The Wright State baseball team scored multiple runs in five different innings, including a four-run second inning and a six-run sixth, on the way to a 16-5 midweek victory over in-state foe Miami (OH) in the Raiders' first home game of the season at Nischwitz Stadium.
 
The Raiders tallied 17 hits on the afternoon, as seven different players each had two or more hits, with three players recording three-hit games.
 
Wright State stays at home at Nischwitz Stadium this weekend as the Raiders open Horizon League play with Milwaukee. The three-game series begins with a 3 p.m. first pitch on Friday before a 2 p.m. start Sunday and a 12 p.m. game time on Sunday afternoon.
 
Zane Harris' first inning two-run homer over the scoreboard in right field started the scoring for Wright State, who added four more runs in the second, keyed by Gehrig Anglin's three-run triple down the left field line.
 
After a two-run fifth via Jay Luikart's two RBI single, the Raiders exploded for six runs in the sixth inning on five hits, a walk, a hit batter and the help of two Miami errors. Cameron Rountree delivered a two-run single and Wright State also received RBI base hits from Konner Piotto and Justin McConnell in the frame, along with plating a run on a wild pitch and a Luikart sacrifice fly.
 
The final Raider scoring came in the eighth when Luikart tripled to right-center field to bring home a run and Sass followed moments later with an RBI double of his own.
 
Luikart's three-hit, four RBI afternoon paced the offense, while Anglin notched two hits and drove home two runs of his own. Harris, Rountree and Sass all drove home two RBI, while McConnell and Piotto both had one.
 
Tristan Haught earned his first win of the season, tossing six innings and allowing four runs (two earned) on five hits with four strikeouts. Four Raider relievers combined for the final three innings, allowing one run while striking out four, including Riley Perlich's three strikeout inning.
 
Miami starter Kenten Egbert took the loss, allowing six runs in two innings of work while allowing five hits and three walks, as three of the five hits went for extra bases. Cole Andrews had three of Miami's nine hits to pace the offense, while Cal Elvers added two hits of his own.