Yehl Goes the Distance as Mountaineers Defeat No. 7 Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kicking off one among the marquee collection throughout the nation, the No. 15 West Virginia University baseball workforce defeated No. 7 Kansas, 4-1, on Friday behind a whole recreation by redshirt junior (*7*). The Mountaineers enhance to 33-12 and 17-8 in the Big 12 whereas the Jayhawks fall to 37-13 and 20-5 in convention play.
Yehl recorded 9 strikeouts on the evening whereas permitting simply the one run on six hits. It is the second full recreation for a Mountaineer this season after sophomore Chansen Cole went the distance final week in opposition to Kansas State.
A day after studying of his invite to the USA Baseball National Collegiate Team coaching camp, sophomore Gavin Kelly went deep for the fifth time in the final 4 video games. Junior Tyrus Hall hit his fourth residence run of the season whereas junior Armani Guzman had three hits, an RBI, and a run scored.
After Yehl and Kansas starter Dominic Voegele traded zeroes in the first two innings, Kelly put WVU on prime with a solo shot in the third, his team-leading 11th of the season, that hit off the gentle pole in right-center subject.
The Mountaineers scored two extra runs in the fourth as graduating pupil Sean Smith hit a triple to guide off the inning earlier than coming in to attain on an infield single by Guzman. After advancing to 3rd on a single by graduate pupil Brodie Kresserthe two executed a first-and-third double steal to tack on a run.
Kansas received on the board with a sacrifice fly in the sixth, however Hall answered in the seventh with a leadoff residence run.
Yehl recorded 9 strikeouts on the evening whereas permitting simply the one run on six hits. It is the second full recreation for a Mountaineer this season after sophomore Chansen Cole went the distance final week in opposition to Kansas State.
A day after studying of his invite to the USA Baseball National Collegiate Team coaching camp, sophomore Gavin Kelly went deep for the fifth time in the final 4 video games. Junior Tyrus Hall hit his fourth residence run of the season whereas junior Armani Guzman had three hits, an RBI, and a run scored.
After Yehl and Kansas starter Dominic Voegele traded zeroes in the first two innings, Kelly put WVU on prime with a solo shot in the third, his team-leading 11th of the season, that hit off the gentle pole in right-center subject.
The Mountaineers scored two extra runs in the fourth as graduating pupil Sean Smith hit a triple to guide off the inning earlier than coming in to attain on an infield single by Guzman. After advancing to 3rd on a single by graduate pupil Brodie Kresserthe two executed a first-and-third double steal to tack on a run.
Kansas received on the board with a sacrifice fly in the sixth, however Hall answered in the seventh with a leadoff residence run.
Yehl allowed his last hit of the evening in the seventh earlier than pitching a 1-2-3 eighth. In the ninth, he struck out Brady Ballinger earlier than issuing a one-out stroll. Slightly dribbler in entrance of the plate produced the second out earlier than Yehl struck out Augusto Mungarrieta on his 124th pitch of the evening to finish the ballgame.
It was the first win for WVU over a top-10 workforce since defeating No. 8 Texas Tech in Lubbock in 2022. The Mountaineers will search for their first top-10 collection win since taking a collection in opposition to No. 3 TCU, additionally in 2022, on Saturday with first pitch set for 3 pm ET.
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