AUSTIN, Texas — Cole Austin’s diving grab at third base capped a three-inning save by Braden Zarbnisky and West Virginia claimed a 4-3 victory at Texas to square their weekend series Saturday.
Chase Illig and Darius Hill each drove in two runs as the Mountaineers (32-21, 12-11) guaranteed themselves no worse than a fourth-place finish in the Big 12. They could still climb into the third spot pending the completion of Oklahoma’s doubleheader against Oklahoma State.
West Virginia and Texas (32-20, 10-12) meet again Sunday in the regular-season finale.
The Longhorns trailed 4-2 in the ninth before Kody Clemens’ two-out RBI single tightened the game.