MORGANTOWN \u2014 There was a term WVU baseball coach Steve Sabins used to describe what probably was the key moment in West Virginia’s intense 7-3 victory over Arizona State Friday night and early Saturday to advance to the finals of the Big 12 Baseball Championships against No. 1 seed Kansas that should not be allowed to slip by as just a touch of the colorful language he often uses.<\/p>\n
Things were on the verge of falling apart for West Virginia had just fallen behind the Sun Devils to get the crowd of 2,153 in Surprise Stadium lathered up, most of them being from just down the road in Tempe, as seldom used West Virginia reliever Joshua Surigao had just entered the game and retired the Big 12’s Player of the Year Landon Hairston.<\/p>\n
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