Tech is ranked #51 in Warren Nolan RPI-Live poll. WVU is ranked #18.
First Pitch: Friday 12May23 @ 4:00 p.m., Saturday 4:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m.
Location: Wagener Field @ Mon County Ballpark (3500)
TV Broadcast: BIG 12 NOW - ESPN+ (Lanny Frattare paly-by-play)
Audio Broadcast: Mountaineer Sports Network, 100,9 FM Morgantown, Varsity Network app [Andrew Caridi]
Live STATS [Sat]: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=449657
Starting Friday pitchers:
WVU - LHP Ben Hampton (5-1, 3.95 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 61 K, 25 BB in 70.2 i.p.)
Tx Tech - LHP Mason Molina (4-2, 4.22 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 73 K, 26 BB in 59.2 i.p.)
Starting Saturday pitchers:
WVU - RHP Blaine Traxel (6-4, 3.32 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 62 K, 18 BB in 86.2 i.p.)
Tx Tech - RHP Trendan Parish (3-1, 4.65 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 40 K, 27 BB in 50.1 i.p.)
Top offensive performers batting 0.300 and above:
JJ Wetherholt (0.470 avg, 54 RBI, 20 Doubles, 62 Runs, 14 HR, 34/39 SB)
Tevin Tucker (0.338 avg, 20 RBI, 52 Runs, 18/21 SB)
Landon Wallace (0.323 avg, 43 RBI, 8 Doubles, 9 HR, 16/17 SB)
Braden Barry (0.306 avg, , 52 Runs, 17 Doubles, 21/23 SB)
Caleb McNeely (0.299 avg, 42 RBI, 8 Doubles, 11 HR)
Note: JJ Wetherholt now leads the nation in batting average with 0.470, now surpassing LSU's Dylan Crews.
-West Virginia has won 14 0f their last 16 games and is currently ranked No. 11 by Baseball America and USA Sports, and No. 12 in the NCAA-recognized D1Baseball poll
-West Virginia's 13-5 BIG 12 conference record allows them a 2 game lead over 2nd place OK State and Kansas St.
-Friday's game will be the 34th all-time between the two programs. Tech has won five of the last six regular-season series against WVU dating back to 2016.
-The Red Raiders are 7-8 in games played in West Virginia and have claimed just two of five all-time series
-Texas Tech is ranked #51 in Warren Nolan RPI-Live poll. WVU is ranked #18.
First Pitch: Friday 12May23 @ 4:00 p.m., Saturday 4:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m.
Location: Wagener Field @ Mon County Ballpark (3500)
TV Broadcast: BIG 12 NOW - ESPN+ (Lanny Frattare paly-by-play)
Audio Broadcast: Mountaineer Sports Network, 100,9 FM Morgantown, Varsity Network app [Andrew Caridi]
Live STATS [Sat]: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=449657
Starting Friday pitchers:
WVU - LHP Ben Hampton (5-1, 3.95 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 61 K, 25 BB in 70.2 i.p.)
Tx Tech - LHP Mason Molina (4-2, 4.22 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 73 K, 26 BB in 59.2 i.p.)
Starting Saturday pitchers:
WVU - RHP Blaine Traxel (6-4, 3.32 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 62 K, 18 BB in 86.2 i.p.)
Tx Tech - RHP Trendan Parish (3-1, 4.65 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 40 K, 27 BB in 50.1 i.p.)
Top offensive performers batting 0.300 and above:
JJ Wetherholt (0.470 avg, 54 RBI, 20 Doubles, 62 Runs, 14 HR, 34/39 SB)
Tevin Tucker (0.338 avg, 20 RBI, 52 Runs, 18/21 SB)
Landon Wallace (0.323 avg, 43 RBI, 8 Doubles, 9 HR, 16/17 SB)
Braden Barry (0.306 avg, , 52 Runs, 17 Doubles, 21/23 SB)
Caleb McNeely (0.299 avg, 42 RBI, 8 Doubles, 11 HR)
Note: JJ Wetherholt now leads the nation in batting average with 0.470, now surpassing LSU's Dylan Crews.
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