Afforded 17 hours to contemplate his ninth-inning at-bat in a suspended tie game, Jackson Cramer didn’t disappoint.
The sophomore first baseman, who left the stadium Friday night knowing he’d be hitting with two runners aboard when play resumed Saturday, delivered the go-ahead double that lifted West Virginia to a 5-4 upset of No. 11 Oklahoma State.
With rain and tornado warnings keeping the Stillwater area on alert, Saturday’s regularly scheduled game was canceled. The teams will try to conclude the series with one game Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern.
West Virginia (25-23, 7-12), which snapped a six-game losing streak, climbed out of the Big 12 cellar by taking a half-game lead on Kansas, which dropped its first two games at TCU.