Saturday, April 18
Morgantown, W.Va.
11:00 AM
West Virginia University
26-9, 11-6
7
vs
1
Houston
17-20, 4-13
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 0 |
West Virginia Evens Series Against Houston
April 18, 2026 04:45 PM | Baseball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 15 West Virginia University baseball team evened up its series with Houston on Saturday with a 7-1 victory at Kendrick Family Ballpark. The Mountaineers improve to 26-9 and 11-6 in the Big 12 while the Cougars fall to 17-20 and 4-13 in conference play.
After starting pitcher Maxx Yehl left the game in the third inning, graduate student Ian Korn stepped up with 5.0 innings of one-run ball, striking out four. Graduate student Reese Bassinger finished the game with two perfect innings.
At the plate, junior Armani Guzman had two hits, scored two runs, and stole two bases. Senior Paul Schoenfeld had three stolen bases and scored two runs while graduate student Brodie Kresser and senior Matthew Graveline each had two RBI.
The game was scoreless until the fifth when Guzman stole second, stole third, and came home to score on a squeeze bunt by Graveline. In the sixth, Guzman was the one bunting as he reached with two outs, allowing Schoenfeld to score.
Graveline tacked on another run in the sixth with a single before senior Brock Wills singled home the fourth run of the afternoon for the Mountaineers.
In the seventh, Houston had first-and-third and nobody out, but Korn induced a double play to limit the damage to just one run in the inning.
West Virginia answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning as graduate student Sean Smith drove in one with a single before Kresser singled home two more.
The Mountaineers will look to take the series on Sunday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
After starting pitcher Maxx Yehl left the game in the third inning, graduate student Ian Korn stepped up with 5.0 innings of one-run ball, striking out four. Graduate student Reese Bassinger finished the game with two perfect innings.
At the plate, junior Armani Guzman had two hits, scored two runs, and stole two bases. Senior Paul Schoenfeld had three stolen bases and scored two runs while graduate student Brodie Kresser and senior Matthew Graveline each had two RBI.
The game was scoreless until the fifth when Guzman stole second, stole third, and came home to score on a squeeze bunt by Graveline. In the sixth, Guzman was the one bunting as he reached with two outs, allowing Schoenfeld to score.
Graveline tacked on another run in the sixth with a single before senior Brock Wills singled home the fourth run of the afternoon for the Mountaineers.
In the seventh, Houston had first-and-third and nobody out, but Korn induced a double play to limit the damage to just one run in the inning.
West Virginia answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning as graduate student Sean Smith drove in one with a single before Kresser singled home two more.
The Mountaineers will look to take the series on Sunday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Korn, Ian (3-0)
L: Schmitz, Paul (2-5)
Base Running:
RUNS: Climie, Cade 1
SB: Broussard, Tre 1
CS: Broussard, Tre 1
PO: Broussard, Tre 1
Batting:
2B: Guzman, Armani 1 ; Hall, Tyrus 1
3B: Wills, Brock 1
RBI: Graveline, Matthew 2 ; Guzman, Armani 1 ; Smith, Sean 1 ; Kresser, Brodie 2 ; Wills, Brock 1
SH: Graveline, Matthew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Guzman, Armani 2 ; Schoenfeld, Paul 2 ; Hall, Tyrus 1 ; Smith, Sean 1 ; Kresser, Brodie 1
SB: Guzman, Armani 2 ; Schoenfeld, Paul 3
PO: Kresser, Brodie 1
Game Leaders
1b/rf
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
rf/lf
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
AB
3
R
2
H
1
RBI
0
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