Raiders return home to The Nisch this weekend

Friday, May 7

Dayton, OH

12:00 PM

Wright State University

Milwaukee

Photo by: Abbi Pritchard

5/6/2021 2:35:00 PM | Baseball

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THE SERIES
Teams: Wright State (22-10, 21-3 HL)
Milwaukee (16-23, 13-15 HL)
Location: Nischwitz Stadium / Dayton, OH

The Wright State baseball team returns home for the first time in over 50 days to host Milwaukee in a four-game series as the Raiders close out their Horizon League regular season schedule with eight home games. The Raiders are coming off of a four-game sweep at Purdue Fort Wayne, while Milwaukee dropped three of four at home against Oakland. This is the first and only regular season series between the two teams this season.

Due to anticipated weather on Sunday, the Raiders and Panthers will play a pair of doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday, with the opening game set for 12 p.m. both days with the second game set for approximately 3 p.m.

Fans can follow the action with live stats for each game, while Friday's second game will be streamed on ESPN3. All links are available on the team's schedule page.

PROBABLE STARTERS
Game 1:
WSU: Jake Schrand, RHP, Jr.
MKE: Riley Frey, LHP, Fr.

Game 2:
WSU: Bradley Brehmer, RHP, So.
MKE: Jack Mahoney, LHP, Jr.

Game 3:
WSU: Austin Cline, RHP, RSr.
MKE: Mike Edwards, RHP, Jr.

Game 4:
WSU: Alex Theis, LHP, RSo.
MKE: TBD

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State posted 88 runs in a four-game road sweep at Horizon League newcomer Purdue Fort Wayne, tallying 20-plus runs in three of the four games. The Raiders hit .451 as a team with an .870 slugging percentage, totaling 28 doubles, 15 home runs and two triples as 13 different players drove in multiple RBI and five Raiders had two or more homers, paced by Alec Sayre's three homers and 11 RBI. On the mound, Wright State pitchers struck out 50 batters in 34 innings, allowing just 16 runs, many in the later innings once the games were out of hand. ake Schrand tallied 12 strikeouts, with fellow starters Bradley Brehmer, Austin Cline and Alex Theis all striking out eight in their starts.

MILWAUKEE MINUTE
Milwaukee is 16-23 overall and 13-15 in Horizon League play after dropping three of four at home against Oakland last weekend. The Panthers are 1-7 over their last two Horizon League series, dropping all four to UIC April 23-25.

RAIDER REWIND
This weekend will be the lone regular season series meeting between Wright State and Milwaukee. The Raiders hold a 68-60 all-time advantage in the series, but this will be the first meeting since a 10-9 Milwaukee win on May 24, 2019 in the Horizon League Tournament, ending Wright State's season.

WELCOME TO THE NISCH
Wright State has won 22 straight home games at Nischwitz Stadium, the longest active home streak in the country. The Raiders enter this weekend's four-game set with nine more home wins than California Baptist and VCU. South Alabama (12) and Jackson State (11) are the only other programs with double-digit home winning streaks. The Raiders' 22 straight wins at The Nisch leads all NCAA baseball, ahead of Colorado Mesa's 19 straight in Division II and Spalding's 17 straight at the D3 level.

NATIONAL ATTENTION
Entering the weekend series, Wright State is inside the Top 5 in six different categories nationally - a number that improves to 11 different categories inside the Top 20. The Raiders' 10.1 runs per game leads the country, along with their 2.66 doubles per game and .569 slugging percentage. Wright State's .327 batting average is second in the nation, as is the .435 on-base percentage. The 1.72 home runs per game average is the fifth-best in the nation. Wright State is No. 9 nationally with 324 runs scored, while the Raiders are also inside the Top 20 in Strikeouts per Nine Innings (No. 12, 10.9), Strikeout to Walk Ratio (No. 12, 3.30) and Triples per Game (No. 19, 0.38).

CHECKING THE LATEST TRENDS
Quincy Hamilton has reached base in 30 straight games entering the weekend series with Milwaukee, while Sammy Sass has the longest active hitting streak at 16 games. Sass is one of nine Raiders to have had a streak of at least six games with a hit, while his hitting streak has helped him to the second longest reached base streak (24) on the roster behind Hamilton. Damon Dues and Tyler Black each have 13 multi hit games to pace the Raider offense, while Black and Alec Sayre have a team-leading seven three-hit games. Black has driven in multiple RBI in 12 contests to lead the team, followed by 11 multi-RBI games from Zane Harris and 10 from Hamilton.

SAYRE NAMED HL BATTER OF THE WEEK
Alec Sayre was named the Horizon League Batter of the Week on April 27 and May 4. Sayre drove in double-digit RBI for the second straight weekend, tallying a team-high 11 RBI at Purdue Fort Wayne. Sayre had a pair of two-hit games and a three-hit game as part of his 7-for-14 weekend that featured six of his hits for extra bases, a 1.429 slugging percentage. Sayre connected on three home runs, including two in Saturday's second game, and also had two doubles and a triple. He drove in a team-high 10 RBI at Northern Kentucky, tallying at least one hit and one RBI in all four games, including a pair of three-hit games in the first and final games of the weekend, on the way to a .533 average (8-for-15) with a pair of doubles and two home runs while driving in 10 RBI.