An unsung hero provided late inning dramatics Tuesday night for the Toppers.
Freshman infielder Blake Crabtree drove home junior designated hitter Kori Petri in the bottom of the 10th inning to push the Toppers (9-3) past visiting Tennessee, 5-4.
“Everybody contributed and we all played great,” Crabtree said. “It just happened to be my time.”
Crabtree was put [...]

It was a tale of two stories for the Toppers this weekend.
In the first 13.1 innings of a three-game series against Illinois-Chicago, Western scored 25 runs on 29 hits. But after the fourth inning of Saturday’s game and through Sunday’s game, the Toppers (8-3) generated just five runs on nine hits.
Senior pitcher Shane Cameron dug [...]

A year ago, redshirt sophomore pitcher Rye Davis lost vision in his right eye.
Davis sat out last season after being hit in the face with a ball traveling 110 mph. He broke several bones in his face and underwent multiple surgeries, all aimed at returning him to the mound this year. Even with his return, [...]

The Toppers are finally hitting the long ball, and it helped spark a key run on Tuesday.
Trailing 7-2 in the bottom of the third inning, sophomore shortstop Login Robbins hit a homerun and senior second baseman Matt Payton followed with a two-run homerun two batters later. Western (6-1) went on to score 12 straight runs, [...]