MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sure-handed shortstop Jimmy Galusky took his eyes off a chopper too soon. Pitcher Chad Donato threw into a runner racing toward first base. Reliever Jeff Hardy sailed a throw into center field. Darius Hill turned a catchable fly ball into the decisive two-run triple on the warning track.
Defensive miscues piled up for three unearned runs and West Virginia lost Friday night’s series opener 8-6 to Kansas State, the Big 12’s last-place team.
Kyle Davis helped the Mountaineers (17-15, 4-5) erase a 6-2 deficit on a game-tying three-run homer in the seventh inning, but the Wildcats (15-19, 2-8) won it by getting to Hardy in the ninth.