MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After waiting nearly four years across 11 straight losses, West Virginia had to wait a bit longer to beat TCU.
The Mountaineers squandered a three-run cushion in the ninth inning Friday but recovered in the bottom half to edge the No. 3-ranked Frogs 5-4 on Ivan Gonzalez’s walk-off sacrifice fly.
The fireworks cracking above Monongalia County Ballpark brought sweet relief for West Virginia (20-12, 7-3), which last beat TCU (27-6, 8-2) on May 24, 2013. The moment loomed even sweeter for the catcher Gonzalez, who blamed himself for not smothering Braden Zarbnisky’s wild pitch that yielded TCU’s tying run.