Alex Kaminsky spun six innings of one-run baseball to help the Wright State baseball team to a 9-3 nonconference victory over NJIT at Nischwitz Stadium on Friday evening.

The Highlanders took an early 1-0 lead on WSU starting pitcher Alex Kaminsky as Tyler Hamilton and Miguel Lugo doubled to score the first run of the game.

The Raiders knotted the game at 1-1 when Gerald Ogrinc single later in the inning.

The Green and Gold added four runs with two outs in the fifth inning off of NJIT starting pitcher Cory Kuzmik. Jeremy Hamilton doubled to start the inning, followed by RBI hits from Parker, Jeff Mercer, Ross Vagedes and Ogrinc.

Kris Steffen smacked his second career home run with one out in the sixth inning to extend the WSU lead to 6-1.

Kaminsky won his seventh straight start with six innings of one run baseball. He fanned five batters - walking only one - and allowed only four hits. The sophomore improved his record to 8-1 overall on the season and owns a 3.90 earned run average in 57.2 innings of work.

The Raiders and Highlanders traded runs in the seventh inning and NJIT scored a run in the eighth to make it a 7-3 contest.

Parker struck again in the eighth inning with the 53rd double of his career. Steffen and pinch hitter Kory Twede walked to start the inning, and after a strikeout, Parker ripped a double down the left field line to collect a pair of RBI's, accounting for the 9-3 margin of victory.

Scott Ruthven came on to throw a perfect ninth inning and help WSU improve to 28-20 overall on the season.

In the contest, Parker collected three RBI's and a pair of hits to raise his batting average to .403 on the season. Mercer doubled for the twentieth time in 2008, while Steffen was one-for-one with a pair of runs scored.

The Green and Gold will face off with NJIT tomorrow evening starting at 6:30 at Nischwitz Stadium. If WSU can win it's final two contests of the season, they will win 30 games for the third straight season under head coach Rob Cooper.