ROCHESTER, Mich. - Sam Griffith led the Golden Grizzlies with four RBI as the team defeated the Wright State Raiders, 15-12, this afternoon on the Oakland Baseball Field.
 
The Golden Grizzlies (25-22, 13-10 HL) saw Griffith bat four runners home as Brandon Heidal, once again, tallied four hits on the day. Shane McAlinden led the pitching core and the game with his six strikeouts.
 
The Raiders (26-19, 15-8 HL) were led by Ben Vore who batted in a trio of runs as four players had a pair of hits.
 
The Raiders replicated its start from the day prior and jumped to an early lead with a two-run home run in the second. Just the day previous for the Golden Grizzlies as well, the team answered to retake the lead. Lucas Day worked to a full count and was walked as a Brandon Heidal double brought him to third. Carter Hain brought Day home for Oakland's first run on the inning and didn't look back from there.
 
Another full count walk, this time by Ian Cleary, juiced the bases with no outs. Back-to-back wild pitches brought in a pair of runs to take the lead, followed by a two-run RBI single from Sam Griffith to cross five across the plate and take the lead, 5-2, after two. Both teams were held scoreless in the third before the Raiders retook the lead in a four-run fourth inning.
 
The Golden Grizzlies jumped ahead though in the sixth inning as Cleary and Trent Rice put themselves in scoring position, as Rice continued to add to his record-breaking streak with a steal to second. Sam Griffith sent a deep single through the middle to bring both runners home and jump ahead, 7-6. The Raiders, however, answered with a home run in the seventh to knot things up at seven apiece. Wright State kept it up in the inning as three more runs came across the plate to put it ahead, 10-7.
 
The Golden Grizzlies didn't count itself out though as Nigh led off with a double in the seventh, followed by a deep shot from Day to bring both himself and Nigh home. Now down one, it set Heidal up for his own home run the next at-bat to tie the game up once again, this time at 10 each. Rice kept the bats hot as he hit the third home run of the inning, followed by a Bussey RBI, as Oakland retook the lead with two innings to go, 12-10.
 
The Raiders inched closer in the eighth as it made it a one-run game, but the Golden Grizzlies answered with three of its own, courtesy of both a Heidal and Gavin Arseneau single. Wright State kept up though as it scored a run in the ninth and loaded up the bases with one out. Brody Krzysiak came in to help grab the final two outs and did so as the Golden Grizzlies held on to win, 15-12.
 
The Golden Grizzlies outhit the Raiders, 16-11, as Wright State left eight runners stranded and Oakland left five on the base pads. Oakland tallied the sole error of the game as the team totaled nine strikeouts, where Wright State only had a handful.
 
The Golden Grizzlies return to the diamond to wrap up its series against the Raiders tomorrow (May 5), with first pitch set for 1:00 p.m. ET.