GRANVILLE, W.Va. — West Virginia hasn’t gotten caught up in an abundance of success throughout the regular season.

As a result, the 24th-ranked Mountaineers continue to enjoy more of it.

Logan Sauve and Jace Rinehart each hit a solo home run and Grant Hussey added what proved to a pivotal two-run shot for insurance, helping the Mountaineers secure a series win with a 6-4 victory over Cincinnati on Friday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

“This is a really process-oriented group and I think they’re on a mission to do something special. We don’t talk a lot about the wins,” WVU head coach Steve Sabins said. “We talk about why we’re winning games. That’s been the focus. Today’s message after the game is we’re winning games because we’re making plays, making pitches and we have good reads and a good approach. It’s a reminder that you don’t win because you’re super human or so talented.”

The victory, which came before the fifth-largest home crowd in program history at 4,289, gives WVU (33-4, 12-3) its second 13-game win streak this season. The Mountaineers began Sabins’ tenure as head coach with 13 straight victories as well, though none were against Power Conference competition, while all but one in the latest streak fit that description.

“I don’t even really think about it,” Hussey said. “But it’s pretty cool to win 13 games in a row in baseball. That’s really hard to do. Each day we come in and go through our routines but I don’t think many guys have that thought in their head and that’s why we keep winning.”

One night after securing a one-run win in usual fashion, West Virginia jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Rinehart’s infield single that brought home Kyle West — a play Bearcats’ head coach Jordan Bischel debated interference on to no avail.

“I’m not totally sure what their first baseman was doing on it because he really didn’t even try to make a play,” Hussey said. “The runner has to give you a lane to make the play, so if he would’ve made the play, Rinehart probably would’ve been out.”

The Mountaineers’ 1-0 lead was intact until UC (21-17, 8-9) got even in the fourth courtesy of Jack Natil’s solo home run.

However, Rinehart and Sam White accounted for consecutive singles to start the bottom of that inning, and West Virginia regained its one-run lead on a Chase Swain sacrifice fly.

WVU starting pitcher Gavin Van Kempen was removed in the fifth after issuing a leadoff walk to Christian Mitchelle, and though the first two Bearcat batters reached that inning, relief pitcher Reese Bassinger struck out Landyn Vidourek and Donovan Ford with the tying run at third base to keep the Mountaineers in front.

“He threw the ball great,” Sabins said of Van Kempen. “Part of him coming out of games recently has been that we have good options in the bullpen. If guys aren’t really crisp and cooking, often times we’ll give the ball to a bullpen arm.“

The lead was doubled on one swing from Sauve, who belted his sixth round-tripper this season in the fifth to up his team’s advantage to 3-1.

Rinehart led off the sixth with his team-leading seventh home run this season, and later that inning, Hussey crushed an offering from relief pitcher Joel Pineiro for a two-run blast to make it 6-1.

“You can’t hit a ball better than that,” Hussey said.

Lauden Brooks scored the Bearcats’ second run on a sacrifice fly after he’d led off the seventh inning with a double.

Bassinger allowed a run-scoring triple off the bat of Kerrington Cross in the ninth that spelled the end of his outing.

Carson Estridge came on and finished things off by retiring three straight batters, including a strikeout of Natili to finish things off.

“I was kind of on and off,” Bassinger said. “Fastball was in the zone and slider wasn’t there at times, but got better as the game went on and sometimes I’d leave a couple up. It helped having my coaches and Logan Sauve remind me to finish each pitch.”

Bassinger improved to 4-0 after being charged with three runs on three hits in four innings. He struck out four.

Van Kempen was charged with one run over a solid four-inning start in which he allowed two hits, walked two and struck out three.

O’Connor took the loss. He was charged with five runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 frames. The southpaw struck out three and did not issue a base-on-balls.

The Mountaineers look to secure a three-game sweep at 2 p.m. Saturday.

“Found a way to win a Big 12 series and that’s always a goal,” Sabins said. “If you have a chance to sweep a series, that’s obviously special.”