Baseball Claims Horizon League Tournament Title

Saturday, May 28

Nischwitz Stadium

12:00 PM

Wright State University

44-15

Valparaiso

30-28

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Valparaiso	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	7	0
Wright State	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	7	11	0

Baseball Picked to Win Horizon League Title

5/28/2016 4:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

By: WSU Athletic Media Relations

The Wright State baseball team scored all of its runs in the first three innings and, behind the pitching of Caleb Sampen, defeated Valparaiso 7-2 for the Horizon League Tournament title Saturday afternoon at Nischwitz Stadium.

After both teams stranded a runner in scoring position in the first, the Raider offense came alive with four runs in the second. With one out, Gabe Snyder singled up the middle and after JD Orr reached on an infield hit with two outs, both runners moved up a base on a wild pitch and both scored as John Brodner had a hit up the middle.

Following a Matt Morrow single to center, Mitch Roman dropped a double just out of reach of the center fielder in left center for a two-run double to make it 4-0.

WSU extended the margin to 7-0 with three more in the third. With one out, Sean Murphy walked and Snyder had a hit through the left side of the infield. One out later, Orr singled to left center to plate Murphy and runners ended up at second and third as the throw went into third. Brodner then knocked in Snyder and Orr with a single up the middle.

Valpo tallied single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, but Sampen (8-3) would allow no more runs the rest of the way as he scattered seven hits in a complete-game effort, walking one and striking out seven.

Brodner, who had two hits and four RBI total in the championship game and hit .417 with five RBI in three games, was selected as the Tournament MVP. He was joined on the All-Tournament Team by pitchers Robby Sexton, who threw 6.2 shutout innings with eight strikeouts in the winner's bracket final against Milwaukee; Sampen; first baseman Gabe Snyder, who led the Raiders with a .556 batting average, including three hits in the championship game, and scored four times; and outfielder JD Orr, who hit .500, including two hits in the final, had three RBI and scored three times.

Wright State (44-15), which now has the second-most wins in a season in school history, will find who and where it will play as the NCAA bracket is announced Monday at noon on ESPNU. The Raiders will be making their sixth appearance in the NCAA Division I Regionals (1994, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015).

The team has invited Raider fans to join them at the TJ Chumps located at 1100 E Dayton Yellow Springs Rd, Fairborn, OH 45324 for the Monday noon selection show. The NCAA will announce the 16 regional sites on Sunday.

Horizon League All-Tournament Team

P – Robby Sexton, Wright State

P – Caleb Sampen, Wright State

C – Daulton Varsho, Milwaukee

1B – Gabe Snyder, Wright State

2B – Chase Dawson, Valparaiso

3B – John Brodner, Wright State (MVP)

SS – Cody Bohanek, UIC

OF – Nolan Lodden, Valparaiso

OF – JD Orr, Wright State

OF – James Stea, Valparaiso

DH – Daniel Delaney, Valparaiso