Box Score LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Wright State baseball program fell to Kentucky 8-3 in its series opener on Friday at Kentucky Proud Park.
The Raiders drop to 1-4 on the season and will look to even the series tomorrow at 1 p.m.
WSU's offense was limited to four hits and two walks compared to 13 strikeouts in the loss.
Julian Greenwell finished the day 2-of-4 at the plate with a two-run homer in the first inning and a single in his third at-bat.
Justin Riemer led off the game with a walk and blasted a solo home run in the third inning for Wright State's final run of the contest.
Wildcat starting pitcher Logan Martin (1-1) earned the winning decision after allowing three runs on four hits and two walks in six innings of work. Darren Williams fired three perfect innings in relief for the save.
WSU starting pitcher
Jake Shirk (1-1) took the loss after allowing five runs on nine hits in 2.1 innings. Reliever
Luke Stofel escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the third but was tagged for two runs, one earned, over the next two innings.
Josh Laisure allowed one run while striking out a pair of batters in the sixth inning.
Warren Hartzell did not allow a run or hit in 1.1 innings, while
Ty Roder struck out three batters in a scoreless eighth inning.
Wright State reached the scoreboard with two runs in the top of the first inning, thanks to a two-run homer over the right field wall off the bat of Greenwell. The two-run homer was Greenwell's second in the opening inning of a series opener this season.
The lead did not last for long, as Kentucky (4-1) plated three runs on five hits and an error in the bottom of the first inning.
After a scoreless second inning on both sides, Riemer tied the game at 3-all with a solo blast in the top of the third inning.
The Wildcats broke the tie with two runs on five hits in the bottom of the third and added a run apiece in the fourth and fifth innings. Kentucky pushed its lead to 8-3 with an RBI double in the top of the seventh.
Meanwhile, the Raider offense was scoreless on just one hit in the last six innings of action.
