AUSTIN, Texas — Seemingly impervious to late-game pressure, No. 17 West Virginia won yet another game in its final at-bat.
Texas can’t remember what such euphoria feels like.
T.J. Lake’s squeeze bunt in the ninth capped the Mountaineers’ comeback and closer Sam Kessler survived a turbulent bottom half to seal the 9-8 victory.
“Unbelievable,” West Virginia coach Randy Mazey said. “Here we go again scoring runs in the eighth and ninth innings in one of the hardest places to come back and win. We’ve done it twice in a row now.”
Actually, West Virginia’s last five wins have seen the game-winning run scored in the ninth inning or later.