The No. 16 nationally seeded West Virginia Mountaineers (40-14) crushed the Binghamton Bearcats (31-21) in the opening round of the Morgantown regional 10-1.

Binghamton Zack Kent hit a leadoff double down the left field line to begin the top of the second inning and moved to third on what was officially ruled a wild pitch. Then, with one out, junior Zach Anderson hit a grounder to third as junior Tyrus Hall scooped up the and went to home, Kent slid under the tag for a 1-0 Bearcat lead.

In the fourth, West Virginia senior Sean Smith was hit by the 2-2 pitch to begin the inning. Then, on the first pitch delivered to senior Matthew Graveline, he ripped a two-run home run, his sixth of the season.…