AKRON, Ohio – The Western Michigan baseball team broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning and hung on from there to open up MAC play with a 4-3 victory at Akron on Friday.
FINAL SCORE: Western Michigan 4, Akron 3
LOCATION: Skeeles Field (Akron, Ohio)
RECORDS: Western Michigan (5-7, 1-0 MAC) | Akron (6-8, 0-1)
W: DJ Thompson (2-0) | L: Floyd McKenna (0-1) | Save: Turner Doran (1)
With the contest even at 3-3 in the eighth, Tanner Mally led off with a single for the Broncos.