KALAMAZOO- The Flashes brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth but couldn't push across the tying run in a 7-5 setback to the Western Michigan Broncos on Friday afternoon.
Bo Shinkle singled home two with a two-out single in the ninth, bringing the tying run to the plate, but a ground out ended the rally and the ball game.
Kent State struck first for the second-straight game. Jake Casey barreled a line drive over the right-centerfield wall for a two-run homer in the second, his team-leading seventh of the year.