ST. LOUIS - The Saint Louis Billikens captured their 12th consecutive victory in dramatic fashion Saturday afternoon, scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Temple 2-1 at the Billiken Sports Center.

A walk-off single off the bat of Alex Kelly gave the Billikens an 18-5 overall record and a 2-0 Atlantic 10 Conference mark. Temple fell to 10-13, 0-2.

Pinch hitter Mike Vigliarolo led off the ninth with a double down the right-field line. In addition to putting the tying run in scoring position, Vigliarolo broke up Temple freshman left-hander Patrick Peterson's no-hitter. Peterson, who then was lifted from the game, struck out 10 and walked only one.

Alec Sole followed with a bunt single that moved pinch runner Jordan Hammerman to third. After Sole advanced to second on a wild pitch, Mike Levine walked to load the bases.

Marco DiRoma delivered a single to left that chased Hammerman home with the tying run, and Kelly followed with his game-winning hit.

SLU starter Clay Smith turned in a pitching gem of his own. Smith gave up just one run on seven hits in 8 1/3 innings of work. He fanned eight and walked one. Nick Bates (2-0), who came on with runners at first and second in the ninth, struck out the final two Temple batters and earned the win.

Smith struck out three through the first two innings but ran into a bit of trouble in the third.

Temple recorded back-to-back hits to set up a scoring opportunity in the third inning. The Owls attempted a double steal, but Billiken catcher Connor Gandossy threw a missile to second base to snag the second out, and a strikeout ended the threat.

Alec Sole broke up Peterson's perfect game in the sixth inning by coaxing a seven-pitch walk, but the Billikens were unable to score.

In the eighth, Temple got a one-out double down the left-field line from Jabair Khan. On the next pitch, Foster Dunigan laced an RBI single to center field to put the Owls up 1-0.