ATLANTA — After West Virginia’s late surge forced extra innings, Nick Wilhite’s walkoff single in the 11th won it for Georgia Tech, 5-4, on Saturday night.
The Mountaineers dropped two of three games on opening weekend, but rallied to make things interesting. They dug out of a 4-0 hole by scoring three times in the seventh. Tyler Doanes’ RBI double followed a Georgia Tech throwing error that allowed two runs.
Marques Inman’s solo homer in the eighth tied it.
Beau Lowery (0-1) got the first out in the 11th before the Yellow Jackets strung together two hits and an intentional walk to load the bases. Wilhit’s single off a
2-2 pitch won it.
WVU starter Kade Strowd gave up three runs in 4 1/3 innings but closer Sam Kessler pitched three scoreless as the game stretched late.
WVU 8, Georgia State 2
Held without a hit until the sixth inning, West Virginia broke through for four runs and went on to beat Georgia State in Saturday’s early action.
Freshman shortstop Tevin Tucker’s two-run single was the big blow and Brandon White added an RBI double in the sixth, which included a run-scoring wild pitch.
The Mountaineers scored twice in the first inning thanks to three walks, a hit batter and Tristen Hudson’s sac-fly.
Jackson Wolf (1-0) scattered four hits over five innings and allowed one run. The sophomore left-hander had four strikeouts and two walks. Freshman Ryan Bergert followed with three perfect innings.
Darius Hill had two of the Mountaineers’ seven hits.
Paul McIntosh drew a bases-loaded walk and had an RBI groundout for West Virginia and Ivan Gonzalez added a sac-fly.
Georgia State (0-2) finished 1-of-11 with runners in scoring position.
