WVU Falls to Penn State on Wednesday Night – West Virginia University Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia College baseball workforce fell, 8-4, to Penn State on Wednesday night time at Wagener Discipline at Monongalia County Ballpark.
 
The Mountaineers (24-15) scored the sport’s first three runs on a cold night in Morgantown, however the Nittany Lions (18-21) took management within the center innings and added to their lead late. WVU outhit PSU, 11-10, however allowed eight of the night time’s remaining 9 runs.
 
Senior right-handed pitcher Zach Ottinger took the loss, night his document to 1-1 on the yr, whereas Penn State’s Mason Mellott was awarded the win.
 
“We simply did not play a great sport,” WVU coach Randy Mazey stated. “We acquired a three-run lead however did not throw strikes. We swung at ball 4 – I do not know what number of instances – to strike out tonight. Any time you suppose it will be straightforward, that is precisely what occurs to you.”
 
West Virginia took a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs within the backside of the primary inning. First, junior outfielder Victor Scott II doubled down the road, plating WVU’s first run, earlier than sophomore catcher McGwire Holbrook singled to heart to assist the hosts double their lead.
 
The Mountaineers tacked on one other run within the third to stretch it to 3-0. Then, Penn State tallied six straight runs to take management. PSU scored three within the third, one within the fourth and two within the fifth to make it a 6-3 ballgame.
 
Penn State threatened once more within the seventh, getting its first two hitters aboard. However fifth-year senior right-handed pitcher Chase Smith acquired three straight outs to maintain it a three-run sport.
 
Within the eighth, the Mountaineers loaded the bases and lower the deficit to 2 on redshirt junior infielder Tevin Tucker’s fielder’s selection. Nevertheless, the risk was halted with an inning-ending strikeout.
 
Then, PSU scored a pair of insurance coverage runs within the high of the ninth to bump the result in 8-4. The Mountaineers went so as within the backside half.
 
Redshirt junior catcher Dayne Leonard and sophomore infielder Mikey Kluska every had three-hit nights within the loss. Moreover, Scott II completed 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
 
On the mound, WVU used 10 pitchers on Wednesday night time. Freshman right-hander Aidan Main made his second profession begin, permitting two earned runs on three hits with 4 strikeouts and three walks in 2.1 innings of labor.
 
The loss evens the season collection between West Virginia and Penn State at 1-1. Earlier within the yr, WVU took down the Nittany Lions, 8-4, on April 12, in College Park, Pennsylvania. The setback additionally snapped the Mountaineers’ 22-game midweek, residence win streak.
 
Subsequent up, WVU returns to Large 12 Convention play with a three-game collection at Kansas from April 29-Might 1. First pitch of Friday’s collection opener at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kansas, is about for 7 p.m. ET.
 
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