Friday, April 19
Lubbock, Texas
7:30 p.m.
West Virginia University
23-14, 0
2
at
15
Texas Tech
27-13, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Texas Tech | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | X | 15 | 12 | 0 |
Photo by: Texas Tech Athletics
Mountaineers Fall to Texas Tech
April 19, 2024 10:26 PM | Baseball
LUBBOCK, Texas – The No. 22 West Virginia University baseball team dropped the first game of the series to Texas Tech, 15-2, Friday night at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The Mountaineers fall to 23-14 overall and 11-5 in the Big 12 while the Red Raiders go to 27-13 and 10-9 in conference play.
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Junior Kyle West had two hits, including his ninth home run of the season. Senior Reed Chumley and junior Grant Hussey also added hits on the night.
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Texas Tech jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one inning and extended its lead in the third with four more runs before tacking on another in the fifth.
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The Mountaineers got on the board in the sixth as West crushed a 467-foot two-run home run onto the track beyond the right field fence.
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The Red Raiders responded, however, in the home half of the sixth as they hit a grand slam to push their lead to 11-2. They added four more runs in the eighth.
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The two teams will be back tomorrow for game two of the series with first pitch set for 7 p.m. ET, pushed back from its originally scheduled time of 3 p.m. ET.
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Junior Kyle West had two hits, including his ninth home run of the season. Senior Reed Chumley and junior Grant Hussey also added hits on the night.
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Texas Tech jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one inning and extended its lead in the third with four more runs before tacking on another in the fifth.
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The Mountaineers got on the board in the sixth as West crushed a 467-foot two-run home run onto the track beyond the right field fence.
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The Red Raiders responded, however, in the home half of the sixth as they hit a grand slam to push their lead to 11-2. They added four more runs in the eighth.
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The two teams will be back tomorrow for game two of the series with first pitch set for 7 p.m. ET, pushed back from its originally scheduled time of 3 p.m. ET.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Free, R. (5-0)
L: Major, Aidan (3-3)
Batting:
HR: West, Kyle 1
RBI: West, Kyle 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Chumley, Reed 1 ; West, Kyle 1
SB: Jamison, Aaron 1
CS: Chumley, Reed 1 ; Hussey, Grant 1
HBP: Wetherholt, JJ 1 ; Chumley, Reed 1
PO: Chumley, Reed 1
Batting:
2B: Kash, G. 1 ; Green, A. 2
HR: Green, A. 1
RBI: Green, A. 5 ; Woodcox, D. 2 ; Boehm, G. 1 ; Rivers, D. 2 ; McGee, C. 3
SF: Woodcox, D. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kash, G. 3 ; Pompey, T. 2 ; Bazzell, K. 3 ; Green, A. 3 ; Woodcox, D. 1 ; Boehm, G. 1 ; Rivers, D. 1 ; Lopez, T. 1
SB: Kash, G. 1 ; Bazzell, K. 1
HBP: Bazzell, K. 1 ; Green, A. 1 ; McGee, C. 1
Game Leaders
AB
2
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
2b/3b
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
1
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
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