EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Western Michigan baseball team brought nationally-ranked Michigan State down to the wire, but the Spartans got away with a 6-5 win in the bottom of the ninth inning off a walkoff single Wednesday night in midweek nonconference action.
The Broncos scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie it at 5-5 as freshman Connor Smith delivered a clutch RBI single up the middle after freshman Nate Grys drilled a home run to left field to make it 5-4. The Spartans came back to score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth off a walkoff single to right field with the bases loaded.