![]() He gave up three runs on three hits in 6.2 innings. Lost in all of that was WVU's success against Big 12 pitcher of the year Ty Madden, who entered 6-3 with a 2.55 ERA. I want to finish this game.’ Then he went out in the ninth and did the same thing.” I’ve never felt better than I feel right now. He came in after the eighth and said, ‘There’s no way you’re taking this from me. "The guy’s pitching as good as he has in his entire career. "Every time I thought about potentially taking him out, he just would throw a pitch that was better than the one before," he said. Mazey said the Mountaineers "would have bene in real trouble" if he had to go into the bullpen against Texas. Three pitchers were needed to get through the 8-7 win, but Wolf gave everyone a day off. WVU's starter retired four batters Tuesday as the team fell behind 5-0 and freshman Ben Hampton, who's started 10 games this season, threw five innings and 86 pitches in relief. The ninth started with a strikeout and ended with a double play on Wolf's 138th pitch of the evening. "That’s pitching 101, fastballs down and away, and great hitters are swinging and missing at it. That’s any pitcher at their finest," Mazey said. "When those guys are swinging like that, that’s not just Jackson Wolf at his finest. 2, 3 and 4 hitters in the lineup, two who were named first-team all-conference and were in the top 10 in the Big 12 in batting average. Wolf allowed a leadoff single in the eighth but struck out the next three batters - the Nos. A walk loaded the bases, but a pop-up ended the inning. Texas followed with a single that would have scored a run without the pickoff but instead put runners on the corners. With a 3-1 lead in the seventh, he walked the leadoff batter and then allowed a one-out single in the seventh, but the lefty picked the lead runner off at second base. Wolf allowed one hit and two base runners in the first five innings but gave up a leadoff homer in the sixth. ![]() “That’s the best I have ever seen him pitch, the last three innings in particular," manager Randy Mazey said. Wolf was the starter each time and earned both wins. ![]() 2-ranked team in the entire country for the second time in seven days. ![]() 8 seed in the event and alive after winning Tuesday's play-in game, beat the top seed and No. West Virginia's top starter all season, Wolf threw a complete game Wednesday night and allowed regular-season co-champion Texas just five hits as the Mountaineers defeated the Longhorns 5-1 in the Big 12 Tournament. Jackson Wolf picked a fine time to have the outing of his life. ![]()
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