With three unearned runs on the afternoon, West Virginia defeated Western Kentucky on Sunday 7-1 at Nick Denes Field in the final game of a weekend series. Colie Currie and Colin Butkiewicz each had a pair of hits for the Hilltoppers, who fell to 5-7.
In the top of the first inning, the Mountaineers got one of their unearned runs when Ivan Gonzalez reached base via catcher’s interference and Darius Hill followed with an RBI double off WKU starter Paul Kirkpatrick.
The visitors struck for three runs in the fourth frame, when Kyle Brophy scored on a passed ball and a two-out throwing error off a Brandon White ground ball brought in two more.