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Surging Pokes oust West Virginia from Big 12 tournament

After Garrett McCain drove in all four Oklahoma State runs, he spent the game’s final play wondering whether he’d done enough.

The left fielder retreated toward the wall before catching Jackson Cramer’s towering fly ball — a drive that fell a few shy of giving West Virginia a walkoff win — and the Cowboys surged into the Big 12 tournament championship game with a 4-3 win Saturday

“Cramer is a really good hitter,” said McCain, who had a three-run double in the sixth and the go-ahead RBI single in the 10th. “I thought he got it good, but I didn’t think it was going to have as much distance with the height it had on it.