OU, OSU Eliminated From Big 12 Tournament

<p>West Virginia advanced to the Big 12 title game with an 11-1 rout of Oklahoma, and Texas scored nine runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally from five down to defeat Oklahoma State 12-8.</p>

Saturday, May 28th 2016, 5:36 pm

By: News On 6


OU-West Virginia Recap

Kyle Davis drove in four runs, Conner Dotson allowed just four hits and West Virginia advanced to the Big 12 title game with an 11-1 rout of Oklahoma.

Ray Guerrini and Jimmy Galusky each added two hits for the Mountaineers (36-21), which will face either Texas or TCU in Sunday's championship game.

Davis's two-run homer in the fourth helped put West Virginia ahead 6-1. The Mountaineers then batted around in the seventh inning for a 10-run lead and shut down Oklahoma for the run-rule victory.

Chris Andritsos (4-6) took the loss for the Sooners (30-27-1), who had just four hits while committing three errors.

OSU-Texas Recap

Texas scored nine runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally from five down and defeat Oklahoma State 12-8 at the Big 12 Conference Tournament on Friday night.

The win sends the Longhorns (24-31) into a Saturday matchup with TCU, while the second-seeded Cowboys (36-20) are eliminated after allowing nine runs in the eighth inning of an eventual defeat for the second straight day.

Bret Boswell was 2-for-3 for Texas and had an RBI single in the nine-run eighth inning to put the Longhorns up 10-8. Kody Clemens then added an RBI triple to complete the dramatic comeback and put Texas up 12-8.

Beau Ridgeway (3-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief, while Michael Mertz (1-3) took the loss for Oklahoma State.

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