BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Interstat) — Western Kentucky erased an eight-run deficit with a furious late rally to edge Belmont 9-8 on Tuesday night.

The Hilltoppers scored five runs in the sixth inning and four more in the eighth, capped by a two-run single from A. Hall that plated the winning runs. Belmont had built an 8-0 lead by the second inning, highlighted by a two-run single from JD Whitworth.

JP Acosta and Reid Howard each drove in two runs for Western Kentucky. Belmont’s Brady Holbrook went 4 for 5 with two RBIs. The Hilltoppers bullpen, led by Gage Olsen and Jude Favela, combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings to enable the comeback.

Western Kentucky improved to 17-16. Belmont fell to 12-21.