• WVU baseball players walk towards the dugout before taking on Kansas on Friday, April 7, 2023.(Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • WVU baseball head coach Randy Mazey shakes hands with the home plate umpire before his team took on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • Tevin Tucker (left) and Ellis Garci (right) do a hand-eye coordination drill pregame. (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • WVU skipper Randy Mazey meets with Kansas head coach Dan Fitzgerald before the two teams played on Friday, April 7, 2023.(Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • Ben Hampton throws a pitch in the second inning against Kansas (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • Kansas players celebrate a home run hit in the second on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • West Virginia slugger Grant Hussey adjust his batting gloves while waiting in the on deck circle. (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • Ellis Garcia stands on first in between pitches. (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • Freshman southpaw Maxx Yell throws a pitch in the fifth inning against Kansas. (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • West Virginia hitters surround WVU assistant coach Steve Sabins during a Kansas pitching change on Friday, April 7, 2023. (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)
  • WVU’s Caleb McNeely spins his helmet on his finger during a Kansas pitching change. (Photo Ryan Decker/Gold and Blue Nation)