Ypsilanti, Mich. – Eastern Michigan scored four runs in the final two innings, including a walk-off walk in the bottom of the ninth, to defeat the Youngstown State baseball team, 8-7, on Tuesday afternoon at Oestrike Stadium.

With the loss the Penguins fall to 3-18 while the Eagles improve to 7-17 on the year.

Brayden Kuriger went 3-for-5 with a double, triple and two RBIs while Alex Jang was 3-for-4, and Teddy Ruffner hammered two home runs.

The Penguins jumped out to a 6-1 lead through five-and-a-half innings after scoring once in the third, twice in the fifth and three times in the top of the sixth.

Ruffner belted the first pitch he saw in the top of the third over the left-field wall for the game's first runs.

After the Eagles knotted the game at 1-1 with bottom of the fourth, the Penguins regained a 3-1 edge in the top half of the fifth. Three straight doubles by Nathan Beckly, Garrett Cutting, and Kuriger gave the Penguins a two-run advantage.

Ruffner hit a one-out home run to left, his second of the game, and Kuriger tripled down the right-field line driving in Cutting, who was hit by a pitch, and scored on a passed ball to extend the YSU lead to 6-1.

The Eagles plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth to trim the YSU lead to 6-4, but the Penguins answered with a run in the top of the seventh. Misael Uriepero led off the frame with a single, stole second, moved to third on a fly out and scored on a wild pitch.

Eastern Michigan tied the game at 7-7 with three runs in the bottom of the eighth and won the game on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Youngstown State faces Pitt, Wednesday, March 25, at 3 p.m. before it visits Northern Kentucky for a three-game Horizon League series, March 27-29, in Highland Heights, Ky.