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At Charles Schwab Field Omaha, Neb. All Times EDT Double Elimination x-if necessary Friday, June 12 Game 1 - West Virginia vs. Troy, 2 p.m. Game 2 - North Carolina vs. Mississippi, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 13 Game 3 - Alabama vs. Oklahoma, 3 p.m. Game 4 - Georgia vs. Texas, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 14 Game 5 - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 2 p.m. Game 6 - Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 7 p.m. Monday, June 15 Game 7 - Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 2 p.m. Game 8 - Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 16 Game 9 - ...

Lumsden provides spark for WVU in postseason

In the summer of 2023, Ben Lumsden entered the transfer portal, leaving U.T. Arlington after a season. Lumsden started in 51 games at third base for the Mavericks, and he led the team in home runs with 11. Head coach Steve Sabins saw the tape and knew the player and person he was, and just ...

No-doubter sparks Logan past Doddridge, 10-3

HUNTINGTON – A member of the Logan baseball team who is making football his career path created the loudest impact in a Class AA state quarterfinal game with Doddridge County. Monday afternoon for the WVSSAC State Baseball Tournament at Jack Cook Field on the campus of Marshall University, Rob Ball’s second-inning, two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning erased a 2-0 deficit and the fifth-seeded Bulldogs never recovered while losing 10-3. “We played well – we came out a little tight, Doddridge is a heck of a ballclub,” Logan coach Kevin Gertz said after his ...

WVU clinches program’s first appearance at College World Series

GRANVILLE – The party began in the second inning Saturday, just seconds after Ben Lumsden sent a 362-foot defining statement into the visitor’s bullpen for a three-run home run. It was a celebration that stretched well beyond the confines of Kendrick Family Ballpark and well beyond the ...

A mix of highs and lows throughout WVU journey

GRANVILLE — Before there was a wild celebration Saturday – the result of West Virginia adding a giant notation in the school’s athletic history books by advancing to the College World Series with a 17-1 victory against Cal Poly – there was a ton of doubt. Before there was Steve Sabins ...

Scoreboard (6/8)

SATURDAY At St. Marys High School GAME 1 Wheeling 6, Parkersburg 1 Wheeling 021 002 1 - 6 5 1 Parkersburg 100 000 0 - 1 6 2 WP: Aleks Zaneski 5IP, 4H, 1R, 0ER, 4BB, 10SO Andrew Murdock 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO LP: Peyton West 4IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 4BB, 4SO Eli Davis 3IP, 1H, 3R, 1ER, 2BB, 1SO Post 1 (1-0) hitting: Chris Upton 1-3, 3 RBIs; Murdock 1-2, 2 R, SB; Dom Fato 1-4 R; Nolan Yanchak 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Brody Groome 2 R; Cooper Kelly R Post 15 (1-1) hitting: CJ McCartney 1-3 R; Davis 2-3; Evan Swain 1-3; West SB; Wyatt Boice 1-3; Cooper Anderson ...