Baseball Beats Saint Mary's in Extras

MORAGA, Calif. – Santa Clara baseball overcame allowing the tying run in the bottom of the ninth and beat Saint Mary's 5-3 in 11 innings to open West Coast Conference play on Friday.

The Broncos (10-4, 1-0 WCC), who have won six in row, scored a pair in the third and led all the way until the ninth before the Gaels (5-10, 0-1 WCC) scored on a passed ball to make it a 2-all contest.

Santa Clara was able to push across three in the 11th on an RBI single from Malcolm Williams and a two-run single from JonJon Berring to end up with the win.

Cole Kitchen took a hard luck no-decision but was brilliant as the Broncos' starter. Kitchen allowed an unearned run on three hits with no walks and nine…