The path to the top of the conference podium was never going to be easy, and the West Virginia Mountaineers were reminded of that this weekend in Cincinnati.

With WVU's series loss at Cincinnati, the race for second place in the Big 12 standings will only get tighter.

Hosts Anjelica Trinone and Kevin Redfern recap WVU baseball's series at Cincinnati in which it won just won game — and was outscored 22-11 — and preview the Mountaineers' final home slate of the season next week on episode No. 104 of The Gold and Blue Nation Podcast.

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