CLEMSON, S.C. — The 24th-ranked WVU baseball had one final comeback in it at the Clemson Regional.
The Mountaineers, trailing 12-7 in the eighth inning, scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to defeat Kentucky 13-12.
West Virginia clinched its second straight super regional appearance with the victory, the first under coach Steve Sabins.
Armani Guzman, who was named MVP of the regional, hit the game-clinching single to score the winning run in the bottom of the eighth to finish off a six-run inning for the Mountaineers (44-14).
“More than just myself, it shows (the team) we all have it,” Guzman said. “I was a guy who didn’t play the last month and a half and now I’m here in this position.”
Being so close to a super regional, the Mountaineers didn’t hold back anything to start th