ADA, Okla. – The East Central University baseball team walked it off in game one of the non-conference series against Nebraska Wesleyan University on Monday. Krew Taylor drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning, bringing Christian Whitaker home to seal the win for the Tigers at Ken Turner Field.
 
The ninth-inning sequence witnessed six walks and a hit-by-pitch that handed the Tigers an 8-7 victory over the Prairie Wolves.
 
ECU initially took the lead in the bottom of the second inning when Britton Sperry singled to right center to score Kale Williams for the early 1-0 lead.
 
However, the Tigers faced a setback in the next frame, surrendering four runs off of two hits, including a two-run homer that gave the Prairie Wolves a 4-1 advantage.
 
The ECU offense would suddenly stall while Nebraska Wesleyan would continue to add one run in the fourth and another in the sixth to extend their lead 6-1.
 
Despite Nebraska Wesleyan extending their lead to 6-1 with runs in the fourth and sixth innings, ECU rallied in the sixth inning courtesy of Tanner Collins' 2 RBI single that drove in Christian Whitaker and Kale Williams to cut the deficit in half, 6-3.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan would cushion their lead with a single run in the top of the seventh, but ECU answered back with Gage Boatman's sacrifice fly, scoring Williams and making it 7-4.
 
Trailing by three runs going into the ninth inning, Dione Allen, Chris Griffis, and Nick Blankenship drew walks before Christian Whitaker was hit by a pitch, loading the bases. Gage Boatman's sacrifice fly brought in a run, followed by Britton Sperry's walk, which tied the game at 7-7. That set up Krew Taylor, who worked the final walk to secure the Tigers walk-off victory.
 
Tiger reliever Jacob Poff came in for Chase Owen, who had entered the game earlier for starter Price Daube. Poff pitched two scoreless innings, only allowing one hit for his first career win at ECU.
 
Kale Williams, Tanner Collins, and Britton Sperry each had multiple hits with two apiece while Dione Allen, Nick Blankenship, and Christian Whitaker added one.
 
The ECU baseball team will play one final game against Nebraska Wesleyan tomorrow, March 5^th beginning at 12 pm.