On a beautiful day for baseball in Morgantown, the Mountaineers (17-11) (2-4) took the lead in the bottom of the 8th and defeated the Pitt Panthers (8-19) (2-10 ACC) to take Game 1 of the Backyard Brawl.
Winning Pitcher
Zach Ottinger (1-0)
Chase Smith (1-2)
Darius Hill (10), Tyler Doanes (8)
Kevin Brophy (5)
Tyler Doanes (12), Tevin Tucker (10)
Pitt struck first in the 2nd inning on a RBI single to left field off the bat of 3B Andres Antonini that scored RF Nick Popa, but WVU rebounded in a big way in the bottom of the frame.