Arizona wins marathon game with a 6-4 victory over No. 24 WVU in 16 innings

Mar. 22—MORGANTOWN — It was a marathon rather than a baseball game, as Arizona's 6-4 victory against No. 24 West Virginia began on Friday, but didn't conclude until the early minutes of Saturday morning.

The 16-inning game inside Kendrick Family Ballpark was the longest college baseball game ever played in Morgantown, and was the second-longest in program history. It took a combined 656 pitches to complete.

BOX SCORE Only a 17-inning affair against the Quantico Marines in Virginia in 1936 lasted longer.

Arizona (17-4, 4-0 Big 12) won the game in the 16th with a two-RBI single from Richie Morales. It was his only hit of the game in eight at-bats.

The Mountaineers (18-2, 1-1) went down in order in the bottom of the inning to end the game.

Both teams left plenty of opportunities to end the game earlier by combining to strand 36 runners on base.

WVU certainly had its share of chances to score more in regulation. The Mountaineers ended the fifth inning with the bases loaded and had two runners on with one out in the eighth, but a double play ended that inning.

That led to the ninth, when WVU tied the game. Trailing 4-3, Sam White singled with one out and Gavin Kelly added a two-out single.

Skylar King's clutch hit up the middle scored White to send the game into extra innings ... seven of them.

Chase Meyer (4-1) took a tough loss on the mound for the Mountaineers. He came on in the 12th inning and had pitched four hitless and scoreless innings until the 16th inning.

In all, seven WVU pitchers were used and they combined to strikeout a program-record 21 hitters.

Arizona's four runs were all charged to WVU starter Griffin Kirn, who was pulled after just 2 2 /3 innings.

Benjamin Hudson was also dominant in relief for the Mountaineers. The freshman came on with one out in the sixth inning and went 3 1 /3 innings with no hits or runs, while striking out five.

King finished with three hits and two RBIs for the Mountaineers and Logan Sauve also drove in two runs.

But, WVU finished just 3 of 25 (.120) with runners in scoring position. Arizona wasn't much better at.167 (3 for 18).

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