NORMAL, Ill. (Interstat) — Nolan Barry’s single in the bottom of the 11th inning scored Ryan Bakes to lift Illinois State to a 7-6 comeback victory over Western Illinois in nonconference baseball Thursday afternoon.

The Redbirds, who trailed 6-0 after the top of the first inning, chipped away before tying the game in the ninth on Barry’s first RBI single. Bakes homered in the seventh to key the comeback. The Leathernecks scored all six runs in the first, highlighted by Tyler Large’s two-run single, but could not hold the lead.

Illinois State improved to 10-7. Western Illinois fell to 3-13.