The Wright State baseball team scored seven runs in the first and never looked back as they rolled to a 17-5 win over Oakland in the series opener Friday in Rochester, Michigan.

The Raiders sent 11 batters to the plate in the first with the key hits being a two-run double by Michael Timm and a two-run home run off the bat of Sean Murphy, his third of the season.  WSU added to its lead by scoring in five of the next six innings, including four in the seventh and two in the second and sixth, to eventually build a 17-1 lead.

After tying a season high for runs with 15 in the championship game of the Joe Nuxhall Classic against Cincinnati on Wednesday, Wright State eclipsed that with the 17 runs Friday.

Jesse Scholtens (5-3) pitched seven strong innings for the win, scattering nine hits in allowing just one earned run while striking out five.

Offensively, Timm collected four hits, scored three times and drove in two while Mitch Roman had four hits and two RBI, Matt Morrow three hits and Murphy, John Brodner and Gabe Snyder two hits and two RBI each.

Wright State (25-10, 11-4 Horizon) plays game two of the series against Oakland at 1:00 on Saturday.