WVU Baseball Crushes Houston 11-4 to Secure Sweep

WVU Baseball stretched their winning streak to double digits on Sunday, April 13, crushing the Houston Cougars 11-4 to cap a road series sweep.

Logan Sauve hit a pair of homers, Gavin Kelly stole home and the Mountaineers (30-4, 10-3 Big 12) punished Houston’s pitching to the tune of nine runs for the third game in a row. Veteran reliever Jack Kartsonas made his first start in a West Virginia uniform and cruised through seven innings on 96 pitches, allowing just two hits and fanning five batters, taking the pressure off a bullpen taxed to the limit in the Mountaineers’ 9-8 win the day prior.

The game also marked the 200th career appearance for first baseman Grant Hussey, just the 11th player in Mountaineers’ history to reach that milestone.

Kyle West kicked off the home run party with a two-run blast in the first inning. After Sam White notched an RBI groundout, Sauve made it 5-0 with a two-run homer of his own, a towering fly ball that traveled 441 feet.

#33 Logan Sauve (4)
💣 441 ft
🔥 106 mph
🚀 26° LA
Two-Run Home Run#WestVirginia 5 | #Houston 0
Top 4 – 2 Outs https://t.co/rj3KTNwddg pic.twitter.com/g4NB8au6T6

— WVU Baseball Analytics📊 (@WVUBBAnalytics) April 13, 2025

Chase Swain reached via error to lead off the eighth, the first step in a four run rally. The Cougars’ miscues continued as Swain took home on a wild pitch, then Kelly swiped home plate after hitting a triple.

🚨 GAVIN KELLY STEALS HOME 🚨 pic.twitter.com/ayqI2zEn2z

— WVU Baseball (@WVUBaseball) April 13, 2025

Sauve hit another two-run homer before Houston scraped their first run across, then Kelly singled home two insurance runs in the top of the ninth.

WVU Baseball will next take the field at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, squaring off against Marshall in Huntington, W. Va.