April 11, 2025 West Virginia at Houston

(28-4, 8-3 Big 12)
9
(19-15, 5-8 Big 12)
2
Line Score
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
West Virginia 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 9 15 1
Houston 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 3

Box Score

West Virginia
Houston

West Virginia Batters

Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
Skylar King cf 4 3 3 0 1 0 2
Logan Sauve c 4 1 3 0 1 0 0
Kyle West lf 3 0 1 2 1 1 0
Armani Guzman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jace Rinehart rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1
Gavin Kelly 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Sam White dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Marot ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brodie Kresser ss 5 2 2 0 0 1 3
Grant Hussey 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
Chase Swain 3b 3 1 2 3 0 1 0
Jorge Valdes lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spencer Barnett 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 1
Griffin Kirn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reese Bassinger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 15 7 3 5 7
Batting
2B: Skylar King , Brodie Kresser , Grant Hussey
3B: Chase Swain
RBI: Kyle West (2) , Jace Rinehart , Gavin Kelly , Chase Swain (3)
Sac: Armani Guzman
Sac Fly: Chase Swain
Baserunning
CS: Skylar King
Fielding
E: Reese Bassinger
DP: Gavin Kelly , Grant Hussey , Spencer Barnett

Houston Batters

Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
Aaron Lugo 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1
Xavier Perez rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tre Broussard cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
Kenneth Jimenez dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
Coby DeJesus 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1
Jake Tatom lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Evan Haeger ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cade Climie 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 1
Tyler Cox ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
Riley Jackson c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Carsten Sabathia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cole Carbone c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Schmitz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kendall Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malachi Lott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Van valkenburg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2 1 7 5
Batting
2B: Aaron Lugo , Kenneth Jimenez
HR: Cade Climie
RBI: Kenneth Jimenez , Cade Climie
Sac: Riley Jackson
GIDP: Tyler Cox
Fielding
E: Xavier Perez , Coby DeJesus , Riley Jackson

West Virginia Pitchers

Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR
Griffin Kirn (W, 4-0) 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1
Reese Bassinger (Sv, 5) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 1 7 1
Pitching
Batters faced: Griffin Kirn (24) , Reese Bassinger (10)
HBP: Reese Bassinger
Pitches-Strikes: Griffin Kirn (93-60), Reese Bassinger (40-28)

Houston Pitchers

Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Schmitz (L, 3-3) 3.2 7 5 2 2 1 0
Kendall Hoffman 1.1 5 2 1 1 0 0
Malachi Lott 2.1 3 2 1 0 3 0
Eric Van valkenburg 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 15 9 4 3 5 0
Pitching
Batters faced: Paul Schmitz (20) , Kendall Hoffman (10) , Malachi Lott (10) , Eric Van valkenburg (5)
WP: Paul Schmitz
HBP: Kendall Hoffman
Pitches-Strikes: Paul Schmitz (72-41), Kendall Hoffman (28-18), Malachi Lott (42-28), Eric Van valkenburg (13-11)

Scoring Summary

Innings Play V - H
2nd Swain, Chase singled to shortstop, RBI; Kresser, Brodie scored. 1 - 0
4th Swain, Chase tripled to right center, RBI; Hussey, Grant scored. 2 - 0
4th Barnett, Spencer reached first on a fielding error by 2b; Swain, Chase scored, unearned. 3 - 0
4th West, Kyle walked, RBI; Sauve, Logan advanced to second; King, Skylar advanced to third; Barnett, Spencer scored, unearned. 4 - 0
4th Rinehart, Jace singled through the left side, RBI; West, Kyle advanced to second; Sauve, Logan advanced to third, out at home lf to c; King, Skylar scored, unearned. 5 - 0
4th Jimenez, Kenneth doubled up the middle, RBI; Lugo, Aaron scored. 5 - 1
5th Swain, Chase flied out to rf down the rf line, sacrifice fly, RBI; Kresser, Brodie scored, unearned. 6 - 1
5th Climie, Cade homered to right field, RBI. 6 - 2
6th West, Kyle singled down the rf line, RBI; Sauve, Logan advanced to third; King, Skylar scored. 7 - 2
8th Sauve, Logan singled through the right side, advanced to second on a fielding error by rf; King, Skylar advanced to third, scored on the error. 8 - 2
8th Kelly, Gavin singled up the middle, RBI; Sauve, Logan scored, unearned. 9 - 2

Other Information

Play By Play

Scoring Summary

Innings Play V - H
2nd Swain, Chase singled to shortstop, RBI; Kresser, Brodie scored. 1 - 0
4th Swain, Chase tripled to right center, RBI; Hussey, Grant scored. 2 - 0
4th Barnett, Spencer reached first on a fielding error by 2b; Swain, Chase scored, unearned. 3 - 0
4th West, Kyle walked, RBI; Sauve, Logan advanced to second; King, Skylar advanced to third; Barnett, Spencer scored, unearned. 4 - 0
4th Rinehart, Jace singled through the left side, RBI; West, Kyle advanced to second; Sauve, Logan advanced to third, out at home lf to c; King, Skylar scored, unearned. 5 - 0
4th Jimenez, Kenneth doubled up the middle, RBI; Lugo, Aaron scored. 5 - 1
5th Swain, Chase flied out to rf down the rf line, sacrifice fly, RBI; Kresser, Brodie scored, unearned. 6 - 1
5th Climie, Cade homered to right field, RBI. 6 - 2
6th West, Kyle singled down the rf line, RBI; Sauve, Logan advanced to third; King, Skylar scored. 7 - 2
8th Sauve, Logan singled through the right side, advanced to second on a fielding error by rf; King, Skylar advanced to third, scored on the error. 8 - 2
8th Kelly, Gavin singled up the middle, RBI; Sauve, Logan scored, unearned. 9 - 2

All Plays

Top of 1st Inning

King, Skylar singled through the left side.
Sauve, Logan singled to left center; King, Skylar advanced to third.
Sauve, Logan advanced to second; King, Skylar out at home c to ss to c, caught stealing.
Previous play reviewed; call stands.
West, Kyle struck out swinging. (2 out)
Rinehart, Jace popped up to 2b. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Bottom of 1st Inning

Lugo, Aaron flied out to rf. (1 out)
Perez, Xavier struck out swinging. (2 out)
Broussard, Tre flied out to cf. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Top of 2nd Inning

White, Sam grounded out to 2b. (1 out)
Kresser, Brodie doubled down the lf line.
Kresser, Brodie advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Hussey, Grant popped up to 2b. (2 out)
Swain, Chase singled to shortstop, RBI; Kresser, Brodie scored.
Barnett, Spencer singled through the left side; Swain, Chase advanced to second.
King, Skylar grounded out to 2b. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 3 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Bottom of 2nd Inning

Jimenez, Kenneth grounded out to ss up the middle. (1 out)
DeJesus, Coby struck out swinging. (2 out)
Tatom, Jake struck out swinging. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Top of 3rd Inning

Sauve, Logan grounded out to ss. (1 out)
West, Kyle grounded out to ss. (2 out)
Rinehart, Jace popped up to 2b. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Bottom of 3rd Inning

Climie, Cade flied out to lf. (1 out)
Cox, Tyler flied out to rf down the rf line. (2 out)
Jackson, Riley struck out looking. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Top of 4th Inning

White, Sam grounded out to ss up the middle. (1 out)
Kresser, Brodie popped up to 1b. (2 out)
Hussey, Grant doubled to right center.
Swain, Chase tripled to right center, RBI; Hussey, Grant scored.
Barnett, Spencer reached first on a fielding error by 2b; Swain, Chase scored, unearned.
King, Skylar walked; Barnett, Spencer advanced to second.
Sauve, Logan walked; King, Skylar advanced to second; Barnett, Spencer advanced to third.
Hoffman, Kendall to p for Schmitz, Paul.
West, Kyle walked, RBI; Sauve, Logan advanced to second; King, Skylar advanced to third; Barnett, Spencer scored, unearned.
Rinehart, Jace singled through the left side, RBI; West, Kyle advanced to second; Sauve, Logan advanced to third, out at home lf to c; King, Skylar scored, unearned.
Inning Summary: 4 Runs , 3 Hits , 1 Errors , 2 LOB

Bottom of 4th Inning

Lugo, Aaron doubled to third base.
Perez, Xavier flied out to cf. (1 out)
Broussard, Tre popped up to 2b. (2 out)
Jimenez, Kenneth doubled up the middle, RBI; Lugo, Aaron scored.
DeJesus, Coby flied out to rf. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Top of 5th Inning

White, Sam grounded out to 2b. (1 out)
Kresser, Brodie singled up the middle.
Kresser, Brodie advanced to second on a throwing error by c, advanced to third on the error.
Hussey, Grant hit by pitch.
Swain, Chase flied out to rf down the rf line, sacrifice fly, RBI; Kresser, Brodie scored, unearned.
Barnett, Spencer grounded out to 2b. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 1 Hits , 1 Errors , 1 LOB

Bottom of 5th Inning

Tatom, Jake flied out to lf to left center. (1 out)
Climie, Cade homered to right field, RBI.
Cox, Tyler singled up the middle.
Jackson, Riley out at first 1b to p, SAC, bunt; Cox, Tyler advanced to second. (2 out)
Lugo, Aaron flied out to rf. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Top of 6th Inning

King, Skylar doubled to right center.
Sauve, Logan singled through the right side; King, Skylar advanced to third.
West, Kyle singled down the rf line, RBI; Sauve, Logan advanced to third; King, Skylar scored.
Lott, Malachi to p for Hoffman, Kendall.
Guzman, Armani pinch ran for West, Kyle.
Rinehart, Jace struck out swinging. (1 out)
White, Sam popped up to ss. (2 out)
Kresser, Brodie struck out swinging. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 3 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Bottom of 6th Inning

Guzman, Armani to rf.
Rinehart, Jace to lf.
Perez, Xavier grounded out to ss. (1 out)
Broussard, Tre struck out swinging. (2 out)
Jimenez, Kenneth out at first 1b to p. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Top of 7th Inning

Hussey, Grant flied out to rf. (1 out)
Swain, Chase struck out swinging. (2 out)
Barnett, Spencer flied out to lf down the lf line. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Bottom of 7th Inning

Kelly, Gavin to 2b for Rinehart, Jace.
Valdes, Jorge to lf for Swain, Chase.
Barnett, Spencer to 3b.
DeJesus, Coby singled to center field.
Tatom, Jake walked; DeJesus, Coby advanced to second.
Bassinger, Reese to p for Kirn, Griffin.
Climie, Cade reached on a fielder's choice; Tatom, Jake out at second ss to 2b; DeJesus, Coby advanced to third. (1 out)
Cox, Tyler grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Climie, Cade out on the play. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Top of 8th Inning

King, Skylar singled.
Sauve, Logan singled through the right side, advanced to second on a fielding error by rf; King, Skylar advanced to third, scored on the error.
Guzman, Armani grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Sauve, Logan advanced to third. (1 out)
Kelly, Gavin singled up the middle, RBI; Sauve, Logan scored, unearned.
Van Valkenburg, Eric to p for Lott, Malachi.
Marot, Alex pinch hit for White, Sam.
Marot, Alex struck out swinging. (2 out)
Kresser, Brodie reached on a fielder's choice; Kelly, Gavin out at second 3b to 2b. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 3 Hits , 1 Errors , 1 LOB

Bottom of 8th Inning

Sabathia, Carsten pinch hit for Jackson, Riley.
Sabathia, Carsten grounded out to 2b up the middle. (1 out)
Lugo, Aaron reached first on a fielding error by p.
Perez, Xavier flied out to cf. (2 out)
Broussard, Tre reached on a fielder's choice; Lugo, Aaron out at second ss unassisted. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 1 Errors , 1 LOB

Top of 9th Inning

Carbone, Cole to c for Sabathia, Carsten.
Hussey, Grant grounded out to 1b unassisted. (1 out)
Valdes, Jorge grounded out to 1b unassisted. (2 out)
Barnett, Spencer flied out to rf down the rf line. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Bottom of 9th Inning

Jimenez, Kenneth hit by pitch.
DeJesus, Coby grounded out to 2b; Jimenez, Kenneth advanced to second. (1 out)
Haeger, Evan pinch hit for Tatom, Jake.
Haeger, Evan struck out swinging. (2 out)
Climie, Cade struck out swinging. (3 out)
Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB