MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With West Virginia’s bullpen looking steady for a change, it was TCU’s turn to cough up a last-inning lead.
The Mountaineers scored the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the ninth without putting the ball in play, stringing together a hit batter and four walks to stun the third-ranked Frogs 5-4 in Sunday’s rubber game of the series.
Jackson Cramer and Darius Hill drew bases-loaded walks as West Virginia (21-13, 8-4) set a program benchmark by claiming a fourth straight Big 12 series.
“If it had to be a walk, walk walk-off, we’ll take it,” said coach Randy Mazey, whose team moved within a game of TCU (28-7, 9-3) in the league standings.