ROCHESTER, Mich. – After a 24-game road swing, the Oakland baseball team hosts Milwaukee in a home opening doubleheader beginning at 11 am on Saturday, Apr. 6 at the Oakland Baseball Field followed by the series finale on Sunday, Apr. 7 at noon.
 
Oakland Projected Rotation:
Sat. Game 1: #33 RHP Nick Parr
Sat. Game 2: #30 RHP Andrew Hoffmann
Sun. Game 3: #21 RHP Beau Keathley
 
Milwaukee Projected Rotation:
Sat. Game 1: #16 RHP Matt Vanek
Sat. Game 2: #33 RHP Elijah Goodman
Sun. Game 3: #23 RHP Mike Edwards
 
Notes:
- Milwaukee is 15-10 on the season and 4-4 in league play after dropping a pair of games at UIC. The Golden Grizzlies and Panthers split the series 3-3 last season.
 
- Oakland enters the series winning five of the last six games after rallying from an 8-2 deficit with a nine-run eighth inning to beat Eastern Michigan 14-8 on Wednesday behind a three-run homer from Drew Demumbrum followed by a pair of two-run singles by Ronnie Krsolovic and Mario Camilletti. Camilletti finished the game going 3-for-5 with five RBI. On the mound, Ethan Hoffman picked up his first career win in relief as the Golden Grizzlies used seven different pitchers throughout the game.
 
- Demumbrum continues to swing a hot bat hitting .455 (5-for-11) with two doubles, a triple and five RBI with a .818 slugging percentage to lead Oakland to its second straight series win at NKU. In the opener, he was a home run away from hitting for the cycle going 3-for-3 with a triple, double and single with three RBI in the Golden Grizzlies 8-5 win. In the 3-2 setback, he accounted for both of Oakland's runs going 2-for-3 with an RBI double.
 
- Beau Keathley picked up his second consecutive win going 6.0 innings with eight strikeouts allowing no runs and only three scattered hits in Oakland's 4-0 win at NKU which secured the team's second straight league series
 
- Mike McGee leads the team in hitting (.321), hits (27) and doubles (7 – 5th HL) and runs (18 – 9th HL)
 
- Mario Camilletti also leads the team hits (27) and walks (23 – 2nd HL) and ranks second in RBI (17) and hitting (.310)
 
- Demumbrum leads the team and total bases (40) and in RBI (23 – 6th HL) followed by Myles Zilinsky (14) who is second in runs (17) and ranks fourth in hits (21)
 
- Matt DiLeo ranks third on the team in batting (.301) and hits (25) and fourth in RBI (10) with Blake Griffith
 
- Zilinsky and Demumbrum lead the team in home runs (3 – T-10th HL) followed by DiLeo and Griffith and (2)
 
- On the mound, Keathley leads the team and the league in strikeouts (54) and has recorded double figure strikeouts twice this season at Morehead State (12) and at YSU (13)
 
-  Nick Parr went 6.0 innings allowing only three hits with three runs and five strikeouts to pick up his first win of the season at NKU (3/29) with Austin Sherry also picking up his first save of the season
 
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