Texas Tech defeats No. 3 seed West Virginia 6-2 in Big 12 Tournament – ​​Winnipeg Free Press

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Hudson White had three hits, Mason Molina pitched six solid innings and Texas Tech defeated third-seeded West Virginia 6-2 Wednesday in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.

The sixth-seeded Red Raiders (38-19) scored in five straight innings, starting with a two-run second, to push the Mountaineers (39-17) into the losing bracket. Texas Tech advances to play No. 7 seed Oklahoma on Thursday night. West Virginia will play an elimination game against second-seeded Oklahoma State early Thursday.

White singled in the first run of the game and Nolen Hester was walked with the bases loaded for a 2–0 lead.

Gavin Kash made it 3-0 with a solo home run and Hester increased the lead to 4-0 with an RBI single in the fourth. Caleb McNeely hit a solo home run in the bottom of the inning for the Mountaineers, but Texas Tech got the run back on Austin Green’s home run in the fifth. Tracer Lopez scored the sixth run for the Red Raiders on a balk from reliever Maxx Yehl before throwing his first pitch.

Molina (5-2) allowed one run, four hits and three walks, striking out six. Brandon Beckel pitched the last three innings for his sixth save. He allowed one unearned run on two hits, striking out four.

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