MORGANTOWN — West Virginia pitcher Maxx Yehl doesn’t get the average treatment of a regular college pitcher. After pitching, his week leading up to his next start includes massages, red light therapy and ice baths. Yehl is doing everything a MLB pitcher does after pitching. ...
PHILIPPI — Kale Wolfe struck out 13 and allowed just one hit in going all five innings to lift Philip Barbour to an 11-0 victory over Tygarts Valley on Tuesday night. The Colts gave Wolfe all the run support he would need in the first, plating three runs as Anthony Mosesso lofted an RBI ...
KEYSER — Elkins finds itself in an elimination game after falling to top-seed Keyser, 15-0, Tuesday night in Class AAA, Region II play. The fourth-seeded Lady Tigers (12-15) will now host No. 5 Bridgeport today, weather permitting, in a rematch of Monday’s contest. Elkins collected a 9-5 victory over the Lady Indians at Betty Heckel Field in that game. Leighton Johnson struck out 12 and allowed five hits in going all five innings for the Lady Golden Tornado in Tuesday’s win. Keyser erupted for 11 runs in the first inning as Mady McIntyre belted a grand slam and Bibs Felton ...
MORGANTOWN — No. 7 Kansas took a 2-1 lead over then No. 15 West Virginia baseball in the second inning in the final game of the series. The Jayhawks looked like they’d finally figured it out and had a chance at avoiding a series sweep. But in the third inning, the Mountaineers power hitter Sean Smith came to the plate. Smith launched a home run to center for a two-run homer, squandering any momentum Kansas had in the following inning. From there, WVU went on to score 10 runs, mercy-rule the Jayhawks and sweep the series. Smith celebrated in the dugout with a WVU football helmet ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes allowed two hits over eight masterful innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates topple the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Tuesday night. The reigning National League Cy Young winner carried a no-hitter into the seventh while retiring 18 of the first 19 batters he faced. Colorado's Mickey Moniak broke up the no-hit bid when he dumped a single into left-center field with one out in the seventh. Skenes (6-2) retired Hunter Goodman and TJ Rumfield to end the threat. Skenes returned for the eighth, giving up a one-out double to Troy Johnston before getting a flyout ...
MORGANTOWN — Peaks and valleys, yeah, Steve Sabins knows a bit about both. Three games shy of wrapping up just his second regular season as West Virginia’s head baseball coach, it’s likely Sabins has already either been fired on social media or hailed as a conquering hero dozens of ...
