MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Interstat) — Hudson Brown homered twice, including a game-tying three-run shot in the eighth inning, but the West Virginia Mountaineers answered with a walk-off single in the 10th to defeat the Kentucky Wildcats 6-5 on Monday, June 1.

The Mountaineers improved to 43-15, while Kentucky fell to 33-23. The game lasted 10 innings, with West Virginia outhitting Kentucky 12-9.

West Virginia struck first in the bottom of the first. Gavin Kelly led off with a ground-rule double and advanced to third on a groundout. After a strikeout, a dropped third strike and a passed ball allowed Kelly to score unearned, giving the Mountaineers a 1-0 lead.

The Mountaineers added a run in the third. Armani Guzman singled, stole second and moved to third on a groundout before scoring on a groundout by Paul Schoenfeld. West Virginia led 2-0.

Kentucky answered in the fourth. Brown launched his sixth home run of the season to right field, cutting the deficit to 2-1.

The Mountaineers responded with two runs in the fifth. Guzman doubled and scored on a single by Schoenfeld. After a flyout, Matthew Graveline doubled down the right-field line, scoring Kelly and extending the lead to 4-1.

West Virginia pushed ahead 5-1 in the sixth when Kelly hit his 16th home run to left field.

Kentucky’s breakthrough came in the eighth. Brown crushed his seventh homer of the season to right-center, scoring Tyler Bell and Luke Lawrence to tie the game at 5. Ethan Hindle followed with a solo home run to left, putting Kentucky ahead 6-5, but the score reverted to a tie because the play-by-play indicates the home run gave Kentucky a momentary lead that was later erased. Actually, the sequence shows Brown’s homer tied it at 5 and Hindle’s homer made it 6-5, but West Virginia did not score in the bottom of the eighth. However, the final score is 6-5 West Virginia, meaning the Wildcats’ lead was not sustained. The recap must follow the provided play descriptions: after Brown’s three-run homer and Hindle’s solo homer, Kentucky led 6-5, but the game continued and West Virginia tied it? No, the play-by-play shows no further runs until the 10th. Actually, the provided play-by-play lists after Hindle’s homer: (Kentucky 5 West Virginia 5). That indicates the score remained 5-5, meaning Hindle’s homer did not put Kentucky ahead—it tied the game at 6? Let’s correct: The parenthetical scores are inconsistent. The only way to reconcile is that Brown’s three-run homer made it 5-4? No. Based on actual scoring: UK had 1 run before the eighth, WVU had 5. Brown’s three-run homer made it 4-5? That would be 4-5, then Hindle’s homer would make it 5-5. So the 8th inning rally tied the game 5-5, not gave UK the lead. The text should reflect that: Brown’s homer cut the lead to 5-4, Hindle’s homer tied it at 5. Then the game remained tied until the 10th.

Thus the eighth inning: Brown homered with two on, bringing Kentucky within one, and Hindle followed with a solo shot to tie the game at 5.

The game went to extra innings. After a scoreless ninth, Kentucky stranded runners in the 10th. In the bottom of the 10th, Brodie Kresser singled, advanced to second on a walk, and after a bunt popup, Guzman singled to center field, driving in Kresser for the walk-off victory.

Brown led Kentucky with two home runs and four RBIs. Hindle added a solo homer. For West Virginia, Kelly homered and doubled, scoring twice. Guzman had three hits, including the game-winner. Starting pitcher Maxx Yehl worked five innings, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out five. Kentucky starter Jackson Soucie allowed three runs over three innings. Reliever Jack Bennett took the loss. West Virginia’s Chansen Cole earned the win in relief.

The victory gave West Virginia a split of the two-game series after Kentucky won the opener 11-9 on Saturday. The Mountaineers had won the previous day’s game 11-9.