Burns and Bevis outduel No. 17 WVU in Saturday Win

Saturday, April 11

12 p.m.

Texas Tech Athletics

20-14, 9-5

No. 17 West Virginia

23-8, 6-8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	1
Texas Tech	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	X	4	12	1

Jackson Burns screams in excitement coming off the mound during Tech's 4-1 win over No. 17 WVU.

Burns and Bevis outduel No. 17 WVU in Saturday Win

April 11, 2026 | Baseball

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The starter (Burns) took a shutout into the eighth to propel Tech to a bounce-back win

By: Andrew Stern

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech redshirt freshman Jackson Burns took a shutout into the eighth to propel Texas Tech past No. 17 West Virginia, 4-1, Saturday afternoon at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.

Locked in a pitchers-duel all day long, Burns shined in his 10th start of the season, tossing 7.2 innings of one-run ball. The righty did not walk a batter and struck out five.

He landed 76 of his 106 pitches for strikes and worked through just five, three-ball counts on the entire afternoon.

Burns also became the first Texas Tech (20-14, 6-8 Big 12) pitcher this season to pitch into the eighth, as his outing was the longest by a Tech starter since April 19, 2025 when Zane Petty tossed eight innings at Arizona State in a
12-8 Tech win.

After a Coleman Ryan infield hit gave Burns and the Red Raiders a slim 1-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh, Burns recorded back-to-back soft ground outs to put the first two outs of the eighth on the board.

With the righty just one out from putting eight shutout innings on the board and ahead in the count 1-2, Burns allowed his lone run of the day on the solo home run from West Virginia's (23-8, 9-5 Big 12) Gavin Kelly.

The pitch tied the game at one all and prompted a pitching change as Logan Bevis entered from the bullpen.

Bevis, who earned the win on Saturday, needed just four pitches to retire WVUs Paul Schoenfeld on a 4-3 putout. The out sent the game to bottom of the eighth tied at one.

With WVUs Maxx Yehl holding the potent Tech offense without a run through six and to just one through seven, the Red Raiders finally chased the WVU lefty from the game after back-to-back hard-hit singles from Linkin Garcia and Logan Hughes. The singles came after a 109 MPH lineout off the bat of Caden Ferraro to lead-off the frame.

Garcia who moved up from the five-hole to the third spot in the lineup, went 3-for-4 with a run scored. He also made two strong defensive plays including a great snag on a line drive with two outs and a runner in scoring position in
the fifth that kept the game scoreless.

For the second-straight night in a key spot, WVU turned to righty Reese Bassinger who immediately allowed back-to-back RBI singles to catcher Matt Quintanar and right fielder Jesse Rusinek.

The singles gave Tech a 3-1 lead and placed runners on the corners with one out.

The two runs were both charged to the account of WVUs starter, Yehl, who tossed 7.1 innings and allowed 10 hits and three runs. He struck out eight and walked just one. The lefty took the loss, as the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
candidate fell to 5-1 on the season.

After a pitching change, WVUs Ian Korn walked Robin Villeneuve on four pitches to load the bases with one out for senior Tracer Lopez.

One of the Red Raiders most consistent and clutch hitters this season with runners in scoring position and less than two outs, Lopez plated the third and final run of the frame when he legged out a potential 4-6-3 double play.

With the three-spot, the Red Raiders recorded their 51st crooked number of the season and are now 20-8 this year when scoring three times in at least one inning.

Armed with a three-run lead for the first time all weekend, the Red Raiders again turned to Bevis who was able to work around a one-out double to nail down Tech's 20th win of the season. The Red Raiders by nailing down win No. 20 tied their full season output from the 2025 season.

UP NEXT:
With the series tied at one game all, Tech will turn to true freshman Adam Hayes Sunday for his first career weekend start. First pitch from Rip Griffin Park is set for 1 p.m.