ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Oakland baseball team will travel south for a mid-week non-conference game at Toledo on Tuesday, Apr. 16 at 3:05 p.m. The game will be broadcast live from Scott Park on ESPN+.
Notes:
- Toledo is 11-21 on the season and 2-8 in Mid-American Conference play after going 1-2 at Ohio over the weekend. Last season, the lone matchup between the Rockets and Golden Grizzlies was cancelled due to weather. Toledo is the fourth MAC school Oakland will play this season. The Golden Grizzlies are 2-2 so far after sweeping both games against Eastern Michigan and dropping a game each against Bowling Green and Central Michigan
- The Golden Grizzlies opened play last week with a 24-10 home setback against CMU (4/9).
- Despite the setback against CMU, Oakland had still won eight of its last 11 heading into a game against EMU the next day. With the game tied and bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning,
Ronnie Krsolovic delivered a clutch game-winning walk-off single giving Oakland a thrilling 10-9 come from behind win. The Golden Grizzlies trailed 9-8 entering the ninth before
Blake Griffith hit an RBI single to score
Matt DiLeo tying the game at 9-9 and setting the stage for Krsolovic's heroics.
- Oakland had won three consecutive league series entering the weekend series at defending champion Wright State. However, WSU swept all three games (6-2, 16-4, 11-3). Against the Raiders,
Drew Demumbrum hit .385 with five hits and two home runs and three RBI.
Blake Griffith hit .368 with five RBI off seven hits including two doubles while
Cherokee LeBeau hit .357 five hits and two RBI.
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Matt DiLeo has reached base in 22 consecutive games and leads the team in triples (2 – 5th HL), stolen bases (8 – 7th HL) and ranks second in batting (.297), hits (33) and third in home runs (3)
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Mario Camilletti also leads the team hitting (.298), hits (34) and walks (31 – 3rd HL) and ranks fifth in RBI (17)
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Drew Demumbrum leads the team in home runs (5 – 6th HL), slugging percentage (.458), total bases (55) and in RBI (26 – 10th HL)
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Mike McGee leads the team doubles (7 – 7th HL) and runs (22) and is third in batting (.281)
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Myles Zilinsky also leads the team in runs (22), ranks second in walks (26 – 7th HL), third in home runs (3) and fourth in RBI (17)
- Griffith ranks second in RBI (20), home runs (4 – T-10th HL) and slugging percentage (.457)
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