RUSTON, La. – A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning scored the walk-off run for Western Kentucky, as the Hilltoppers edged UTSA, 10-9 in an elimination game of the 2021 Conference USA Championships, on Thursday night at J.C. Love Field on the campus of Louisiana Tech.
UTSA (22-26) rallied from down five runs in the early innings to take a 9-8 lead into the eighth innings against the sixth-seeded Hilltoppers. A safety squeeze evened up the game in the eighth and the Hilltoppers plated the winning run via two walks, a hit batter and a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to emerge from the elimination game and advance to Friday.