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WVU Takes Backyard Brawl in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (March 28, 2017) – The West Virginia University baseball team scored two runs on a suicide squeeze and added five unearned runs in a 8-4 victory at Pitt in the Backyard Brawl on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh.

The Mountaineers (13-9) improved to 105-88 all-time in the rivalry series and have won eight of the last 12 against the Panthers (11-11). WVU has also won five in a row at Pitt’s Charles L. Cost Field.

West Virginia scored two runs in the fourth inning before breaking out with five runs in the fifth, all unearned and with two outs.