Mountain East

Offensive Spark Lifts West Liberty to Doubleheader Split Against Salem

It was a tale of two games on Sunday afternoon as the West Liberty University baseball team battled back from a 14-6 loss to No. 10 regionally-ranked Salem in game one and earned a split with a 15-11 win in game two. In the opening game the Tigers jumped out to an early 6-0 lead after the first two innings and put the game out of reach with an 8-run fourth inning, before Bryce Winter took the mound and stalled the momentum to allow the Hilltoppers to cut into the deficit late. In game two the teams traded punches in the early innings, but 14 runs in the first three innings for the Black & Gold and 12 unanswered runs proved large enough to fend off a late Salem rally.