ROCHESTER, Mich. - Brandon Nigh recorded two home runs as Oakland baseball head coach Jordon Banfield recorded his 100th career win as the Golden Grizzlies defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles, 14-11, this afternoon on the Oakland Baseball Field.
 
The Golden Grizzlies (22-18, 11-7 HL) were led by Trent Rice who batted in a trio of runs, as Brandon Nigh and Brand Heidal paced the team with three hits each. Nigh held the team lead with two home runs and Heidal tallied two doubles.
 
The Eagles (13-26, 8-10 MAC) were led by Giano Zuccaro who tallied four hits, as Nathan Ball led the team with three RBI.
 
The Golden Grizzlies got things started during its first at-bats as Reggie Bussey was walked and made his way towards second off a steal. Ben Clark followed it up and smacked one out of the park to bring in the first runs of the game. The team kept it up as Brandon Nigh doubled and was brought in by a Brandon Heidal double to take an early lead, 3-0. Eastern Michigan, however, went ahead as it answered in the second with four runs.
 
The Eagles kept it rolling as it scored another run to go up, 5-3, but the Golden Grizzlies answered in the bottom of the fourth. Brandon Nigh came up to the dish and homered to cut the deficit to one. The following innings, the Eagles loaded the bases with no outs but only saw one run cross the plate as Oakland turned two and followed it up with a fly out to get out of the jam.
 
It wasn't long before the Golden Grizzlies knotted things up though as Heidal and Gavin Arseneau hit back-to-back home runs to square things away at six after five. The home run train kept on rolling as Nigh tallied his second home run of the game to take the lead by one. The team didn't stop there as a hit by pitch and two walks loaded the bases with two outs which Trent Rice took advantage of as he cleared the bases with a double to make it 10-6. Rice made his way to third off a steal and found home from an error to take a five-run lead.
 
The Eagles, once again, answered with a pair of runs to cut into the Golden Grizzlies lead and make it 12-8. John Lauinger added a pair of insurance runs as a deep shot that went over the fence brought him and Heidal in. The Eagles had one inning to try and make a comeback as it cut the game to three, but locked down to secure the win, 14-11.
 
The Golden Grizzlies outhit the Eagles, 14-13, as each team tallied a pair of errors. Eastern Michigan left nine runners stranded while Oakland left nine as well, as the Golden Grizzlies rattled off six home runs.
 
The Golden Grizzlies return to the diamond and look to take its sixth-straight league series as it visits Youngstown State for a trio of games, with first pitch set for 5:00 p.m. ET Friday (April 26).