DAYTON, Ohio – Behind two five-run innings and a couple of two-run frames, the No. 1 Wright State Raiders topped the No. 2 Oakland Golden Grizzlies, 14-3, in Game No. 6 of the Horizon League Tournament on Friday, May 27.
Finishing 4-for-5 with two home runs and a double, redshirt senior designated hitter Zane Harris drove in nine runs for Wright State, establishing a new Horizon League Tournament single-game record.
Redshirt freshman shortstop Justin Riemer and sophomores Jay Luikart, Sammy Sass and Alec Sayre also collected multiple hits for the Raiders.
Falling to 2-5, redshirt senior right-hander
Jacob Wosinski drew the start for Oakland, allowing nine runs on 11 hits with a walk and two strikeouts over five innings. Freshman righty
Aleksei Goldhill and junior southpaw
Chase Keeney handled the final nine outs.
Sophomore catcher
Brandon Heidal tallied a team-high two hits for the Golden Grizzlies, with junior center fielder
Ian Cleary, seniors
Gabe Lux and
Luke Malmanger, and freshman third baseman
Brandon Nigh and graduate student left fielder
Cam Post also recording knocks.
Up next
Oakland (30-26, 18-11) will face the No. 5 Youngstown State Penguins (21-35, 12-16) in Game No. 7 of the tournament, which is an elimination game, at approximately 7:50 p.m. Friday.
These two programs played in Game No. 4 of the tournament Thursday night, a 2-0 Golden Grizzlies victory.
Wright State (28-25, 20-9) has clinched their spot in the championship series and will play the winner of the Oakland/Youngstown State game in Game No. 8 at 12 p.m. Saturday.
All games of the Horizon League Baseball Tournament are broadcast live on ESPN+ and an updated bracket is available at horizonleague.org.