WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 2-seed West Virginia University baseball team lost to top-seeded and No. 13-ranked Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon in the second game of the NCAA Tournament.
The Mountaineers (35-25) scored three runs in the first inning, but were held to four hits the rest of the game. The Demon Deacons (41-18) rallied with two in the fifth and one in the seventh before walking off on an RBI single in the ninth inning.
The tight ballgame, WVU’s 17th against a top-25 opponent, came in front of a capacity crowd of 3,018 fans at David F.