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Red Raiders spoil WVU’s senior day with 8-2 romp

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For two days Texas Tech’s lineup had stranded runners and failed to match its offensive norms.

That changed Saturday afternoon, when the Red Raiders went 7-for-11 with runners in scoring position and rolled 8-2 to salvage the final game of the series, spoiling West Virginia’s senior day in the process.

The Mountaineers (27-25, 9-12), who secured a birth in the Big 12 tournament by winning the first two games of the series 6-4 and 8-2, will learn their seeding Sunday when the rest of the league wraps up regular-season play.

Tyler Nelsony had three hits and two RBIs for the Red Raiders (30-22, 13-11), who locked up the No.