WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – Kaden Blomquist hit a two-run home run with one out in the bottom of the seventh here Monday to give the West Liberty University baseball team a wild walk-off win in the second game of a Mountain East Conference doubleheader at sun-splashed Kovalick Field.
    Blomquist's bomb gave Coach Eric Burkle's Hilltoppers (16-15, 15-10) a 7-6 win after the Bobcats (8-20, 6-14) had pulled out a 3-1 decision in Monday's first game.
    The second game was tied 2-2 in the bottom of the third when WLU's Ross Salvatori untied it in dramatic fashion with a three-run home run over the left field fence to put the hosts on top, 5-2.
    The Hilltoppers carried a 5-3 lead into the seventh inning only to see the Bobcats' Andrew Smith follow a pair of one-out singles with a fence-clearing drive to right-center to give Frostburg State a 6-5 lead.
    West Liberty followed pretty much the same blueprint for success in the bottom of the frame. With one out, Brian Campbell – the reigning MEC Player of the Week – beat out an infield hit to third and Blomquist with the game-winner over the right field wall.
    Blomquist had a single to go along with his clutch home run while Ty Helmke also had a multi-hit game with a double, single and RBI. Jake Probst added an RBI double and Colton Coss also knocked out a two-bagger.
    In the opener, Bryce Jackson belted a two-run home run to snap a 1-1 tie with two out in the top of the seventh and the visitors held on for the win against a frustrated Hilltopper squad that produced multiple scoring chances but wound up stranding 11 runners on base.
    West Liberty managed just five singles with its lone run coming on a Zach Hawkins RBI single in the bottom of the fourth. Coss had two of West Liberty's five hits.
    The Hilltoppers return to action on Saturday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Fairmont State.
     Frostburg State                                000 010 2 – 3  6  1
West Liberty                                     000 100 0 – 1  5  2
     FSU: Smith (3SO, 3W), Vermillion (4) (1SO, 1W), Maruskin wp (6) (5SO, 2W) and Jimenez. Jackson HR, 3rbi; Maruskin D
     WLU: Grimm lp (7SO, 1W) and Hawkins. Coss 2S; Hawkins S, rbi
  Frostburg State                                011 100 3 – 6  10  3
West Liberty                                     113 000 2 – 7  11  2
     FSU: Smith (6SO, 1W), Botsaris lp (7) (1SO, 0W) and Jimenez. Smith HR, 2S, 5rbi; Roell 2S; Fyffe D
     WLU: T.Blomquist (2SO, 2W), Aulick wp (6) (2SO, 0W) and Rine. K.Blomquist HR, S, 2rbi; Helmke D, S, rbi; Salvatori HR, 3rbi; Probst D, rbi; Coss D