WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Welcome to the winners bracket, where West Virginia and Wake Forest arrived by winning easily on Friday. Nothing portends to be easy tonight.
We’ll have live updates each inning:
Pregame notes
— Isaiah Kearns (5-0, 4.78 ERA) gets the start tonight for the Mountaineers, the second consecutive freshman entrusted by Randy Mazey. The right-hander’s past two starts against Penn State and Baylor were beyond encouraging: 13 2/3 innings, one earned run, six hits, 13 strikeouts and zero walks.
— Wake Forest, as we noted yesterday, saved its ace Parker Dunshee (9-1, 4.