Official Site of the Longhorns · May 29, 2021
No. 2 Baseball survives with 3-2 win over West Virginia
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – No. 2 Texas Baseball survived with a 3-2 win over West Virginia in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Championship on Friday at Bricktown Ballpark.
The Longhorns (42-14) will play Oklahoma State on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and need to beat the Cowboys twice to advance to Sunday's championship game.
Pete Hansen struck out a career high nine batters in 6.2 innings pitched. He allowed just two runs on six hits and no free passes and improved to 8-1 on the season.
Tanner Witt pitched the final 2.1 innings with four strikeouts to record his fourth save of the season.