KENT, Ohio – The Wright State baseball team fell short, 9-8, on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth at Kent State on Tuesday evening.
The Raiders will close the regular season with a three-game series at Purdue Fort Wayne, beginning Thursday, May 15.
The game was tied 2–2 after three innings, as both teams added a run in the first and second. WSU opened the scoring with an RBI groundout by
Patrick Fultz in the first. The Golden Flashes tied it in the bottom half with an RBI double. WSU retook the lead in the second, as
Cam Gilkerson reached on a fielder's choice that allowed
Boston Smith to score, but KSU quickly responded with a solo-homer in the bottom of the inning.
The Raiders pulled ahead again when Smith hit a solo homer to right field in the fourth. A two-RBI double by
JP Peltier in the fifth gave WSU a three-run cushion. Kent State responded in the seventh, scoring once on a sacrifice fly and again on a groundout to cut the deficit to one.
WSU extended the lead to four in the top of the eighth when Gilkerson launched a three-run homer over the right-field wall, driving in
Braylen Blomquist, who reached on a double, and Smith who singled.
But the Flashes rallied a late comeback, ending the night with a walk-off two-run single in the ninth to steal the victory.
