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Thurston Shines with 11 Strikeouts in Victory

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Behind a career-high-tying 11 strikeout performance from Ryan Thurston and a four-out save by Jackson Sowell, WKU Baseball defeated Ohio by a score of 5-4 in the opening game of the teams’ weekend series at Nick Denes Field. Thurston pitched 7.1 innings and had at least one strikeout in each of the eight innings, including in each of the second, third and fourth frames.