WACO, TX — Cole Haring hit two home runs and Jimmy Winston threw six shutout innings to lead Baylor in a dominating 12-0 victory Saturday afternoon over West Virginia at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (15-6) clinched the series win over the Mountaineers (13-9) and will go for the sweep on Sunday.
Winston turned in a career-high six scoreless innings and four strikeouts on the mound. He lowered his ERA to 0.71, which was top 30 in the nation entering the weekend.
After scoring two runs in the second inning, the Bears sent 10 batters to the plate in the bottom of the fourth and exploded for seven runs on seven hits. Chase Wehsener, Davis Wendzel and Shea Langeliers each tallied RBI knocks and Haring blasted his second home run of the game, a three-run shot over the right field fence, to push the score to 9-0.
Baylor added two runs off a pair of wild pitches in the bottom of the eighth before Haring drove in his fifth run of the game with his fourth hit that extended the Bears lead to 12-0.
Daniel Caruso made his 10th relief appearance of the season and threw two scoreless before turning the ball over in the ninth to Brooks Helmer, who made his first career appearance on the mound and retired the side in order to end the game.
Winston (2-0) earned his second win of the season while WVU’s Jackson Wolf (2-2) took the loss.
