Falcons rally past Cougars with six-run ninth inning

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Interstat) — Luke Elmore homered and drove in four runs, and Air Force scored six times in the bottom of the ninth to beat Washington State 10-9 on Sunday at Falcon Baseball Field.

Elmore’s three-run homer in the second gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead, but Washington State answered with five runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth to go ahead 9-3. Max Hartman had four RBIs for the Cougars, going 3-for-5 with a double.

Air Force chipped away with a run in the sixth and a solo homer from Wyatt Hanoian in the eighth. Trailing 9-5 entering the ninth, Elmore singled in a run, and Brennan Oster delivered a two-run single to tie it. Ben Niednagel doubled in the go-ahead run, and Hanoian won it with a walk-off single.

Luke Meyers pitched six innings for Washington State, allowing four earned runs with three strikeouts. Patrick Davidson threw 2⅔ innings of relief, giving up one earned run. The Cougars had 14 hits but grounded into two double plays. Air Force had 13 hits.

Washington State fell to 27-24; Air Force improved to 24-24.