WKU rallies in ninth to edge baseball in heartbreaker

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Western Kentucky scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth inning in rallying to defeat the Bellarmine University baseball team 9-8 on Wednesday night at Nick Denes Field. Facing a 3-0 deficit after the first, Bellarmine (5-27) continuously battled back to tie Western Kentucky (23-11) at 4-4, 5-5 and 7-7. The Knights finally overtook the Hilltoppers at 8-7 in the top of the ninth after a walk by senior third baseman Reed Blaszczyk and single by junior second baseman Webster Walls set up a go-ahead RBI ground out by junior designated hitter Jacob...