MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Interstat) — Reese Bassinger pitched three and two-thirds scoreless innings of relief and West Virginia rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to defeat Texas Christian 6-4 on Saturday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference series finale at Monongalia County Ballpark.

The Mountaineers improved to 37-13 overall, while the Horned Frogs fell to 33-20.

Texas Christian jumped ahead in the first inning. Griffin singled to left field and later scored on a double to left-center by Traeger. The Horned Frogs added two more runs in the third when Cramer walked and Gargett homered to deep left field, his third home run of the season, giving TCU a 3-0 lead.

West Virginia answered in the bottom of the third. Ineich doubled down the right-field line, and Kelly tripled to deep center to drive him in. Schoenfeld followed with a single to center, scoring Kelly, and the deficit was cut to 3-2.

The Mountaineers tied the game in the fourth when Hall hit a solo home run to deep left, his fifth of the season. After a scoreless fifth, TCU regained the lead in the sixth. Bell singled, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on Franco’s single to center field, making it 4-3.

West Virginia’s eighth-inning surge decided the game. Kresser walked, and Wills singled. A sacrifice bunt by Hall advanced both runners, and Kresser scored on a wild pitch. Another wild pitch advanced Wills to third and allowed him to score, putting the Mountaineers ahead 5-4. Ineich walked and later scored on Smith’s single to right field to extend the lead to 6-4.

Bassinger entered in the sixth with TCU leading and did not allow a hit over the next three-plus innings, striking out one and earning the win. Chansen Cole started for West Virginia and pitched five innings, allowing six hits and four earned runs with eight strikeouts. For TCU, Mason Brassfield threw two and one-third hitless innings with three strikeouts. Nate Stern, Zack James, and Walter Quinn also worked out of the bullpen.

The Horned Frogs managed eight hits, led by Gargett’s two-run homer. West Virginia collected 12 hits, with Kelly going 2-for-4 with an RBI, Schoenfeld 2-for-5 with an RBI, and Hall 1-for-3 with a home run and an RBI.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of West Virginia 7, Texas Christian 6. The ELO system gave West Virginia a 52.40 percent probability to win, and the Mountaineers were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5.