WVU concentrating on carrying on as their season is on
It’s officially win or go home for West Virginia after their 16-9 loss to LSU. The Mountaineers should win each of the next 2 games against the Tigers to keep their season alive.
With removal on the minds of the Mountaineers, they are flushing Saturday’s performance and transferring to Sunday with a fresh slate.
“They could have beat us 40-0, and tomorrow, it’s going to be 0-0 in the beginning pitch. So absolutely nothing to it. It’s a series. Like [Sabins] stated in the postgame, we do not need to crawl back like it’s a regional win 4 more. We just head out and complete tomorrow, try and win one game,” West Virginia designated player Sam White said.
White and the Mountaineers revealed a great deal of battle after going down 10-1. They ended up scoring 9 operate on 11 hits, while White had three hits and three runs scored.
West Virginia is one game far from possibly having their season ended at the hands of the Tigers, as they require to win two times in 2 days to advance to the College World Series.
The benefit for the Mountaineers is that this is not like last weekend, where it was a four-team double-elimination competition. Instead, it’s a three-game series, something WVU is clearly used to.
“This is what we’ve done all season. This is a series. I informed them that if you lose game one of a regional, you have actually got to win four games, and you’re in a loser’s bracket. It’s a really different circumstance. So this is more standard baseball. This is what we have actually been doing all year. You’ve got to go win a series,” WVU head coach Steve Sabins stated.
The Mountaineers will have a tough job to force a game 3 on Monday, most likely dealing with Anthony Eyanson in game two. Eyanson has a 2.50 ERA on the season with a. 209 batting average versus this season.
Sabins’ goal is to go all in for on Sunday, and to force a winner-takes-all all game three on Monday.
“If you can get to a game 3, whatever modifications. Therefore it’s everything about winning tomorrow, playing for the season, playing for your colleagues. And after that you get to game 3, and that’s when things can get truly enjoyable,” Sabins said.