WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – Andrew Henry singled home Josh Nagel with two out in the bottom of the 11th here Sunday afternoon to give the West Liberty University baseball team a 6-5 walk-off win against Alderson-Broaddus at sun-splashed Kovalick Field.

Sunday's win in the scheduled 9-inning game came at a good time for Coach Eric Burkle's Hilltoppers (19-22, 16-13), who strengthened their hold on third place in the West Virginia Conference North Division standings heading into the final week of the regular season.

West Liberty had carried a 5-2 lead into the ninth inning only to see an error open the door for the Battlers (19-20, 14-16) to score three unearned runs with two out, forcing the game into extra innings.

Both teams were charted with four errors on the afternoon – all five of Alderson-Broaddus's runs were unearned – and it was another miscue that opened the door to victory for the hosts.

Nagel led off the bottom of the 11th with a grounder to third that was misplayed by the A-B third baseman. A wild pitch put Nagel in scoring position and he moved to third on Tim Mirandy's one-out fly ball to center. Henry followed with the game-winning single.

Josh Graham got the win on the mound with 2.2 innings of one-hit relief following a strong start by Dylan Grosul, who struck out six and walked only two while pitching into the ninth.

Jon-Michael Brunner drove in two runs with a double and single while Henry also had a double to go along with his game-winning base knock. Anthony Pierro doubled and singled while D.J. Busby and Mike Johnson each smacked out a pair of singles. Travis Denman chipped in with an RBI single.

West Liberty hosts Charleston on Tuesday in a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Kovalick Field.

BASEBALL

West Liberty 6, Alderson-Broaddus 5

Alderson-Broaddus 100 010 003 00 – 5    7  4

West Liberty 110 201 000 01 – 6  12  4

AB: Boatto (4SO, 3W), Zerishnek (4) (4SO, 1W), Williams lp (10) (1SO, 0W) and Essian. Bryan D, S; Hurley D, 2rbi; Clemens S, 2rbi

WLU: Grosul (6SO, 2W), Graham wp (9) (5SO, 2W) and Nagel. Brunner D, S, 2rbi; Henry D, S, rbi; Pierro D, S; Busby 2S; Johnson 2S; Denman S, rbi