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Crazy Eights: Toppers Victorious in 22-17 Slugfest

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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Baseball is a game of numbers, and WKU sure put up some big ones Tuesday night in a 22-17 victory over Austin Peay. A team season-high eight homeruns accounted for 17 of the 22 Hilltoppers who touched home.

Topper Notes

  1. The game had a combined 39 runs, 39 hits, 20 walks, 27 strikeouts and nine homeruns - eight by the Hilltoppers. WKU became the fourth team in Division I to hit eight long balls in a single game, falling just shy of Alabama State’s nine vs.