Wright State (5-4) won the home-opener on Friday against Canisius 3-2. The Golden Griffins made a comeback attempt, scoring two runs in the eighth, but the Raiders responded and earned their fifth victory of the season. Bear Bellomy put together his second straight quality start. After allowing just one earned run at Western Carolina last Friday, the senior recorded a season-high 7.0 innings pitched, giving up just two hits and a pair of runs in that span. Evan Moores entered in relief and dispelled any threat of a comeback in the ninth. Seth Gray hit his first home run of the year and recorded two of the six Raider hits as well as all three RBI.
 
1^st Inning
 
Bear Bellomy (2-2) recorded a scoreless inning in his fourth start of the year, and the Wright State offense got to work quickly. JD Orr, Peyton Burdick, and Zane Harris each drew walks to load the bases with one out, and Seth Gray sent a base hit to right field to score both Orr and Burdick.
 
4^th Inning
 
Bellomy continued to roll through the Golden Griffin lineup, pitching three straight perfect innings. Weatherford singled to start the fourth and stole second but got picked off by Andrew Sipowicz who finished the inning unscathed.
 
5^th Inning
Zach Weatherford made a beautiful defensive play on a long fly ball in center field to begin the fifth. Canisius threatened in the frame, putting runners on first and third with one out. Bellomy recorded a pop fly for the second out, and the defense stepped up with a well-timed pickoff play. JD Orr singled but was thrown out on an attempted steal by William Krull. The score remained 2-0 in favor of the Raiders after the fifth.
 
6^th Inning
Bellomy ran through the sixth with another three-up, three-down inning. Seth Gray ripped a ball down the right base line and hit the foul pole for a solo home run, giving Wright State a 3-0 lead.
 
8^th Inning
Bellomy needed just four innings to record the three outs of the seventh, but ran into trouble in the eighth, when the Golden Griffins brought the tying run to the plate with no outs. Mitch Gremling entered out of the bullpen and recorded a double play with a groundout but later surrounded the second Canisius run on a wild pitch. The Raiders had difficulties finding the plate, walking four batters in the inning until Evan Moores closed out the frame with a clutch strikeout.
 
9^th Inning
Moores clinched the victory for the Wright State Raiders, recording his second save of the year. The sidewinder struck out two and covered first base for the final out.
 
Wright State returns to Nischwitz on Saturday for a doubleheader against the Ohio Bobcats, weather permitting.