@WSUBaseball Dominates Wofford in Mid-Week Contest

Tuesday, April 2

Dayton, OH

3:00 PM

Wright State University

19-8

Wofford

19-12

Wofford

Wright State

Alex Alders leads the Raiders to victory with four RBI Tuesday.

Photo by: AJ Schraffenberger

4/2/2019 6:28:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: AJ Schraffenberger

Fairborn, Ohio – The Wright State baseball team returned to action at Nischwitz Stadium Tuesday afternoon, as they faced Southern Conference foe Wofford. The Raiders pulled ahead early in the game, and would not surrender the lead for the entire game, claiming an 11-4 victory over the Terriers. The Raiders are now 19-8 while Wofford drops to 19-12.

SCORING
1^st Inning – The Raiders jumped out to an early advantage in Tuesday's game thanks to an RBI single from Peyton Burdick, scoring JD Orr, and a 2 RBI double off the bat of Alex Alders, propelling Wright State to a 3-0 lead.

4^th Inning – Wright State's offense came back alive in the fourth, having already chased starter Jake Zoller out of the game. Back-to-back RBI singles from Seth Gray and Damon Dues plated a total of 3 runs (2 for Gray, 1 for Dues). Alex Alders added his third RBI of the game on a fielder's choice, and Justin McConnell and Chase Slone added RBI singles to cap off the inning. All told, the Raiders pushed six across the plate in the 4^th, increasing their lead to nine runs.

5^th Inning – Wofford finally answered the bell in the top half of the fifth, as a two-out Andrew Orzel single off of Mitch Gremling gave the Terriers their first run of the game. A Chase Slone throwing error allowed the second run of the inning to cross, and the Terriers cut the deficit to seven runs.

6^th Inning – Zach Weatherford earned his second hit of the game, this time plating Seth Gray for his second run scored of the game, and re-establishing an eight-run lead for Wright State.

8^th Inning – Alex Alders solidified himself as player of the game, knocking in his fourth run of the game on a double in the eighth inning.

NOTES

The Raiders turned three double plays defensively in Tuesday's contest, equaling their season-high in a single game this year (Mar. 12 at Cincinnati & Mar. 23 at UIC).
Alex Alders posted his first multi-RBI performance of the season, while Seth Gray knocked in multiple runs for the ninth time this year.
Peyton Burdick reached base for the 24^th consecutive game, and extended his hitting streak to nine games with his RBI single in the first inning.

Wright State will return to action tomorrow afternoon as they will travel to Bloomington, Indiana to face former head coach Jeff Mercer and the Indiana Hoosiers. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 PM.