West Virginia Drops Series Opener to Kansas

Lawrence, KS – The West Virginia Mountaineers (24-16, 7-6) suffered their second consecutive loss to a sub .500 staff following a 7-3 resolution within the sequence opener in opposition to the Kansas Jayhawks (18-24, 3-10) Friday night. 

Kansas jumped out to a 2-0 lead within the backside of the primary when Tavian Josenberger and Dylan Ditzenberger hit consecutive singles into centerfield to start the underside half of the body. The 2 superior on a wild pitch earlier than Maui Ahuna scored Josenberger on a sacrifice groundball over to quick. Then, Caleb Upshaw singled by the fitting aspect, scoring Ditzenberger. 

The Jayhawks put up three runs within the fourth after Cooper McMurray hit a leadoff dwelling run, and Nolan Metcalf delivered a two-out two RBI double down the leftfield line, extending the lead, 5-0. 

Within the fifth, back-to-back one-out singles from Tevin Tucker and Austin Davis arrange an RBI single from Victor Scott to provide West Virginia’s first run of the sport. 

Ryan Callahan drew a leadoff stroll from West Virginia beginning pitcher Jacob Watters within the backside of the inning, producing one other Jayhawk run when McMurray hit an unassisted groundball over to first whereas Callahan, stealing second, took third earlier than Sergio Rivera hit a gradual curler down the third bottom line for a single, scoring Callahan and increasing the lead again to 5, 6-1. 

West Virginia proper fielder Austin Davis saved no less than one run within the seventh, laying out and snaring the second out of the inning on a deep fly ball from McMurray, however the play resulted in an RBI with Upshaw scoring from third.

Dayne Leonard hit a two-run dwelling run within the eighth to chop into the Jayhawk lead, however Daniel Hegarty tossed his second Massive 12 Convention win of the season and claimed Kansas’ third league win of season with a 7-3 resolution. 

West Virginia will look to even the sequence in sport two Saturday, with the primary pitch scheduled for 3:00 pm. The sequence finale is about for Sunday at 1:00 pm. All video games are streaming on ESPN+.

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