WVU Baseball Finishes Off Bearcats for Another Sweep

The WVU baseball team continues to earn national respect by finishing off a sweep of Cincinnati and extending their season-high winning streak. West Virginia beat the Bearcats 10-5 at Kendrick Family Ballpark on Saturday. The Mountaineers now improve to 34-4 overall and 13-3 in Big 12 play.

Redshirt junior Chase Swain and sophomore Spencer Barnett each had three RBI while junior Logan Sauve hit a home run and scored three runs. Senior Jace Rinehart and junior Sam White both had two hits and one RBI as well.

Mountaineers Complete Sweep of Cincinnati for 14th Straight Win

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On the mound, graduate student Jack Kartsonas went six innings and allowed just one unearned run while striking out seven. He has yet to allow an earned run in 13.0 innings of work as a starting pitcher. Freshman Benjamin Hudson tossed a scoreless inning while senior Tyler Hutson closed out the game with 1.2 perfect innings, striking out three.

Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead through three innings before WVU jumped in front with a four-run fourth inning. White singled home a run to even the score before Swain put the Mountaineers in front with a two-run double. Barnett closed out the inning with a run-scoring groundout.

West Virginia put up another four-spot in the fifth inning, getting RBI hits from Rinehart, Swain, and Barnett. In the sixth, Sauve hit his seventh home run of the season to match Rinehart for the team lead before senior Brodie Kresser drove in a run in the seventh with a fielder’s choice.

In the eighth, the Bearcats had their own four-run inning, but Hutson came out of the bullpen to squash the rally.

The WVU baseball team will be back on the field, Tuesday at Penn State. First pitch from State College is set for 6 p.m. and the game will air on the Big Ten Network.

Part of this story was taken from the WVU press release about the game.