Wright State University
6-10, 0-1
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Purdue Fort Wayne
4-14, 1-0
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bryce Martens (1-0)
L: Valentine, Joey (0-1)
S: Mac Ayres (1)
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Batting:
2B: Jacob Walker 1 ; Ben Higgins 1 ; Cade Nelis 1 ; Eli Tencza 1
RBI: Jacob Walker 2 ; Braedon Blackford 1 ; Ben Higgins 3 ; Caileb Johnson 1 ; Cade Nelis 2 ; Grant Thoroman 2
SF: Grant Thoroman 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jacob Walker 2 ; Braedon Blackford 2 ; Ben Higgins 1 ; Caileb Johnson 2 ; Cade Nelis 1 ; Jarrett Bickel 1 ; Eli Tencza 1 ; Dylan Stewart 2
SB: Grant Thoroman 1
CS: Dylan Stewart 1
HBP: Jacob Walker 1
Batting:
2B: Smith, Boston 1
HR: Anglin, Gehrig 1 ; Sass, Sammy 1 ; Smith, Boston 1
RBI: Anglin, Gehrig 2 ; Sass, Sammy 3 ; Smith, Boston 4
SF: Smith, Boston 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Patrick, Andrew 2 ; Luikart, Jay 2 ; Anglin, Gehrig 1 ; Sass, Sammy 3 ; Greenwell, Julian 1 ; Smith, Boston 1
SB: Patrick, Andrew 1
CS: Arnold, Luke 1 ; Stoner, Ben 1
HBP: Patrick, Andrew 1 ; Sass, Sammy 1 ; Greenwell, Julian 1 ; Arnold, Luke 2 ; Stoner, Ben 1
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Raiders fall to PFW in slugfest
3/17/2023 4:00:00 PM | Baseball
WSU (6-10, 0-1 HL) finished with 12 hits, including four for extra bases. Sammy Sass batted 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and three runs scored, while Jay Luikart singled three times. Boston Smith drove in a team-leading four runs on a two-run double, a solo homer, and a sacrifice fly. Gehrig Anglin had a two-run homer for his lone hit of the day. Andrew Patrick contributed with two walks, two runs, and a stolen base.
Starting pitcher Jake Shirk was tagged for six runs, five runs, on eight hits, and a walk in 4.2 innings of work. Joey Valentine (0-1) took the loss in relief after giving up two runs, one earned, in one-third of an inning, while Warren Hartzell, Chris Gallagher, and Tristan Haught also allowed runs out of the pen.Â
The Raiders used three home runs and a double to power their way to an 8-2 lead after three innings of play. Sass put Wright State on the board with a three-run blast in the bottom of the first inning, while Smith connected on a leadoff homer in the second frame. WSU scored four times in the bottom of the third on a two-run roundtrip by Anglin and a two-run double off the bat of Smith.Â
Purdue Fort Wayne (4-14, 1-0 HL) rallied back with three runs on three hits in the top of the fourth and scored on a wild pitch in the next frame to reduce its deficit to 8-6. The 'Dons then claimed a 9-8 lead after plating three runs on five hits in the top of the sixth inning.
The Raiders tied the game at 9-all in the bottom of the seventh, as Smith scored Sass on a sacrifice fly. However, PFW took back the lead with two runs on an RBI single and a sacrifice fly of its own in the top of the eighth.
Wright State closed its deficit to one run, 11-10, after scoring on a fielding error in the bottom of the eighth but was blanked in the ninth to seal the conference-opening loss.
