The WKU baseball team hosted Florida International University this past weekend in a three-game Conference USA series showdown.
After losing two heartbreakers by two scores of 8-7 in Friday’s doubleheader, the Hilltoppers desperately needed to win the final game on Saturday to avoid falling too far from .500 in C-USA.
Thanks to redshirt sophomore pitcher Ryan Thurston and freshman shortstop Steven DiPuglia, the Toppers defeated the Panthers 3-2 in 12 innings in walk-off fashion.
Thurston pitched 10 scoreless innings and gave up only seven hits, and DiPuglia’s walk-off single in the 11th inning gave WKU the victory.