College baseball fan takes heat for racing kid to foul ball, failing to give souvenir away

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A college baseball fan caught flak from social media during a game on Saturday between West Virginia and Minnesota.

The incident in question came in the bottom of the eighth inning when West Virginia third baseman Braden Berry fouled off a pitch from Minnesota pitcher Connor Wietgrefe. The ball landed on the concourse of Wagener Field at Monongalia County Ballpark in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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A bucket of NCAA tournament baseballs. The West Virginia University Mountaineers played the University of Maryland Terrapins on June 4, 2017, at David F. Couch Ballpark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in NCAA Division I College Baseball Tournament Winston-Salem Regional Game 5. (Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Two people ran toward the ball to try and take home a souvenir. The adult fan beat out a child for the foul ball and did not give it to the child, who it would likely mean more to. The young fan ran back to his party smiling, and the adult went back to the railing to watch the rest of the at-bat.

The move did not go over well on social media. The man was labeled a "jerk" for not giving the baseball to the kid.

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Regardless of the situation, West Virginia won the game 7-2 behind a home run from Caleb McNeely and two RBI from Sam White. Dayne Leonard and J.J. Wetherholt had RBIs as well.

West Virginia would complete the three-game sweep of the Golden Gophers on Sunday with a 7-4 victory. The Mountaineers ended the weekend improving their record to 10-4 overall while