AVON, Ohio (Interstat) — Alejandro Covas went 4 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs to lead Kent State to a 6-1 victory over Western Michigan on Friday afternoon at Sprenger Stadium. Covas’ three-run homer in the seventh inning broke the game open. The Golden Flashes (41-14) took a 2-0 lead in the third on RBI singles by Luke Matthews and Sawyer Solitaria. Brody Williams added an RBI single in the fifth. Western Michigan (27-24) scored its lone run on a sacrifice fly by C. Ostrander in the sixth. Ben Rabatin earned the win, allowing one earned run on four hits over 5.1 innings with two strikeouts. Caden Leonard and Nick Guidas combined for 3.2 scoreless innings of relief. Sam Carlisle took the loss for the Broncos, surrendering three earned runs in five innings despite not yielding a hit.