Just like Friday night, Saturday’s game two between West Virginia and Oklahoma State was a low scoring affair — until it wasn’t.
WVU led for the first 7.5 innings of the game, but after Oklahoma State tied things in the eighth, it felt similar to Friday for the Mountaineers. Getting runners on, but not getting them in.
All that would end with the bullpen imploding in the 11th inning, giving up nine runs on five hits, walking five in the process as well, as Oklahoma State took game two 10-1 in 11 innings, therefore taking the series.
West Virginia got things started in the first inning, as Reed Chumley hit a solo home run to put the Mountaineers up 1-0. From there, it would be the Derek Clark show for WVU, as he would pitch the first nine innings. Clark allowed a runner to get into scoring position in each of the first three innings, but stranded them there each time.
Clark’s biggest mistake came in the eighth, as back-to-back singles put runners on the corners, before the game was tied on a groundout.
WVU’s offense went in order in the eighth, but threatened in the ninth. Ben Lumsden walked, as Aaron Jamison came to pinch run, reaching second on a walk to Chumley. Kyle West thought he had the game won as he hit a line drive that was caught by a diving Cowboy defender, before Grant Hussey grounded out to end the ninth.
In the 10th, Michael Perazza singled, but was caught stealing second, ending the threat there.
Then it was all downhill in the 11th. OSU started the inning with back-to-back home runs, and led 4-1 after four batters came to the plate. Things didn’t get much better for David Hagaman, as two runners scored on two wild pitches, and then a single plated two more as Hagaman was finally pulled after facing 12 batters.
Hagaman’s night finished with him throwing 61 pitches, giving up nine runs on four hits, and walked six.
WVU’s offense did Clark no help. Clark pitched 9.0 innings, giving up one run on six hits, striking out six. The Mountaineers totaled four hits, the same number of hits they had last night.
WVU was 0-for-5 with runners on base, and 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position. In the first two games of the series, WVU is a combined 0-for-14 with runners on and 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
