BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Baseball earned a 14-7 victory over Central Michigan in its series finale on Sunday afternoon at Nick Denes Field.
After dropping the first three games of the series by a combined eight runs, the Hilltoppers came away with a seven-run win to close out the weekend.
"The story of the day was the offense," said head coach John Pawlowski. "Up and down the lineup, everybody contributed. It was nice to see Ty [Batusich] with a two-run home run and then Andrew [Delaney] put us up four runs right away. Great first inning and we just kept adding on from there, so it was a great team win for us."
Devyn Terbrak earned the starting nod in the series finale, picking up the win after tossing 7.0 frames while allowing five runs and striking out six batters. Wil Moritz and Dalton Mesaris both saw relief action in the game, with Mesaris producing two strikeouts while allowing just two hits in 2.0 innings of work.
At the plate, the Hilltopper offense exploded for a season-high 14 runs while recording 14 hits and six walks. Four players produced multi-hit performances in the contest, with Tristin Garcia and Aidan Gilroy tallying three hits each while Ty Batusich and Andrew Delaney added two apiece.
SCORING SUMMARY
WKU opened the scoring in the first frame, with two-run homers by Batusich and Delaney giving the squad an early 4-0 lead.
The Hilltoppers added two more runs in the second inning, with a two-RBI single by Garcia making it 6-0.
Central Michigan cut into the Hilltoppers' lead in the fourth frame, scoring four runs in the inning to put the score at 6-4.
WKU answered back in the bottom of the fourth, with Batusich using an RBI groundout to score Gilroy from third and give the squad a 7-4 advantage.
The Hilltoppers tacked on another run in the fifth frame, with a sacrifice fly by AJ Fiechter scoring Delaney to make it 8-4.
WKU continued its strong day at the plate in the sixth inning, using an RBI double by Garcia and sacrifice fly by Jackson Gray to pull ahead 10-4.
The Chippewas then added one run in the top of the seventh before the Hilltoppers answered back with four of their own in the bottom of the inning, with two runs scoring off a throwing error followed by a two-RBI double by Garcia, putting the game at 14-5.
Central Michigan would tack on two more runs in the eighth before WKU eventually captured the 14-7 victory.
UP NEXT
The Hilltoppers will head to Lexington, Ky., to face the Wildcats at 3 p.m. CT on Tuesday, March 1.
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