Box Score Box Score Rochester, Mich.???C Oakland???s bats were resurrected on Sunday to avenge a pair of losses the day before as they defeated Western Illinois by scores of 8-5 and 7-2 in their doubleheader at OU Field. The Golden Grizzlies combined for 19 hits on the day led by Ty Herriott (Ostrander, Ohio) who had five hits in six plate appearances. He drove in two runs while crossing home plate five times in the twinbill. Oakland improved to 15-20 overall and evened up its conference mark at 2-2. In the first game the Golden Grizzlies came roaring back from a four-run deficit as Western Illinois built its lead over the course of the first three innings. They began the game scoring two runs in the first inning. Blake Schultz was hit by a pitch with two out and eventually scored from third on a passed ball. Troy Shelby then singled to left field, driving in Ryan Cougill. Shelby came back in the third inning and doubled down the left field line to plate two more runs for the Leathernecks. Oakland came to life in the fifth inning courtesy of a two-run home run to left center by junior Michael Trosen (White Lake, Mich.). It was Trosen???s second of the season. With the very next batter Spencer Hynes (Clarkston, Mich.) singled to right field with no outs. He advanced to third, two batters later and scored on a wild pitch by Leathernecks??? right-hander, Nick Simmons. Simmons would retire the next two batters to end the inning, but not before Oakland was able to cut the lead to one. Shay Butler came in to relieve Simmons in the sixth after Simmons walked Peter Varon (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) to start the inning. After Butler walked Herriott, Trosen tied the game with a single to center field that brought Varon home. Herriott provided the go-ahead run when he scored as Chris Hilton (Amherstburg, Ont.) hit into a double play with no outs. Oakland added three more runs in the seventh which was capped off by a solo home run to center field by Herriott for his fourth of the season. Western Illinois scored one run in the eighth off of a solo home run by Shelby but it would be the last run scored as Kyle Boehm (Rockford, Mich.) relieved starter Billy Schmieder (Chillicothe, Ohio) in the ninth to pick up the save. Schmieder pitched struck out six batters over eight innings while allowing three earned runs on 10 hits. In the second game, Oakland starter Paul Phillips (Blissfield, Mich.) found himself in a first inning jam as the Leathernecks loaded the bases with only one out. Phillips kept his composure and forced Shelby to hit into a double play to end the threat. Oakland kept its momentum going scoring three runs in the bottom of the inning. Trosen drove in two runs with a double to right center as part of a three-run inning for the Golden Grizzlies. Oakland got two more runs in the third with a two-run home run from Varon before a 50-minute rain delay interrupted the game. After the sky cleared Oakland pushed the lead to 7-0 with two runs in the fifth. As the rain started coming down again with two outs in the top of the seventh the Leathernecks scored their second run of the inning off of an error by Oakland shortstop Gerry Dufour (Windsor, Ont.). The game would be delayed a second time shortly after that and was eventually called leaving two Western Illinois runners stranded. Phillips went the distance in the rain-shortened contest, only allowing one earned run on five hits, while striking out five batters for his second win of the season while Western Illinois starter James Kalinowski suffered his fifth loss. Oakland returns to conference action next weekend as they host Valparaiso in a pair of doubleheaders beginning Saturday, April 26th at 12 noon.