MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The Penn State baseball team heads to Morgantown on Wednesday to face West Virginia at Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. with a broadcast on ESPN2.
Penn State, led by Mike Gambino, is 21-20 after splitting non-conference games against Georgetown and Navy last weekend.
West Virginia, coached by Randy Mazey, is 28-18 overall and 15-9 in Big 12 play after winning one of three games at Cincinnati this past weekend.
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FOLLOW ALONG
LEADING OFF
- Penn State meets West Virginia on Wednesday for a midweek contest.
- The Nittany Lions are 73-44 all-time against West Virginia.
- Penn State split non-conference games against Georgetown and Navy last weekend.
- On Friday, PSU earned a 7-2 win over the Hoyas behind Travis Luensmann’s career-high seven innings and season-high nine strikeouts.
- Grant Norris and J.T. Marr each had three hits and two RBI, while Adam Cecere had two hits and drove in two runs.
- The Nittany Lions have 56 homers this season, its most since hitting 60 in 2000.
- Penn State’s 35 homers in conference games are four more than any other Big Ten team.
- Adam Cecere and Grant Norris are tied third in the Big Ten with 13 homers.
- J.T. Marr is second in the Big Ten in average (.412) and hits per game (1.71).
- After Billy Gerlott, Kyle Hannon, Tayven Kelley, Travis Luensmann and C.J. Pittaro graduated last weekend, Penn State has 12 college graduates on the roster.
SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA
- West Virginia is coached by Randy Mazey in his 13th season.
- Mazey announced he is retiring after the 2024 season and owns a 550-428-2 record in 18 seasons as a collegiate head coach.
- Under Mazey, West Virginia is 364-268 and has made NCAA Tournaments in three of the last six full seasons.
- West Virginia is 28-18 this season after winning one of three games at Cincinnati this past weekend.
- As a team, WVU is batting .272 and averaging 6.7 runs per game.
- Sam White has a team-best .319 average and 53 hits.
- Reed Chumley leads the squad with 11 doubles and 12 homers to go with 37 RBI, while Kyle West has 12 homers and 38 RBI.
- Preseason All-American JJ Wetherholt…
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