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WACO, Texas (April 30, 2023)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The West Virginia baseball team completed its second consecutive sweep as it defeated Baylor, 18-4, Sunday afternoon. The Mountaineers have now won eight straight games and improve to 33-11 overall and 11-4 in the Big 12 while the Bears fall to 15-29 and 6-15 in conference play.<\/p>\n

Four Mountaineers hit home runs in the contest \u2013 graduate student\u00a0Dayne Leonard<\/a><\/dfn>, sophomore\u00a0JJ Wetherholt<\/a><\/dfn>, junior\u00a0Landon Wallace<\/a><\/dfn>, and finally freshman\u00a0Nick Barone<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0with a grand slam. Leonard finished the day with four RBI while Wetherholt had three hits, four runs scored, and two stolen bases. Graduate\u00a0Tevin Tucker<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0also had a big day at the plate with four hits and two runs scored.<\/p>\n

On the mound, sophomore\u00a0Grant Siegel<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0earned his fourth win of the year with 3.1 scoreless innings of relief. Redshirt-freshman\u00a0David Hagaman<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0struck out all four batters he faced while freshman\u00a0Gavin Van Kempen<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0finished the game with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.<\/p>\n

For the second straight day, the Mountaineers loaded the bases in the first inning, but this time they capitalized. Leonard opened the scoring with a two-run single before redshirt-senior\u00a0Caleb McNeely<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n

Baylor got two runs in the second, but Leonard got them back in the third with a two-run home run to center field. It was his third of the season but first since March 5th<\/sup>\u00a0at Richmond.<\/p>\n

The Bears got within one again with two runs in the fourth, but once more, the Mountaineers pushed the lead back to three in the fifth as Wetherholt and Wallace hit back-to-back home runs, both of which were no-doubters. Wetherholt’s went 453 feet to right while Wallace hit his 439 feet over the batter’s eye in center.<\/p>\n

After a run came home on a Baylor error in the seventh, West Virginia added five more in both the eighth and ninth. Wetherholt opened the scoring in the eighth with a single before three runs came home on a pop-fly single from sophomore\u00a0Evan Smith<\/a><\/dfn>. Sophomore\u00a0Grant Hussey<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0capped the inning with an RBI single.<\/p>\n

In the ninth, Smith walked with the bases loaded before Barone put the cherry on top of the weekend sweep with a grand slam on the first pitch he saw all weekend.<\/p>\n

The Mountaineers will return home for the Backyard Brawl on Wednesday. First pitch against Pitt is set for 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the game can be purchased\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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