My wife and I took our dog to the park yesterday evening around 6:30 and on the radio was the WVU-Louisville baseball game. I wasn’t wondering if I’d jinxed the aluminum lads, but rather how they were up 3-1. I’d gotten an update on my phone as I was grabbing my belongings and heading to the car and thought at first it was a mistake. Nope. Before I could figure things out, it was 4-1 after Matt Frazer home run in the sixth inning.

Cue up the Buffalo Springfield, I thought, because something was happening here.

An hour later, we returned to the car and it was 10-4 … Louisville. The Cardinals would add another run and win by seven. Jedd Gyorko did tie WVU’s single-season (19) and career (35) home run record with two against the Big East’s best pitcher, but the song returned to the early season refrain for the Mountaineers: Not enough offense … and that was a pity for starting pitcher Andy Berry.

Performing just as well for WVU was Berry, who gave up just one earned run on only four hits with two strikeouts. The Virginia Beach native stymied a ballclub that entered the game leading the conference in slugging percentage (.724), home runs (81) and doubles (146).

“Andy had one of his best performances of the season tonight,” coach Greg Van Zant said. “He threw his off-speed very well and kept a lot of good hitters off-balanced.”

Berry retired the side in the fourth and sixth innings, and stranded six base runners overall. Throughout the evening, he never tried to overpower a potent offense, rather keeping it guessing with a couple off-speed pitches that he had great command of.

The Mountaineers managed eight hits in 32 at-bats.

Now, if only I knew someone who was on hand last night and could provide more details before tonight’s 5 p.m. elimination game against South Florida …