Then, Ryan Leitch hit a deep drive down the right field line, scoring Blanton and putting the Thundering Herd up 1-0. In the bottom of the second, West Virginia grabbed the lead after Hudson Byorick led the inning with a walk, and singles from Vincent Ippoliti and Matt McCormick loaded the bases before Kevin Brophy put the ball on the ground over to first for a sacrifice RBI, tying the game at one.
The WKU baseball program (12-16) (2-6, C-USA) lost its first Conference USA road series 3-1 against the FIU Panthers (12-14) (4-4, C-USA) over the weekend. WKU currently holds a three-game losing streak following its series against the Panthers. After WKU won game one 9-2 Thursday, it lost the next three games by a combined score of 15-3.
East | CONF | OVR | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|
12-4 | 17-8 | 1851 | 1758 | |
9-5 | 10-12 | 1662 | 1603 | |
8-8 | 11-11 | 1598 | 1571 | |
8-8 | 15-13 | 2064 | 2041 | |
7-9 | 8-11 | 1142 | 1184 | |
7-9 | 13-11 | 1713 | 1648 | |
6-10 | 7-16 | 1469 | 1583 |
West | CONF | OVR | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|
12-2 | 23-4 | 1888 | 1590 | |
13-5 | 17-8 | 1743 | 1618 | |
10-4 | 13-7 | 1386 | 1325 | |
8-8 | 14-10 | 1550 | 1443 | |
5-11 | 7-12 | 1242 | 1332 | |
3-11 | 10-13 | 1593 | 1590 | |
0-14 | 2-18 | 1227 | 1463 |